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AMD Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire Performance

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2012-01-20 07:30:00.0


Guru3D, HardwareHeaven, KitGuru, PC Perspective, techPowerUp, and VR-Zone have tested the multi-GPU performance of the new AMD Radeon HD 7970 in various CrossFire configurations.

Let's see what they had to say:

  • Guru3D: ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Crossfire Review:

    "With the Crossfire overview we also have been able to get glimpse into the future, The pending Radeon HD 7990 won't be far away from the performance levels you have seen today.

    As impressed as we where with the reference product we are similar impressed with the ASUS R7970. Impressive as well is obviously Crossfire scaling. We do hope that AMD puts their money where their mouth is and get their game driver support at higher levels.

    With the Crossfire overview we also have been able to get glimpse into the future, The pending Radeon HD 7990 won't be far away from the performance levels you have seen today."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • HardwareHeaven: PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire Graphics Card Review:

    "In today's games the PowerColor 7970 beats the GTX 580 convincingly in the majority of titles but really excels in CrossFire mode where AMD often have scaling working very well. Particular highlights were Shogun 2 and the recently released Star Wars: The Old Republic.

    In terms of value, the prices listed for 7970 cards today are fluctuating by the minute very much to extremes. Cards can be found for as little as £420 on pre-order though which beats the £560 we have seen elsewhere by some way. Keep your eyes peeled for good deals now and in the coming days."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • HardwareHeaven: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Tri-CrossFire Graphics Card Review:

    "Where the Sapphire 7970 really impresses however are the framerates possible on the product when we combine three. There are occasions, such as Skyrim, where multi-GPU performance of any sort isn't working but equally there are others, for example Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic as well as Shogun 2 where the framerates are phenomenal. This is also backed up by the excellent power down feature AMD have implemented which means the idle power use, and temperatures produced are industry leading for a multi-GPU solution.

    In terms of value, the prices listed for 7970 cards today are fluctuating by the minute very much to extremes. Cards can be found for as little as £420 on pre-order though which beats the £560 we have seen elsewhere by some way. Keep your eyes peeled for good deals now and in the coming days."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • HardwareHeaven: Sapphire Radeon 7970 Quad-CrossFire First Look Performance:

    "Quad 7970 CrossFire is clearly something for the real enthusiast and still a work in progress however for those who are willing to be patient, and have a huge budget there is nothing faster than this."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • KitGuru: HIS HD7970 Crossfire Review:

    "With regards to performance we have no concerns and everything we said on launch day still holds true. The new reference cooling solution is much improved on the old AMD design, although it is still audible when loaded. Building a system with two HD7970′s in a Crossfire configuration increases the ambient temperature, causing the fans to work harder and emit more noise. While Crossfire performance is exceptionally impressive we feel that many people would find the noise irritating. This is why I find the XFX R7970 DD version of this card so appealing … because with dual fans, and an improved cooler, the card is very quiet and runs at a much lower thermal overhead."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • PC Perspective: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Black Edition and CrossFire Results‏:

    "We have to comment on our CrossFire issues in this article and of course point out that these are NOT XFX's fault. Instead, we seem to have found a fault with the AMD drivers and its QA program. The problem of not seeing any scaling at 2560x1600 in Battlefield 3 (and ONLY 2560x1600) while seeing no scaling in Batman: Arkham City, crashes at 2560x1600 in Skyrim and the large dips in frame rate in Deus Ex: Human Revolution are pretty dramatic and damning for the brand new architecture."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • techPowerUp: ASUS Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire:

    "We see plenty of performance for the latest and greatest titles at maximum resolution and maximum settings. Unfortunately AMD's reviewer driver did not ship with working CrossFire profiles for Batman Arkham City and Elder Scrolls Skyrim. Battlefield 3 at 2560x1600 also fell back to single GPU performance, even though lower resolutions scale just fine. While I am confident AMD that will provide working CrossFire profiles for these major titles soon, they really need to work on getting their driver support to work right at launch day, when loads of people want to play these games."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • VR-Zone: AMD Radeon HD 7970 Quad CrossfireX: The Stock Air Cooling Championþ:

    "At VR-Zone, we like to think that our team and our readers are brand agnostic and worship only the best stuff available. We salute the AMD Radeon HD 7970 for its all rounded abilities, but for the sake of competition and the evolution of the human race, we hope that NVIDIA have an answer for this in the soon to be announced Kepler GK104.

    The numbers shown today are in the territory of subzero LN2 overclocked 4-way GTX580s of yesteryear, achieved with stock air cooling and no voltage bump at all. This excellence does come at a hefty price though - US$2196 (based on retail SRP of $549) for the cards and then some more for a beefy power supply and decent case/cooling."


    Click here to read the full review.

Enjoy!

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