PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 Vortex II Detailed Some More

Cristian_25H · Mar 27, 2012

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.

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Lionheart · Mar 27, 2012

Looks pretty damn nice....glad it comes with a backplate

dj-electric · Mar 27, 2012

If this
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/12-03-27/powercolor_hd7970_vortex_ii_edition_02.jpg
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
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/12-03-27/powercolor_hd7970_vortex_ii_edition_01.jpg

erocker · Mar 27, 2012

Dj-ElectriC said:
If this
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/12-03-27/powercolor_hd7970_vortex_ii_edition_02.jpg
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
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/12-03-27/powercolor_hd7970_vortex_ii_edition_01.jpg

I shall now refer to you as Pickles for the rest of eternity.

dj-electric · Mar 27, 2012

Before you do that, please explain why here
http://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...

nt300 · Mar 27, 2012

Dj-ElectriC said:
Before you do that, please explain why here
http://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...

Not all cards will do tri or quad-crossfire. So when you buy a card make sure at least one of them has 2 of those crossfire slots.

hhumas · Mar 27, 2012

beautiful i like its backplate

btarunr · Mar 27, 2012

Now that's how you design a backplate.

dj-electric · Mar 27, 2012

nt300 said:
Not all cards will do tri or quad-crossfire. So when you buy a card make sure at least one of them has 2 of those crossfire slots.

Wait... so some HD7970s will come with one CFX connector and some with 2? And some with 6+8 power layout and some with 6+6?
That does not make any sense whatsoever...
Or... you guys keep trolling me. This isn't funny anymore guys... :confused:

Fairlady-z · Mar 27, 2012

My Evga 680 still faster lol... sorry had to oh by the way any one interested in a 7970 lol

dj-electric · Mar 27, 2012

Fairlady-z said:
My Evga 680 still faster lol... sorry had to

btarunr · Mar 27, 2012

Now that I notice closely, pictures 1 and 2 are of the HD 6970 Vortex II (notice the CrossFire bridge fingers).

jsfitz54 · Mar 27, 2012

Why are the heatpipes mangled?

Is this a sign of poor workmanship?

It looks like someone used pliers to bend the pipes.

That's not press release quality.

TurdFergasun · Mar 27, 2012

i'd grab one of these once the price stabilizes vs the 680. looks like a card that'll do 1200mhz easily, and quietly. the heatpipes do look a bit man-handled though.

[H]@RD5TUFF · Mar 28, 2012

AvonX · Mar 28, 2012

real game performance is the same thing.
seams that the rumor for nvidia on using tactics for benchmarks to look better still stands.
for example 3dmark11

Shurakai · Mar 28, 2012

Hate it when the heat pipes end up on top or not covered, 80% of the time they are either horribly shaped or have no style to them

okidna · Mar 28, 2012

So, by removing 1 CF connector they can make 7970 run with 2x6pin power? Magic...

The 1st and 2nd picture probably not 7970.
This is 7970 Vortex : http://www.techpowerup.com/158591/PowerColor-HD-7970-Vortex-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html

kadeep · Mar 28, 2012

okidna said:
So, by removing 1 CF connector they can make 7970 run with 2x6pin power? Magic...

The 1st and 2nd picture probably not 7970.
This is 7970 Vortex : http://www.techpowerup.com/158591/PowerColor-HD-7970-Vortex-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html

are you blind, it said Vortex II :banghead:

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