Reviewers Liked
- Nearly as fast as the much pricier HD 7970
- Improved power savings when idle
- Support for 4K video and other forward-looking features
- A well balanced GPU
- Excellent powerdraw figures for highend card
- Overclocks like a champ
- Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output
- Dual BIOS
- 3 GB of memory with 384bit bus
- Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Expensive
- 4K video content and screens likely won't be common for a year or more
- NVIDIA's Kepler is just around the corner
- Noisy in 3D
- CCC Overdrive limits too low
- Not appreciably faster than competing Nvidia card on every title
- Requires two six-pin power supply cables
- Blocks an adjacent expansion slot