10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs.

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

Lets look at the Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2023. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 169 games in the list.

The Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition graphics card is returning a weak performance on Forza Horizon 5 at 1080p of 12 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Back 4 Blood which we saw got weak frame rates of 12 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular Grand Theft Auto VI, which is predicted to get 0 FPS under tests.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Forza Horizon 5 on the Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition to see that it got a weak set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 23FPS, M: 18FPS, H: 12FPS, U: 9FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was Back 4 Blood which seemed weak in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 9 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Grand Theft Auto VI where its predicted Ultra 1440p Frame rates were weak at 0 FPS. 1440p Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition PC gaming is not powerful enough to deal with the increased resolution.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition is failing to meet modern day gaming system requirements. A gpu AAA lifespan of around 6-12 months.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7970 HIS IceQ X² Edition? A great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, which has 68% better performance and can run 716 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300. This PC hardware upgrade performs 35% better and can run 300 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.