10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2023. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 265 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

The Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition graphics card is returning a good performance on FIFA 22 at 1080p of 75 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Dying Light 2 which we saw got weak frame rates of 11 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular Grand Theft Auto VI, which is predicted to get 1 FPS under tests.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition by playing FIFA 22 which yielded a reasonable performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 150FPS, M: 118FPS, H: 80FPS, U: 57FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Dying Light 2 and that was weak. This graphics card delivered 8 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Grand Theft Auto VI which is predicted to get weak results with a 0FPS on Ultra 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition, this is going to need to lower its graphics settings to medium on modern games.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB as this is better than 716 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 37% better performance as well. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon HD 7970 GHz MSI Lightning BE 3GB Edition would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB which meets 956 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 92% better performance.