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Release Period	-	Jan-2012

Radeon HD 7970 Review

Radeon HD 7970 is the successor of the powerful Radeon HD 6970 and part of the 7000 Series released by AMD in 2011/2012.
With the release of the AMD 12.11 Drivers, the performance was increased and is now superior to GeForce GTX 670 but still behind GeForce GTX 680. Not manufactured anymore, it was tweaked and later released as Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, which as of October 2012, became the fastest single GPU available.
Therefore, all games, including very demanding ones, should be fully playable at max settings and with very attractive resolutions.
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Radeon HD 7970 Performance Specification

Core Speed

Architecture

Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

Direct X

Shader

Open GL

Resolution (WxH)

Max Power

PSU

GPU Details

925 MHz

Tahiti XT

3072 MB

1375 MHz

384 Bit

GDDR5

264GB/sec

28nm

128

118.4 GTexel/s

29.6 GPixel/s

2048

DX 11.1

5.0

4.2

2560x1600

230 Watts

500 Watt & 40 Amps

Notebook GPU

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Dedicated

Integrated

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Screen Size

GPU Upgrade

Approved

GD Value

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GPU Features

No the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

8 GB

1920 x 1080

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8.8

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johnfredrico123

15:26 May-23-2013

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FX-6300 oc: 5%

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Radeon HD 7870 Double D Edition

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QFfjJHPXu8
hey guys can u tell me what version this hd 7950 card is in the link and if it can be overclocked for similar performace to the hd 7970???

mydreamrigmaza90210

16:53 May-11-2013

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Core i5-3570 3.4GHz

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2% worst now, not bad

mydreamrigmaza90210

15:48 May-08-2013

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6% better than 7970, boosh yeah

harryultrabadass

20:01 May-06-2013

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FX-4170

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Radeon HD 6670 2GB DDR3

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8GB DDR3 1333MHz

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Apple iPhone 4S 16GB

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Would my system bottleneck this?

mydreamrigmaza90210

20:51 May-06-2013

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yeah probably, go for an FX-6300 or better, or an i5-3350p or better, otherwise you're good to go

mydreamrigmaza90210

13:45 May-04-2013

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whoa, my GPU is just about 1% better

mengaoumz

18:44 May-01-2013

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509%!! F**K YEAH!!

skullxcrusher

00:54 Apr-24-2013

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13% better yeah

mydreamrigmaza90210

17:37 Apr-24-2013

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1 percent worst ;D

mydreamrigmaza90210

16:42 Apr-21-2013

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1% b*tches

silentkiller655

12:42 Apr-11-2013

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Radeon HD 7850 1GB Sapphire Edition

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Can my CPU handle 7970 easily with no bottlenecking at all ?

snag2012

13:05 Apr-11-2013

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Yes it can i am running the 7970 gigabyte oc addition in my rig.

jdsjoel

13:24 Apr-11-2013

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FX-4170

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Radeon HD 7970 XFX Black Edition

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Samsung S5200

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Yes your CPU is fine for a 7970 but if you get a 7970 make sure your PSU is enough and get a monitor with a higher resoultion :)

silentkiller655

14:55 Apr-11-2013

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i have cooler master extreme 2 625 from 1 year is it enough ? + i'm planning to buy anew monitor soon 1080p

snag2012

19:47 Apr-11-2013

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Yes that psu should be sufficient enough to run the 7970 :)

mydreamrigmaza90210

21:31 Apr-08-2013

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10% worst, aww yeah!

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