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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell July 9, 2012 Featured Tech News, Graphics

To overclock today we are using AMD's Catalyst Control Center.

We weren't expecting to get a great overclock from this card, considering the high default state, however we were pleasantly surprised to achieve 1,155mhz from the core, which translates to a 10% increase. The GDDR5 memory could be overclocked to 1,655mhz (6620mhz effective) from 1,500 mhz, translating to a 10.3 % overclock.

The card responds exceptionally well to overclocking and there is clearly some headroom, at least on our sample anyway. At 1,155mhz core /1655mhz memory, the score increased from 8,872 points to 9,483 points, or around 400 points less than the last generation dual GPU flagship, the HD6990. A very impressive achievement.

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7 comments

  1. mupitt
    July 9, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    I dont get it… i may be a little dumb here, i dont get it, i bought a 7970 Black edition card which was OC’d to 1Ghz + on the core, and had dual fan cooling when the 7970 was released ages ago now.. so whats different, and what would i be getting extra for my money now?

  2. Joseph Mc
    July 9, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    fair review, seems like a good card, and i love AMD hardware, but yeah the reference coolers do not impress. Sapphire should make a great version with heatpipes, two fans etc.

  3. brian
    July 9, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    Interesting to see the power concumption has increased. I doubt it will hit £400, probably closer to £430.

    id wait for sapphire or XFX models, with improved coolers, they normally can match the reference card price.

  4. Stevie
    July 9, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    Yeah im not sold on this, its going to cost too much for what you get. Nvidia OC 570s are much better value for similar performance.

  5. Paradis
    July 9, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    @muppit.

    Basically very little apart from a worse cooler and slighty faster memory…

  6. William
    July 9, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    its alright. but whats the big deal? bring out a new card with a better cooler or something. clock it higher? not very creative.

  7. same-amd
    July 10, 2012 at 8:42 am

    problem is, amd`s heads are a bunch of cowboys in suits because: for amd to survive, it needs a CEO like nvidia, someone who knows gpu`s or even something about games… i bet Rory has never played a game, so what would he know about coolers, fans, temps and performance? relying on AIB`s or OEM`s will get you bankrupt..wait & see AMD.

    not only is Rory going to kill amd but the whole amd crew is going to, bcoz none of them seem to have any clue.

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