The 7970 Thread. Post your overclocks and experiences here:

[hallryu]

The 7970 Thread. Post your overclocks and experiences here:

There probably going to be lots of activity on the forum re these new cards so I think we need some early housekeeping. Firstly, to keep the forum clean and useful, secondly so everyone has an easy experience finding what they want and keep on enjoying the forum.


Well it's nearly release day and I know I'm going to be grabbing a 7970. Can’t wait!




So we will need a thread to post our overclocks and experiences with the new release.


Here is what we have discussed so far:

Reviews:

Guru3D Review:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ra...-7970-review/1

Guru3D 2-way Crossfire Review:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...ssfire-review/

Reviews by Guru3D forum members:
Xaser04: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=357055
pcgamers: http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=208

Guru3D CPU Scaling Review:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ra...-7970-review/1

Guru3D Overclocking Guide:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...erclock-guide/

Software voltage Mod & overclocking with MSI Afterburner:

With MSI Afterburner:
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55

Hardware Voltage Mods (Thanks Chispy):

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=356369

Cooling:

Arctic Accelero Xtreme 7970 VGA Cooler
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=356723

Yeston Radeon HD 7970 PCB with massive cooler
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=357466

Dracula GPU Heatsink for Radeon HD 7970
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=357475

[hallryu]

Drivers

Find the latest info on Drivers here in this section:

http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?f=46

We have regular early release drivers from some great forum members.

Info from AMD:

AMD Website:
http://www.amd.com/us/products/deskt...deon-7970.aspx

System Requirements:
http://www.amd.com/us/products/deskt...on-7970.aspx#2

[hallryu]

Reserved.

[Maximus7724]

methinks someone is excited...

[gerardfraser]

Pre-order in Canada the only one I could find
http://extreme-pc.ca/showproduct.asp...=99&menu3id=39

[hallryu]

Can't see any preorders in the UK yet!

[mikeysg]

I dunno how one guy in an Asian forum did it, but he has four of these badboys.....he has a few extreme setups, think 2x Mars and Ares, LGA2011 CPUs, the works. I will try and find out more and perhaps post a link here, his hardware has to be seen to be believed.

[Elder III]

ProVantage has them available for order in the US... $609 listed price. I've never ordered from them, but by as far as I know they are reputable.

[chaotic1]

Originally Posted by hallryu

Can't see any preorders in the UK yet!

great all we need is mods spamming the forums















j/k btw

it is not the 9th yet

[cowie]

Originally Posted by Elder III

ProVantage has them available for order in the US... $609 listed price. I've never ordered from them, but by as far as I know they are reputable.

Yes they are very good

[hallryu]

Available for preorder at OCUK apparently:

OcUK Tech Lab H2O Radeon

http://www.********************/show...=56&subcat=938

Not a great description and no info!

[Rich_Guy]

I bet that can hit some impressive clocks

Called into my local today, told him to get me one

EDIT: Didn't mean one of those watercooled ones btw

[[Drazio]]

I'm interested in this one.

XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition 1000MHz



info

[PhazeDelta1]

im getting 2, but ill wait until asus releases their DCII version. im not really a fan reference cards.

[hallryu]

I like that. Never had an XFX card, good warranties aren't they?

[Rich_Guy]

Its a double lifetime warranty (i think).

Wonder when the custom ones will start rolling out.

[PhazeDelta1]

i think the custom 6970 came out about a month or 2 after the initial release. so i would assume it would be around the same time frame.

[[Drazio]]

Yeah, XFX has double life time warranty and from what I've heard they're good with RMA's.

I haven't dealt with them personally as this 6950 that I currently own is the first time I've bought an XFX card.

Anyways, I've been under the assumption that the non-reference cards will be available on Jan 9th (launch day)..is this correct?

[Rich_Guy]

Originally Posted by Firestorm

i think the custom 6970 came out about a month or 2 after the initial release. so i would assume it would be around the same time frame.

I might hang on for one then, if i can

[PhazeDelta1]

ive waited this long. so having to wait another 2 months isnt going to kill me.

[jhelsas]

Is there any hope of it reaching the US$ 500 mark by mid-february ?

I don't like the idea of dropping US$ 500, even less US$ 610 in a video-card now, but US$ 500 i think it's still viable

[zer0_c0ol]

in 3 days 2 sapphire are coming

sticky this topic?

[Rich_Guy]

Originally Posted by [Drazio]

Anyways, I've been under the assumption that the non-reference cards will be available on Jan 9th (launch day)..is this correct?

The 7950's will have non-ref cards on launch day, but they are not coming till Feb. now.

[Elder III]

Originally Posted by hallryu

I like that. Never had an XFX card, good warranties aren't they?

I've purchased a dozen or so XFX cards over the last year and I'll happilly vouch for them. Their lifetime warranty is excellent, they do indeed honor it, they generally don't care if you Overclock, and they have a pretty decent RMA process too. I sent one back that actually turned out to not be faulty (adapter issue) and they sent me a brand new one as a replacement anyway. Plus they have Rebates and free games frequently,

[S†v0r]

edit: im blind lol, nvm.