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Next month AMD will introduce their latest family of graphics chips, called "Southern Islands," based on a completely new architecture and supporting the new PCI Express 3.0 protocol. The first model to be released will be the most high-end model, the Radeon HD 7970, codename "Tahiti," which will cost USD 550. Let's check its performance.
AMD has officially launched the Radeon HD 7000 series of graphics cards with the introduction of the companies new flagship single GPU graphics card, the AMD Radeon HD 7970. We put the AMD Radeon HD 7970 to the test on with an Intel Core i7-3960X on the Intel X79 platform with PCI Express 3.0 enabled to see how this card performs. We also overclock it as far as we could to see what the Radeon HD 7970 can do!
Last week we attended a conference call from AMD. Subject of the day was the new 7 series of the Radeon HD videocards. First one from the new 7900 Series is the flagship in single GPU configurations, the Radeon HD 7970. Please be aware this is only the presentation based on the official slides, the actual review will folllow soon here at Madshrimps. Let's see what the new high end AMD cards have to offer.
Die nicht gerade rühmliche Einführung der ersten Generation von DirectX-10-Grafikkarten mit der Bezeichnung HD 2x00, damals noch unter der Marke ATi, brachte die bekannte VLIW-Architektur ins Spiel. Bis zum heutigen Tage hielt AMD an dieser fest. Die Leistung konnte sich in vielen Fällen mit der Konkurrenz aus dem Hause NVIDIA messen, doch stellte sich immer wieder heraus, dass die Anpassung der Software ein entscheidender Faktor war. Die Auslastung der Einheiten gestaltet sich zunehmend schwieriger, wobei der Shader-Compiler eine entscheidende Rolle spielte. Durch die Entwicklung hin zu immer mehr GPGPU-Anwendungen fällt es dem Compiler immer schwerer, ausreichend unabhängige Operationen aufzufinden und auf die einzelnen Slots der VLIW-Einheiten zu verteilen.
mit der Radeon HD 7970 schickt AMD nicht nur die weltweit erste DirectX-11.1- sowie PCI-Express-3.0-Grafikkarte ins Rennen, sondern auch den ersten im 28-Nanometer-Verfahren gefertigten Grafikchip. Dieser hat nicht nur mächtig Power unter der Haube, sondern bietet auch eine verbesserte anisotrope Filterung und erweist sich als sehr sparsam. Im Test der Radeon HD 7970 erfahren Sie alles rund um Performance, Stromverbrauch, Lautstärke, Features und mehr.
We've absolutely powered through a bunch of ASRock motherboards recently. First we checked out the ASRock X79 Extreme4 which came in at an awesome price point. From there we checked out the mATX version, the ASRock X79 Extreme4-M. Today, though, it's all about the new high end board from the guys at ASRock, the X79 Extreme9.
Graphic cards
Dubbed one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, Battlefield 3 saw pre-orders galore and when it finally arrived, a lot of consumers were sadly let down by their systems, with the intense game needing a lot more juice than first expected.
This gave graphics card manufacturers the chance to revamp a card, add new features or even just bundle in the game for good measure.
The Radeon 6950 is classed as one of the best bang for buck cards on the market, giving a good balance of performance while keeping a few pennies in the bank at the same time. Due to this, it instantly became a hit with consumers and they flocked out to buy them in abundance.
Today we have a Radeon HD 6950 from our good friends at Club3D. It may look standard, but it is basically identical to their patented CoolStream card, but comes with Battlefield 3 included. CoolStream is the cooling technology behind Club3D's graphics cards, and as we've seen in other reviews of their cards, it really is a great cooling solution, so we're eager to see how this card performs.
Il fut un temps pas si lointain où posséder une carte silencieuse et au refroidissement efficace relevait du bidouillage amateur. En effet il fallait alors installer un ventirad acheté à part et le monter sur sa carte après l'avoir préalablement débarrassée de son horripilant système de refroidissement de référence. L'avantage était immédiat en termes de silence et de performance en cooling, plus une capacité à tenir l'overclocking généralement meilleure. L'inconvénient était la perte de la garantie, et la sélection naturelle si vous aviez deux mains gauches ! Aujourd'hui les constructeurs ont d'emblée carte blanche et chacune des marques s'est équipée avec son ventirad maison, souvent décliné selon les gammes de GPU. Comment se comportent-ils ? Comment la chaleur dissipée influe-t-elle sur les éléments qui gravitent autour du GPU ? Comment l'overclocking est-il rendu plus accessible avec ces solutions ? Autant de questions qui ont des réponses, c'est parti !
Graphic cards
We all knew that AMD were going to launch the 7000 series graphics cards, but not many anticipated that it would be quite this soon, with AMD bringing the date forward from the 9th January 2012 to 22nd December 2011.
By AMD bringing the date forward, the major downside to this is that it doesn't give us much time as writers to get you the very best content possible, as we have to aim to test the card to its full capacity in a limited time frame, so that we're ready for launch.
That aside, we are pleased to tell you that the 7000 series is here, or at least the 7970 is, with a reference design, while 7950 and 7970 partner cards will still be launched on 9th January 2012, so be sure to look out for that one. Not a lot of information was leaked about the 7970, but if previous card launches were anything to go by, we had a feeling that this could go horribly wrong and we say that for two main reasons. Generally when AMD launch a graphics card, they forget a vital thing, and that is to actually have the cards to launch. That involves making sure the reviewers have the cards, and so that stock is plentiful in stores and sadly this has happened again, but without digressing too much, we find one major flaw that tends to hiccup every time; rebadging.
When we've seen cards launch before, we've typically seen a bit of a rehash of an older card, much like we saw with the 5770/6770 and 5850/6850 and generally when they have launched, the performance has been slightly worse, so you can understand our downward view when we heard about the 7970.
From looking at the architecture however, it does seem that this card is a little bit different with a completely new GPU core and new technologies to back it up, and I can honestly say, from a first glance, it does seem as though AMD are learning from their mistakes.
The new GPU, codenamed "Tahiti" is part of the "Southern Islands" range of graphics cores and is now currently dubbed as their flagship graphics card with the 7970. Other cards are due to be released in the near future and with January 9th becoming ever so close to the present, we should see the 7970 being customised with different coolers and unique overclocks, but for now, let's take a look at the reference Radeon 7970 from AMD.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win is a video card that has two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti GPU’s on a single PCB for improved gaming performance. This card can run up to three displays off a single card for NVIDIA 3D Surround gaming, or you can disable NVIDIA Surround and run up to four displays for better productivity. Read on to see how this card performs in games and we also look at temperatures, noise levels, power use and overclocking!
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