Testseek.co.uk have collected 173 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 PCIe.
June 2012
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The editors liked
Nice clockspeed bump over vanilla HD 7970
Can make a case for it being best singleGPU card
Everincreasing app ecosystem based on Open CL
Lightning fast performance
Great compute performance
Top GPU on the block
Absolute performance levels
Power use when idle
ZeroCore Power function
Noticeable improvement over the original HD7970
Good overclocking headroom
Quiet when non tasked
Dual bios switch is handy
3GB of GDDR5 memory
Low idle power draw
The editors didn't like
Superstiff competition from NVIDIA's GTX 670 OC
Price
Potentially
Incredibly expensive
And not great value with it
Very noisy when gaming
Power use when running games
Loud when loaded
Price looks to be higher
Added power drain over initial HD7970
Overclocked GTX680 models are faster (and quieter)
Kitguru says
Another fast card from AMD
But we are slightly disappointed they didn't develop a new
Absolute performance levels, Power use when idle, ZeroCore Power function
Very noisy when gaming, Power use when running games
This improved version of the Radeon HD 7970 is able to rival and even surpass Nvidia on gaming performances. However, you may need to look for a branded version with a different cooling system to cut down on noise when gaming....
Competition is great for consumers. AMD will be shipping the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition in the next couple of weeks, at roughly £400 -- cheaper than the original and in the same price ballpark as the GTX 680. On a purely performance basis, the new Rade...
Abstract: After watching its Radeon HD 7970 get outperformed first by Nvidia's GeForce GTX 680, and then its 670, AMD is striking back with higher clocks and a new driver that hits the afterburners in several games. But are the gains worth paying extra for? Can ...
In a majority of the benchmarks the new Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is faster than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 680. Mission accomplished for AMD, now they can again say they have the fastest single-GPU graphics card around. AMD's exact plans for the Radeon H...
When starting this review we took the decision to look purely at gaming performance in enthusiast conditions. The reason? Well this is an enthusiast product and the reality is that the reference design card will not be sold in any significant quantity, if...
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