Testseek.co.uk have collected 276 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCIe.
December 2011
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The editors liked
Amazing GPU core overclocking
Good memory overclocking
Good cooling
Great performance especially at Highres
Quiet (when fan below 40%)
Good looking design
Black PCB
Silly fast FPS figures
Blistering Performance
Cool running
Low Noise
Good overall package
Small dimensions
Competitive pricing
Fastest single
GPU card around
Huge overclocking potential
Impressive power management tech
Brandnew design suited for graphics and compute
Fastest singleGPU card around
A wellbalanced GPU
Strong powerdraw credentials
Jump in performance on old generation
Improved standby energy consumption with ZeroCore Power
Quiet in idle
DirectX 11.1 compatible
New performance leader in the single GPU sector
Latest vapor cooler is a solid advancement for AMD
Power drain is excellent
The editors didn't like
Expensive
Loud fan above 40%
Deafening at 100%
Only one DVI port
Do not scale as well as AMD cards
More expensive than the AMD competition
Huge price
Tag
Cannot justify it with enough performance gains
Immature drivers
Price
It brings other multiGPU solutions very much into play
Noisy during gaming
3D energy consumption is relatively high
Single fan
Around £450
It is expensive
Our sample experienced some unusual horizontal sync lock issues with some monitors/televisions
Kitguru says
A new performance leader for AMD and a strong end to the year
tarting with the build quality and design of the 7970 we have a card which very clearly improves on the 6970 and AMD's last generation architecture. This is the case with more obvious aspects such as the cooler down to the more technical aspects such a...
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The card is very big and generates more heat than competing cards do
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 is a powerful graphics card, and it is an excellent choice when you want to get the most out of your games. The card tends to run a bit on the warm side when fully loaded, but this is not unexpected for a card of its size and power...
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Published: 2012-11-26, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: AMD kick-started 2012 with the release of the Radeon HD 7970, the first member of the Radeon HD 7000 GPU series. This launch marked the introduction of the first-ever graphics card to be made on a 28nm design process, representing the company's most compl...
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