2 May 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition graphics card as a serious price to performance entry point. This card will meet and play most demanding AAA games and do so with good graphics setting as standard, and confidently pushing past the recommended game system requirements needed to run today’s games. Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

What FPS performance can the Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition get on latest AAA 2021 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. 713 games can be played by this graphics card of the 1000 most demanding games being played by PC gamers today.

A Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition card at 1080p is seeing a playable frame rate when running Resident Evil 8 on Ultra - 29 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition which is 3 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Battlefield 6 is predicted to perform on this hardware, which gets a playable 44 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition by playing Resident Evil 8 which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 58FPS, M: 46FPS, H: 31FPS, U: 22FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition and that was weak. This graphics card delivered 2 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Battlefield 6 which is predicted to get playable results with a 33FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition PC gaming is not a first choice gaming resolution. While this graphics card would likely be more suited to 1080p gaming, you may be able to make some graphical tweaks in the game options to improve your stability at 1440p.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition in your PC? Upgrade time for this GPU is currently placed at 2 years

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7970 Asus ARES II Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 21% better and can run 794 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 27% better and can run 905 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.