hd 7970 benchies surface! amd chokeslams fermi to hades!

i got official benchmarks of a single hd 7970 (some cfx as well in the source):

http://www.donanimhaber.com/ekran-karti/haberleri/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-icin-resmi-test-sonuclari.htm

results:

3dmark 11 (1024 x 768)/ :

entry- 11992e

preformance- 7972p

extreme- 2737X

batman: arkham city (2560 x 1680)

high /w fxaa- 40fps

max /w 16AF, 8AA - 25fps

bf3(1080p, 2560 x1680)

high- 80fps

ULTRA 0msaa- 50fps

skyrim(max @ 2560x1680) - 51fps

there are more but this is jsut a sample. by and large the 7970 appears to preform VERY well at resolutions beyond 1680 x 1200 and absolutely raped the gtx 580 @ an extreme multimonitor resolution of 7600 x 1600. benchies were done in games on an fx-8150 while fluids and multi-monitor were done using a core i7 SB-E 3960X, drivers used were CCC 11.11b, nvidia drivers used were 290.38

watch out for the return of the big red machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH0mdKw4iFM

I don't know how I feel about AMD being red now. Green is my favorite color.

I don't know how I feel about AMD being red now. Green is my favorite color.

NailedGR

well radeon is a red logo so is amd vision. i also call them red out of respect for ati

I assume it will cost much more than a 580 :P

I'd be excited for this thing if it weren't for the $700 price tag.gameguy6700

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]I'd be excited for this thing if it weren't for the $700 price tag.Hexagon_777

If so, it means it's gonna be about £700 here, which is over $1000.

I really hope it doesn't cost that much though :(

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="gameguy6700"]I'd be excited for this thing if it weren't for the $700 price tag.Postmortem123

If so, it means it's gonna be about £700 here, which is over $1000.

I really hope it doesn't cost that much though :(

[QUOTE="Postmortem123"]

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]It has a 700$ price tag? Out of the question for me then.Hexagon_777

If so, it means it's gonna be about £700 here, which is over $1000.

I really hope it doesn't cost that much though :(

That's how it usually is, it sucks pretty bad. GTX 590's are the equivalent of $1000-$1200 here :P

Don't your guys' prices reflect the tax involved? American prices do not include any taxes.

But even with tax it's still not nearly as much as in the UK. red12355

they pay a lot more taxes

If I don't find out the UK price of the HD 7950 soon, I'll be getting a HD 6970. :(Hexagon_777

Get two :twisted:

Still sticking with my 580GTX,will still last for some time.But this HD7970 and 7000 series,awesome stuff...

I still wonder how will new Nvidia series look like,though...

hmm isn't that worse than the 580?

Still sticking with my 580GTX,will still last for some time.But this HD7970 and 7000 series,awesome stuff...

I still wonder how will new Nvidia series look like,though...

Rocker6

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]If I don't find out the UK price of the HD 7950 soon, I'll be getting a HD 6970. :(Postmortem123

Get two :twisted:

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]If I don't find out the UK price of the HD 7950 soon, I'll be getting a HD 6970. :(Postmortem123

Get two :twisted:

[QUOTE="Silicel1"][QUOTE="Postmortem123"]

If I don't find out the UK price of the HD 7950 soon, I'll be getting a HD 6970. :(Hexagon_777

Get two :twisted:

[QUOTE="Silicel1"][QUOTE="Postmortem123"]

Get two :twisted:

Hexagon_777

[QUOTE="Silicel1"][QUOTE="Postmortem123"]

Get two :twisted:

Hexagon_777

That is about what you are supposed to do when you build a computer for gaming. Although, I'd say 40% on the GPU.

I'd be excited for this thing if it weren't for the $700 price tag.gameguy6700

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]I'd be excited for this thing if it weren't for the $700 price tag.jpm27

I'd say 40% on the GPU.

GummiRaccoon

What about the rest of your components?

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

I'd say 40% on the GPU.

Daanyal

What about the rest of your components?

Get the best graphics card you can and build around that.

