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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition

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This graphics card offers upper mid level gaming performance. The Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition GPU could struggle if it was to try and run the most demanding games available today, but it meets a lot of game system requirements found in today’s games.

DirectX 11 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition in your PC? This Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition graphics card has reached the end of its ability to run games released today. If you have it in your gaming PC then it’s time to upgrade your graphics solution.

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89 FPS
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The Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition is released on the 01 Oct 2012
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GPU
Architecture
GCN 1.0 Tahiti XT2
Process
28nm
TMUs
128
Texture Rate
141 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
35 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
2048
Driver Support
golden star golden star golden star golden star empty star
Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 12.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.4
Resolution (WxH)
4096x2160
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
3072 MB
Memory Speed
1500 MHz
Memory Bus
384 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
288GB/sec
L2 Cache
768KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
Power
Max Power
None
PSU
600 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
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Radeon R9 290X
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GD GPU hardware score: 6
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Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 7970 GHz WindForce 3X OC Edition is a special edition of Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.
The new features include a core-clock raise from 1000MHz to 1050MHz (and 1100MHz in Turbo Mode) while the operating memory clock remains the same. A new cooling system with a triple fan was installed which should keep Radeon HD 7970's temperatures low under extreme loading while producing less noise.
The performance boost is around 3% when compared to standard Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.


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Acylou21's Rig
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Core i5-2300 2.8GHz
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I'm getting this gpu next week and i wanna know if my cpu will bottleneck it and how far can i oc it :/ my current r9 380 went up to 1110mhz on core clock and 1600 on memory clock

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mate its not worth getting hd7970 since your gpu is just about 10% slower

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its because of the memory i need 3gigs and im actualy geting the 7970 for 30dollars less than what i got for selling the 380 and i can push the clock to 1.2ghz but all i need to know is is my cpu will bottleneck it or not

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yes im afraid it will it bottleneck even your corrent gpu in cpu tensive games i wouldnt go higher then what you allready have

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lion94's Rig
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try to buy upcoming r9 490X.a big upgrade for you

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the memory on this gpu overclocks really well but the voltage on the core is locked so it doesn't overclock well.
I got the memory up to 1670MHz.

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