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Subject: Radeon 7xxx series reviews
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-3GB-Graphics-Card-Review-Tahiti-28nm
http://hardocp.com/article/2011/12/21/amd_radeon_hd_7970_video_card_review
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1805/1/
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1361/pg1/amd-radeon-hd-7970-graphics-card-review-introduction.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-benchmark-tahiti-gcn,3104.html

Few highlights:
-The 60% faster than a GTX580 "leak" was bulls***. This card is 25-35% faster on average.
-The card costs $550

Anyways, performance isn't anything to write home about. I expected at least 50% faster than a GTX580 so a 25-35% increase in games, while good, is not "great" by any means.

What is great is the power usage and temperatures.





 

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...cheater!

 

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I still beat you, even taking a few minutes to add my own comments and then edit them...

 

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I had to take a call at work!  LOL!

 

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Though nice overall. Noise level kinda worries me. Sounds like it needs better cooler. Would probably wait for non ref design if the 300-350 version is anything like that.

 

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