[QUOTE="Silicel1"][QUOTE="Postmortem123"]

Get two :twisted:

Hexagon_777

£1000 is plenty; my spec cost me about £900 :)

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[QUOTE="Silicel1"] +1 If its true that it costs 700 euros then you can buy two 6970 for 600 and doubt it will be better. If it costs anything more the 500 its not worth it.Postmortem123

£1000 is plenty; my spec cost me about £900 :)

[QUOTE="jpm27"][QUOTE="gameguy6700"]I'd be excited for this thing if it weren't for the $700 price tag.Iantheone

[QUOTE="jpm27"][QUOTE="gameguy6700"]I'd be excited for this thing if it weren't for the $700 price tag.Iantheone

[QUOTE="Iantheone"][QUOTE="jpm27"]Most of the speculation I've seen put at between $450 and $500, this is the first post I've seen different.gameguy6700

I want to get one sooo bad, just so when I get my 1080p monitor I won't have to worry for a very long time. Sadly I'm afraid my q6600@3ghz will hold it back :(achilles614

I have the same CPU at almost the same speed and I also think that I need a full upgrade next :P

Those are BS! If you think in real world gaming you are going to see those huge numbers against the mighty 580 you are crazy! Nvidia is going to strike back this Spring!

The official (read: paper launch) launch of the 7xxx series is tomorrow, so I think we should propably wait on the guru3d review before making assumptions. Also, the prices I've been hearing for the 7970 were around 400$...where did you guys get that 700$ rumor from?

Don't your guys' prices reflect the tax involved? American prices do not include any taxes.

NailedGR

but in California USA we have a sales tax. so that brings the price up even more.

[QUOTE="NailedGR"]

Don't your guys' prices reflect the tax involved? American prices do not include any taxes.

msfan1289

but in California USA we have a sales tax. so that brings the price up even more.

Yes but in england when they tell you prices they include the taxes in them.

So when they say 700 pounds, they mean 570 + 130 in taxes. In america they add taxes after the fact.

[QUOTE="msfan1289"]

[QUOTE="NailedGR"]

Don't your guys' prices reflect the tax involved? American prices do not include any taxes.

GummiRaccoon

but in California USA we have a sales tax. so that brings the price up even more.

Yes but in england when they tell you prices they include the taxes in them.

So when they say 700 pounds, they mean 570 + 130 in taxes. In america they add taxes after the fact.

Yup, gotta love that 20% VAT.

The official (read: paper launch) launch of the 7xxx series is tomorrow, so I think we should propably wait on the guru3d review before making assumptions. Also, the prices I've been hearing for the 7970 were around 400$...where did you guys get that 700$ rumor from?

QQabitmoar

I hope this is true :3

[quote="Gibbo"]79xx shall be far far more expensive, which will have no effect on current 69xx pricing. 78xx not due until feb/march. 69xx stocks running low now, doubt there shall be any major price move, can't guarantee against it but seriously doubt it. Marine-RX179

[quote="Marine-RX179"][quote="Gibbo"]79xx shall be far far more expensive, which will have no effect on current 69xx pricing. 78xx not due until feb/march. 69xx stocks running low now, doubt there shall be any major price move, can't guarantee against it but seriously doubt it. Hexagon_777

Yep, looks like it's gonna cost around the £500 mark.

What's the point of buying this card? Not like any Dev properly codes their games to take full advantages of our pricey systems. Like our systems have surpassed consoles exponentially, so why make new cards rather than release proper drivers and let the devs get used to the architecture of the GPU so they can optimize / developped for them using them more efficiently.trastamad03

That's the purpose of the API...

There are a lot of new features and much better performance in certain situations that justify this card.
~40-50% faster than GTX580, on average, is quite nice

I for one was planning on going with a 27" 2560 x 1440 monitor to go with this card, but decided against it. Still getting the cards mainly for 120hz gaming which this card will no doubt will be able to do with ease. Plus I'm not a big fan of SLI and crossfire, have always prefered having one single good GPU. I get no micro stutter that way.

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[quote="Marine-RX179"][quote="Gibbo"]79xx shall be far far more expensive, which will have no effect on current 69xx pricing. 78xx not due until feb/march. 69xx stocks running low now, doubt there shall be any major price move, can't guarantee against it but seriously doubt it. Postmortem123

Yep, looks like it's gonna cost around the £500 mark.

the euro pricing for an ASUS hd 7970 pre-ordered is 700 euro's

I get no micro stutter that way.GTSaiyanjin2

Less microstutter.
Even with single cards microstutter is still there though it usually isn't noticeable.

Found a review.
Wont let me link so you have to copy paste. It's also Dutch so you probably will have to translate also.

http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/2472/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review