Friday, June 15th 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition "Tahiti XT2" Detailed
We've known since May, the existence of a new high-end single-GPU graphics card SKU in the works, at AMD. Called the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, the SKU is being designed to regain AMD's competitiveness against NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680. We're hearing a few additional details about the SKU. To begin with, AMD has worked with TSMC to refine the chip design. The Tahiti XT2 will be able to facilitate significantly higher clock speeds, at significantly lower voltages, than the current breed of Tahiti XT chips.
Tahiti XT2, or Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, will ship with a core clock speed of 1100 MHz, 175 MHz faster than the HD 7970. The GPU core voltage of Tahiti XT2 will be lower, at 1.020V, compared to 1.175V of the Tahiti XT. It's unlikely that AMD will tinker with memory clock speed, since Tahiti already has a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, which gives it 264 GB/s memory bandwidth at 1375 MHz (5.50 GHz effective). According to the source, the new SKU enters mass-production next week. So best case, it should reach markets by late-June or early-July.
Source:
OCaholic.ch
Tahiti XT2, or Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, will ship with a core clock speed of 1100 MHz, 175 MHz faster than the HD 7970. The GPU core voltage of Tahiti XT2 will be lower, at 1.020V, compared to 1.175V of the Tahiti XT. It's unlikely that AMD will tinker with memory clock speed, since Tahiti already has a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, which gives it 264 GB/s memory bandwidth at 1375 MHz (5.50 GHz effective). According to the source, the new SKU enters mass-production next week. So best case, it should reach markets by late-June or early-July.
112 Comments on AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition "Tahiti XT2" Detailed
It should be XTX, and that's that. There is a reason for that, but whatever, this is hardly something really worth talking about.
:laugh:
And I will. ;) :roll:
I was saying GHz Edition long before anyone else here was, don't care WTF they wanna call it now, it's XTX, and that's that. :p
You...you's just ewocka jabberwoka.
:wtf:
and in so far as binning goes this is what i frequently alude to, just because they tell you the top end chip is such and such and hits a certain spec profile, that does not mean that that chip is/was the top binned, and AMD or any other company frequently does have a higher bin then your comercially aware of with other exclusive features that work or work best , this bin got freed up for us.:D.
anyways wheres the benches??.
I doubt this will steal any of the thunder the GTX670 through 690 have, they impressed more than this, from the get go.
Nvidia price drop coming, Thank you :toast:
Hmmm 670's or shall it be 680's :rolleyes:
From www.guru3d.com/article/asus-radeon-hd-7970-directcu-ii-review/4 Radeon HD 7970 has 210 watts.
Believe it or not, the high end Radeon HD 7970 has a rated peak TDP (maximum power draw) of just 210 Watt, and that's really all right for a product of this caliber, features and performance.
From www.techspot.com/review/481-amd-radeon-7970/page2.html Radeon HD 7970 has 210 watts.
"it still chugs up to 210 watts under load
right where the prices should be...:laugh:
it will only be little bit faster than a 670..
and trolled the users of the first batch 7970..
AMD Radeon HD 7970
341 880 points
AMD Radeon HD 7950
274 725 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 (dual GPU)
233 954 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 (dual GPU)
215 115 points
AMD Radeon HD 7870
189 933 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
176 118 points
clbenchmark.com/result.jsp?class=single
so basically the hd7970 is a professional gaming graphics card since its still on par with a 680 in gaming and 2x more in compute power