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For our overclocking tests today we are using the ASUS GPU Tweak software which is supplied on the software disc.
The software allows adjustments to power target, load line and VRM Clock. These need to toggled on within the ‘settings' menu.
We played for a couple of hours with various settings, and found the best results from those in the screenshot above. We managed to overclock the core from 1,100mhz to 1,211 mhz which translates to a 10% increase. The memory peaked at 1,728mhz (6.9Gbps effective), an almost 5% increase.
The healthy overclock translates to a substantial increase in 3DMark 11, with a final score of 9,910 points – just above the Sapphire HD7970 Toxic Edition with Lethal Boost enabled.
Thats another beautiful card for AMD. Quite a few really high end, loaded boards for 7970 lovers.
Good review thanks.
ASUS deserve a lot of credit for this – I love it when companies go nuts on the design for the high end audience. Im tempted to go for this later in the year, but I agree – the Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition looks to be a slightly better deal all round.
Zardon – top review bro. I still think the GTX680 is the best value for money high end card on the market however. you can pick up a killer one for £380
Im not a fan of triple slot coolers – I think in this case it has helped ASUS lower the noise levels which is welcomed, but they are huge cards and take up so much space in a case. I think Sapphire 6GB Toxic is still the best, but the extramemory really isn’t needed for most people/situations