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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

Based on 16 reviews

Excellent:

8
Good:

8
Average:

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Bad:

0

Pros

Excellent performance.
Now includes dynamic overclocking feature.
Fastest gaming performance in a single GPU card.
3GB of 6GHz GDDR5 and a 384bit memory bus.
Quiet in idle.
Native full size HDMI & DisplayPort output.
Dual BIOS.
Support for ZeroCore power.
Support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1

Cons

Only intermittently superior to other top AMD, Nvidia cards.
Power-hungry.
Loud.
Superstiff competition from NVIDIA's GTX 670 OC.
Expensive.
Extremely noisy in 3D.
PowerTune and ZeroCore may complicate advanced overclocking.

By TechSpot on June 22, 2012

Since we reviewed the Radeon HD 7970 late last year a lot has changed. The arrival of the GeForce GTX 680 and GTX 670, and the resulting AMD price cuts were the most relevant moves on this segment until today’s release. When we tested the GeForce...

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By Bright Side of News on February 21, 2013

Based on what we were able to test with our GeForce GTX Titans, we can say without a doubt in our minds that the GeForce GTX Titan is the fastest GPU for gamers. If you like to do computational stuff as well, it isn’t half bad either, but I believe...

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By X-bit Labs on August 13, 2012

It wouldn’t be correct to claim that the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is the fastest single-GPU graphics card available today because our tests do not show it to be overwhelmingly better than the reference GeForce GTX 680. However, the increased...

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By Atomic MPC on July 19, 2012

Doesn’t change much, as it’s essentially a new...

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By Legit Reviews on July 13, 2012

The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is a beast and is the overall fastest single-GPU video card on the market today....

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By Kitguru.net on July 09, 2012

AMD have had great success with their latest 7 series of discrete graphics cards. The HD7970 led the performance charts for some time until Nvidia released their flagship single GPU, the GTX680. AMD are attempting to answer the challenge with the...

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By DigitalVersus on July 05, 2012

This improved version of the Radeon HD 7970 is able to rival and even surpass Nvidia on gaming performances. However, you may need to look for a branded version with a different cooling system to cut down on noise when...

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By Hardware Secrets on June 28, 2012

It was very interesting to see that with a little tweak at its clock configuration, the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition now has the same performance level as the GeForce GTX 680, while it is currently up to 33% faster than the original Radeon HD...

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By PC Mag on June 27, 2012

AMD's tweaks to its original design help supercharge the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, but if you can live with slightly less speed, there are more compelling options to be found....

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By Legion Hardware on June 26, 2012

Since we first reviewed the Radeon HD 7970 late last year a lot has changed, namely the arrival of the GeForce GTX 680 and GTX 670 graphics cards which resulted in AMD price cuts and ultimately today’s release. When we tested the GeForce GTX 670...

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