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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition

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How well can the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition run games
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition
10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2023. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 242 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition is running Dying Light 2 and delivering weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 5 frames per second. Comparing this to Battlefield 2042 which is getting weak results, where it averages 0 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is FIFA 22, which is running at 70 frames per second.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at Dying Light 2 where it was weak. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 10 FPS, Medium: 8 FPS, High: 5 FPS and Ultra: 4 FPS. We added Battlefield 2042 to our tests and saw it was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then tested FIFA 22 which got 53 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition is going to struggle to keep a solid FPS, but a modern game could have a few options tweaked to get it playable at this res but on low graphics settings.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition in your PC? 12-18 months of top end gaming is still left in this graphics card

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition? A suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition is the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, which is 46% more powerful and can run 716 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition is the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB, which is 106% more powerful and can run 956 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.
FPS System Benchmark
46 FPS
High
The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition was released on 01 Aug 2012
AMD PC game performance check Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition
GPU
Architecture
GCN 1.0 Tahiti XT2
Process
28nm
TMUs
128
Texture Rate
147 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
37 GPixel/s
Shader Processing Units
Ray Tracing
Tensor Cores
Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 11.1
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.2
Resolution (WxH)
4096 x 2160
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
6144MB
Memory Speed
1500MHz
Memory Bus
384bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
288GB/sec
L2 Cache
768
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
1150 MHz
Power
Max Power
265 Watts
PSU
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
GD Official
GD RATING
24
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Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Toxic 6GB Edition is a special edition of Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.
It comes with 2 modes: a default core-clock of 1050MHz that goes up to 1100MHz in Turbo or a default core-clock of 1100MHz that goes up to 1200MHz. It also features a new cooling system with 2 huge fans. The memory clock will also be raised to 1600MHz, if using the highest option (lethal Turbo mode).
Using the lethal turbo mode, the performance boost is around 6% than reference Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.

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