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AMD Radeon HD 7970 Roundup: Contenders from ASUS, Sapphire and XFX

By on January 9, 2012 5:24 pm
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All the boards in our roundup today feature the reference PCB design of the Radeon 'Tahiti XT' HD 7970, with differences only in the pre-programmed default clock speeds, cooling solution, bundled software/accessories, warranties and most crucially, price. We help our readers to make an informed choice…

ASUS Radeon HD 7970

A fiery looking box – with ASUS keen to emphasize their GPU Tweak software as a selling point

 

Back of Box


 

Bundled Accessories (1 x MiniDP and 1 x HDMI to DVI convertor, 2 x 6 pin PCIe to 8 pin PCIe, Crossfire bridge) and Documentation

ASUS's HD 7970 is based on the reference design by AMD, the only difference being an ASUS sticker pasted on the vapor chamber shroud

 

Like the reference design, it requires 8+6 pin PCIe power connectors and preferably a PCIe 3.0 compliant CPU (currently only Intel's SNB-E) for max link speed

 

Up to six-monitor Eyefinity 2.0 configurations from the mini-DP, HDMI and DVI-D ports

 

ASUS has bundled an updated version of GPU Tweak software, which allows independent monitoring and control of the GPU and memory clocks/voltage on its cards. Some other thoughtful features we liked were the ability to sync GPU clocks with appropiate voltages (good for novice users), 2D mode clocks removal. FRAPS-like video recording, and Live Update for vBios and drivers.

 

ASUS themed GPU-Z


 

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