10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

Here is a performance review on how capable the Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition is at running the more popular games of 2022. Specifically looking at this PC hardware’s ability to get suitable frames per second to play on Ultra game settings and what FPS it might get on 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen res. 228 games can be played by this graphics card of the 1000 most demanding games being played by PC gamers today.

A Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition card at 1080p is seeing a playable frame rate when running Days Gone on Ultra - 29 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Resident Evil 8 which is 0 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular FIFA 22 performs on this hardware, which gets a good 66 FPS.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at Days Gone where it was weak. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 58 FPS, Medium: 46 FPS, High: 31 FPS and Ultra: 22 FPS. We added Resident Evil 8 to our tests and saw it was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then tested FIFA 22 which got 50 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition is going to need to lower its graphics settings to medium on modern games.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition in your PC? This Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7970 PCS+ VORTEXII Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 54% better and can meet 725 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 24% better and can meet 304 of their recommended requirements.