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Sapphire HD7970 Overclock Edition (Dual-X) Review

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Great performance from the Sapphire HD7970, averaging 157+ fps.

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13 comments

  1. awesome. im sure the price is nice too :p

  2. They have been releasing good cards for a while now, those new coolers and fans are great.

  3. Much as we would expect from Sapphire. dont see any stock anywhere yet sadly.

  4. OMG, this card is a MONSTER, I cant believe it slaps the nvidia GTX590 around like its nothing, OMG – OMG, nvidia is in big trouble if this card is coming around nvidia`s release, i feel sorry for all the nvidiot fan boy that gonna get butt hurt… why sapphire, why?

  5. Great card, but I prefer the appearance of the XFX cards. they just look better with that metal cooler.

  6. that overclock is f&*king wicked.

  7. How do you switch between the two bios settings? Is it complicated? Thanks!!

  8. Hi Ryan. Next to the crossfire connectors is a little switch. Power the system down, flip the switch. reboot.

    Done.

  9. wonder what’s the vrm temp after overclocking with added core voltage? thanks…

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