AMD Radeon HD 7970 Video Review
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 is here. I finally got around to messing with one. This is the best single GPU card in the world. It’s also the best card I have ever seen when performance per watt is concerned.
I put this card up against some dual GPU cards as well as the 6970. I know a few of you want to know how fast it is compared to the GTX 580… but I don’t have one, lol.
Next up, I am going to do a little bitcoin mining. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Also, I made a couple of mistakes… I’m too busy boxing things up to move the hell out of Miami… So, no comments about me saying 7990… and I think I screwed up on the PCI-E power connections as well… you need one 6 pin and one 8 pin PCI-E power connector for this. I’ll add a YT annotation cause I don’t feel like re-rendering just for that.
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24 Jan 2012, 5:51 pm
Hoping to get two of these things. But I’m a silent freak, so I’m concerned about the noise. About bitcoin, you’re not still into that are you? It became pointless after the price dropped.
24 Jan 2012, 6:12 pm
im holding off for the msi lightning edition of the 7990… hope to get 2 or 3 of those.
24 Jan 2012, 7:41 pm
I’m concentrating on getting more displays and/or a DSLR as a PC upgrade has slipped down my priority list
24 Jan 2012, 7:50 pm
At $500+ I’m not getting this any time soon. I still have to get my PSU which I’m hoping to be able to buy around March. I also am wondering if the bitcoin is still worth it.
And not to start a whole thread just for this. Can anyone tell me if spending on a 6850 is worth getting to replace two 4870s running cross fire? I want to get DX11 for tessellation and use it on newer games. That’s all. I’m thinking the crossfire 4870s might still outperform it but I want my tessellation. I feel left behind.
24 Jan 2012, 8:21 pm
although it might be good for the money its not good for my wallet that and I can’t wait till more of the lower end 7 series comes out
25 Jan 2012, 1:50 am
While the numbers for this card are impressive, I still think that Nvidia is just going to completely blow it out of the water when they come out with their new cards.
The 6850 is a great value, but keep in mind that it’s only about as powerful as a GTX 460.
25 Jan 2012, 12:02 pm
$150 is my budget. I just noticed they lowered one of the 6870′s to $150 though. It’s either this or waiting more to get more money for a better one. At least once I have my PSU I’ll be able to decide if I can wait or not.
25 Jan 2012, 6:59 pm
although I did some research on the 7970 and it scales very well. The 4 way crossfire scalling is very good too. Now only if I could afford 4 of these well let alone one of them.