When AMD released the HD 7970 last year, it was the fastest single-GPU graphics card on the market. That was until NVIDIA launched their GTX 680, which took the crown from AMD and left the 7970 with a bloody nose.
Now AMD is back with a tweaked version of the HD 7970, called the HD
7970 GHz Edition, to take back what’s now rightfully theirs, the title
of the fastest single-GPU graphics card.
As usual, AnandTech put the new card through its paces
and found that it tied with the GTX 680 in single-monitor setups,
however, the HD 7970 GHz Edition took the lead when it came to
multi-monitor setups running at insane resolutions, which made it the
overall winner in terms of pure FPS performance. However, they also
noted that this performance comes at the cost, and that is higher power
consumption and heat levels and significantly higher noise levels. They
even went as far as to say it was one of the nosiest cards they ever
tested.
Underneath the identical looking body (compared to the standard HD
7970), the HD 7970 GHz Edition has the exact same hardware. The changes
come in the form of a higher clock speed that has gone from 925MHz to
1000MHz and the introduction of an even higher 1050MHz turbo boost clock
speed. The memory clock has also been updated from 5.5GHz to 6GHz and
that’s about all the difference there is between the two cards.
The HD 7970 GHz Edition prices start at $449, which is a tiny bit
more than what the HD 7970 cards are selling for right now and a lot
less than the $549 launch price for the same. The hardware partner
include ASUS, Gigabyte, HIS, MSI, Sapphire, TUL and XFX. If you want the
ultimate performance from a single-GPU graphics card and can tolerate
the high noise levels then this is the card to get right now.
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