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Gigabyte HD 7970 Super OC 3 GB Review
Packaging & Contents »Introduction
GIGABYTE'S HD 7970 Super Overclock or "SOC" is the company's flagship HD 7970 geared towards overclockers and enthusiasts. It comes with a new cooling design which uses many small fans on the side of the heatsink, instead of a large centered fan. Clock speeds have been increased significantly compared to the HD 7970; GPU clock is now 1080 MHz and memory is clocked at 1375 MHz.
While an exact pricing is not known yet, GIGABYTE suggests the card will retail around the $500 mark.
| Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon HD 7850 | Radeon HD 7870 | GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon HD 7950 | GeForce GTX 670 | Radeon HD 7970 | HD 7970 GHz Ed. | GIGABYTE HD 7970 SOC | GeForce GTX 680 | Radeon HD 6990 | GeForce GTX 590 | GeForce GTX 690 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Units | 1536 | 1024 | 1280 | 512 | 1792 | 1344 | 2048 | 2048 | 2048 | 1536 | 2x 1536 | 2x 512 | 2x 1536 | |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 48 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 2x 32 | 2x 48 | 2x 32 | |
| Graphics Processor | Cayman | Pitcairn | Pitcairn | GF110 | Tahiti | GK104 | Tahiti | Tahiti | Tahiti | GK104 | 2x Cayman | 2x GF110 | 2x GK104 | |
| Transistors | 2640M | 2800M | 2800M | 3000M | 4310M | 3500M | 4310M | 4310M | 4310M | 3500M | 2x 2640M | 2x 3000M | 2x 3500M | |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | 1536 MB | 3072 MB | 2048 MB | 3072 MB | 3072 MB | 3072 MB | 2048 MB | 2x 2048 MB | 2x 1536 MB | 2x 2048 MB | |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit | 2x 256 bit | 2x 384 bit | 2x 256 bit | |
| Core Clock | 880 MHz | 860 MHz | 1000 MHz | 772 MHz | 800 MHz | 915 MHz+ | 925 MHz | 1050 MHz | 1080 MHz | 1006 MHz+ | 830 MHz | 607 MHz | 915 MHz+ | |
| Memory Clock | 1375 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1002 MHz | 1250 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1375 MHz | 1500 MHz | 1375 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1250 MHz | 855 MHz | 1502 MHz | |
| Price | $340 | $230 | $290 | $430 | $340 | $400 | $440 | $500 | $500 | $500 | $700 | $750 | $1000 |
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