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AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card Review
| Manufacturer: | AMD |
| Product: | Radeon HD 7970 3GB |
| Date: | Wed, Dec 21, 2011 - 11:00 PM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Overclocked Benchmark Results
In Futuremark 3DMark11 with the performance preset we found the Radeon HD 7970 had an overall score of P8069. When overclocked to the max with the default BIOS we hit P9426 and then with the 'unlocked' BIOS with the card pushed to the edge of stability we hit P9750. This is a performance gain of 20.8% and the Radeon HD 7970 was just shy of the ASUS GeForce GTX 590! Not bad considering that a $550 video card is able to compete with a $749.99 video card! This isn't a real game though, so let's take a look at some real game titles.
In the game title Just Cause 2we found the AMD Radeon HD 7970 with maximum overclock that we could reach was enough to beat out all of the other cards we tested at 1280x1024 and it was just behind the Radeon HD 6990 OC at 1920x1080. Once the AMD Radeon HD 7970 is overclocked it becomes competitive with the fastest dual-GPU cards on the market today.
The final game title that we benchmarked the Radeon HD 7970 overclocks on was Metro 2033 and we saw a 21% performance improvement at 1920x1080 thanks to overclocking!
Next Page - Final Thoughts and Conclusions
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - The Radeon HD 7900 Series Arrives
Page 2 - Graphics Core Next & More Page 3 - The AMD Radeon HD 7970 Page 4 - The Test System Page 5 - Batman: Arkham City Page 6 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution Page 7 - DiRT 3 Page 8 - H.A.W.X. 2 Page 9 - Just Cause 2 Page 10 - Metro 2033 Page 11 - 3DMark 11 Page 12 - Temperature & Noise Testing Page 13 - Power Consumption & AMD ZeroCore Page 14 - Overclocking The Radeon HD 7970 Page 15 - Overclocked Benchmark Results Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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