Tuesday, March 27th 2012
PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 Vortex II Detailed Some More
In anticipation of the official launch, PowerColor has served up a fresh batch of pictures depicting its Radeon HD 7970 Vortex II Edition graphics card. Besides providing fresh photos, PowerColor has also confirmed that this new Tahiti-powered card will have its GPU set to 1100 MHz (up from the stock 925 MHz) and the 3 GB of on-board GDDR5 memory clocked at 5700 MHz (5500 MHz stock).
In addition to higher clocks, the HD7970 Vortex II features a dual-slot cooler with two fans (allowing for a little airflow adjustment) and three heatpipes, a backplate to speed up heat dissipation, 2048 Stream Processors, a 384-bit memory interface, a PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface, CrossFireX and Eyefinity support, and five display outputs (DVI x 2, HDMI x 1, mini DisplayPort x 2).
The HD7970 Vortex II Edition is expected to become available next month. Its price tag is still unknown.
In addition to higher clocks, the HD7970 Vortex II features a dual-slot cooler with two fans (allowing for a little airflow adjustment) and three heatpipes, a backplate to speed up heat dissipation, 2048 Stream Processors, a 384-bit memory interface, a PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface, CrossFireX and Eyefinity support, and five display outputs (DVI x 2, HDMI x 1, mini DisplayPort x 2).
The HD7970 Vortex II Edition is expected to become available next month. Its price tag is still unknown.
18 Comments on PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 Vortex II Detailed Some More
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Is an HD7970 then I'm a jar of pickles. (One CFX connector, 6PINX2 power)
This, my friends, might be the HD7870 VORTEX II
And so is this
www.techpowerup.com/img/12-03-27/powercolor_hd7970_vortex_ii_edition_01.jpg
www.techpowerup.com/img/12-03-27/powercolor_hd7970_vortex_ii_edition_03.jpg
We see two CFX thumbs and 8+6PIN power layout
but on the other two pictures just one CFX and a 6+6PIN
I'm confused...
Very much...
Or you're trolliing? or... wait...
That does not make any sense whatsoever...
Or... you guys keep trolling me. This isn't funny anymore guys... :confused:
Is this a sign of poor workmanship?
It looks like someone used pliers to bend the pipes.
That's not press release quality.
seams that the rumor for nvidia on using tactics for benchmarks to look better still stands.
for example 3dmark11
The 1st and 2nd picture probably not 7970.
This is 7970 Vortex : www.techpowerup.com/158591/PowerColor-HD-7970-Vortex-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html