Official Radeon 7970 Review and discussion thread

**MUYA** · 12-21-11, 11:13 PM

**Roadhog** · 12-21-11, 11:35 PM

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...gb-review.html

**MUYA** · 12-21-11, 11:36 PM

I think I will be sticking to my 580 GTX for a while.

Add your links to this thread and dicuss

**Maverick123w** · 12-21-11, 11:41 PM

Given it's price I would have expected it to more firmly beat the 580, which while it does it's not quite what I was expecting. A ~50% increase over a 6970 is pretty darn good however and I think it would be a nice increase over a 6970.

However given that a slightly oc'd 580 is probably withing 10% of the 7970 I'd wait to see what Nvidia is going to offer before buying one.

**MUYA** · 12-21-11, 11:46 PM

I had hoped that the 7970 would offer more robust performance gains. But bearing in mind this 7970 with GCN is a new architecture etc, coupled with driver optimization/efficiencies gained in the next few versions of the drivers the gains, will probably go up.

Wait and see for me I guess

**Roadhog** · 12-21-11, 11:47 PM

I think i'm going to wait for a refresh on this.

Muppet · 12-21-11, 11:50 PM

Any reviews of Crossfire performance. That is what i'm really interested in. All I have read so far is single card solutions.

**Roadhog** · 12-21-11, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muppet

Any reviews of Crossfire performance. That is what i'm really interested in. All I have read so far is single card solutions.

Hmm forgot all about crossfire. If the CFX performance is great I might get one.

XMAN52373 · 12-21-11, 11:54 PM

given the limited number of card, i'm guessing XFire will be next month for reviews.

But I'll wait for Keplar

Muppet · 12-22-11, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roadhog

Hmm forgot all about crossfire. If the CFX performance is great I might get one.

This is where I think it will really do well, especially in Eyefinity.

**MUYA** · 12-22-11, 12:15 AM

Updated with a link to Tom's Hardware

Muppet · 12-22-11, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zer0

i want a new card. i don't like crossfire anymore.

gtx580 or hd7970?

Just wait a little bit longer and see what price the 7970 comes in at. I have heard $550US, but hopefully cheaper. It looks to be a pretty descent performer.

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12-21-11, 11:36 PM	#3
MUYA Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 6,774	Re: Official Radeon 7970 Review and discussion thread I think I will be sticking to my 580 GTX for a while. Add your links to this thread and dicuss __________________ I5-2500k@4.7GHz - MSI Z77A-GD65 - 4GB X2 A-DATA DDR3 1600 - Corsair H100 - Antec Quatro 850W Gigabyte Windforce X3 GTX 680 OC - Dell 24" IPS Intel 320 300 GB SSD - 1 TB Hitachi HDD - 2x 250 GB WD HDD Corsair K90 - Corsair Venegance 2000 Headset - Razer Naga Epic Corsair 600T Case

12-21-11, 11:41 PM	#4
Maverick123w Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,841	Re: Official Radeon 7970 Review and discussion thread Given it's price I would have expected it to more firmly beat the 580, which while it does it's not quite what I was expecting. A ~50% increase over a 6970 is pretty darn good however and I think it would be a nice increase over a 6970. However given that a slightly oc'd 580 is probably withing 10% of the 7970 I'd wait to see what Nvidia is going to offer before buying one.

12-21-11, 11:46 PM	#5
MUYA Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 6,774	Re: Official Radeon 7970 Review and discussion thread I had hoped that the 7970 would offer more robust performance gains. But bearing in mind this 7970 with GCN is a new architecture etc, coupled with driver optimization/efficiencies gained in the next few versions of the drivers the gains, will probably go up. Wait and see for me I guess __________________ I5-2500k@4.7GHz - MSI Z77A-GD65 - 4GB X2 A-DATA DDR3 1600 - Corsair H100 - Antec Quatro 850W Gigabyte Windforce X3 GTX 680 OC - Dell 24" IPS Intel 320 300 GB SSD - 1 TB Hitachi HDD - 2x 250 GB WD HDD Corsair K90 - Corsair Venegance 2000 Headset - Razer Naga Epic Corsair 600T Case

12-21-11, 11:47 PM	#6
Roadhog Resident Alien Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,776	Re: Official Radeon 7970 Review and discussion thread I think i'm going to wait for a refresh on this.

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Muppet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 3,111	Re: Official Radeon 7970 Review and discussion thread Any reviews of Crossfire performance. That is what i'm really interested in. All I have read so far is single card solutions.

12-21-11, 11:54 PM	#9
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12-22-11, 12:15 AM	#11
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