10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB 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.

Lets look at the Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB 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. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 215.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB Edition shows us that Grand Theft Auto VI is predicted to get a weak result of 0 FPS, and then we are seeing Forza Horizon 5 returning a weak 18 FPS while another game on our list is the Battlefield 2042 which is getting 0 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB Edition to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at Forza Horizon 5 where it was weak. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 35 FPS, Medium: 28 FPS, High: 19 FPS and Ultra: 13 FPS. We added Battlefield 2042 to our tests and saw it was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then researched Grand Theft Auto VI leading us to predict 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB Edition is unable to perform adequately across modern games at this increased resolution.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB Edition in your PC? This Radeon HD 7970 PowerColor LCS 3GB 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 PowerColor LCS 3GB 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 57% better and can meet 716 of their recommended requirements. 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 26% better and can run 300 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.