AMD's Pixel-Crunching Extravaganza: Radeon HD 7970 Review

Thanks I get the maths but you are confusing the MSRP with the actual retail value.

Even the 60% might be more than a little conservative...

XFX HD 6970 $310 (MIR)...
First confirmed "sold at" price I've seen for the HD 7970...$608 (470 euro's)


I'm sure there's a degree of "new tax" added to the price, but I'd be surprised if retailers will be selling at MSRP, and it's probably a given that the 6970 drops in price relatively quickly.

that amounts to around $750 US dollars; without shipping/taxes etc... i think i'll wait lol

I hope that the HD 7970 price will drop to lower levels after a few months. At the current pricing, Crossfire configurations using the 7970 are just not viable except maybe for those with really deep pockets. Meanwhile, I'll just have to make do with my "Last Gen" HD 6990 .

I am afraid you are making entirely too much sense Papa

What's IGP ? Insignificant Graphics Performance ?.....Infrequent Gamescreen Postcards ?

looks like i only have to wait a few more days before my zr30w gets playable framerates

Good lord, look at the condition this Yang fellow keeps his test bench, he obviously has no idea what he is doing.

http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-hd7970-benchmarked-quadway-crossfirex-mode-1600mhz-core-clock/

Multi-stage cascades look even worse. The one I had tended to look like the car from Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang had attempted to actually bang Robbie the Robot while stoking a pot still.

This is a great card. I was a little hesitant to fire sale my 2 MSI 6970 Lightnings (which are amazing) and buying a single 7970, but it was unwarranted. The performance, once easily overclocked (by ATI/AMD's stock overdrive), is on par with my previous setup on games that supported crossfire. The games that didn't support it, well this card just blows my previous setup out of the water in that scenario.

Another point that ALMOST made me sit on my hands for a while and wait was going from top of the line custom cards (msi lightnings)to launch day OEM cards. I've only purchased cards with after market coolers for the past 3 generations but I just couldn't wait to try out the 7970. I'm happy to say that while gaming, I don't notice a difference in fan noise. If anything, it runs cooler than my previous setup (obviously crossfire had a lot to do with it) and it may be actually quieter. While the Lightnings had an excellent HSF along with all sorts of other custom parts, the 7970's 28nm process just really nullifies the need for a monster HSF setup.

Plenty of great reviews out there on the interwebz, go read those. Just wanted to 5 star this because of the fool with the 3 star review spreading FUD.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006P88VO8