Review: XFX R7970 Double Dissipation

Published by Marc Büchel on 02.02.12
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Conclusion

General   + -
Undoubtedly the Radeon HD 7970 is these day single GPU performance king. There simply isn't a card on the market which can keep up with this one. And best of all it doesn't matter if you're looking at performance when using standard clock speeds or overclocking potential. The HD 7970 simply sets a higher benchmark everyhwere. Furthermore the Double Dissipation cooler XFX is using for their card is a good compromise in our opinion. Under load the card is quieter than the reference design but it comes at the cost of some of the overclocking potential.   - 2D silent - Noise Level in 3D mode  
       
Performance   + -
What can you say it this point: the Radon HD 7970 really sets the benchmark for single GPU graphics cards these days and that's about it. Recent games can be played at the highest resolutions at maximum detail level absolutely smooth. Even playing on a multi display setup is no big deal. Pixel accelerator like this one really are screaming for 4K displays to finally arrive.   - Singl GPU Performance King  
       
Overclocking   + -
Also at this point the card was able to convice. Without any hesitation we put the sliders to the maximum and started benchmarking it again. At 1'125 MHz on the GPU and 6'300 MHz on the memory you get another significant boost in performance.   - Overclocking GPU 1'125 MHz / Mem 6'300 MHz

 
       
Recommendation   + -
If you should be looking for a card that is based on the world fastest single GPU graphics chip that ships with a well proportioned cooler, then the XFX R7970 Double Dissipation is a very good choice.   - High-End Gaming - Desktop PC
 
The XFX R7970 Double Dissipation gets good four out of five stars. You can get this card for about CHF 570.- (est. EUR 475.-).
 
The XFX R7970 Double Dissipation can be bought at Steg PC for CHF 599.- (est. EUR 499.-).





Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - Stone Giant
Page 2 - Technical Data / Specifications Page 9 - World in Conflict
Page 3 - Preview / Delivery Page 10 - Resident Evil 5
Page 4 - Testing conditions Page 11 - Call of Juarez
Page 5 - 3D Mark 11 Page 12 - Far Cry 2
Page 6 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 13 - Overclocking
Page 7 - Unigine Heaven Page 14 - Conclusion



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