AMD Radeon HD 7970 3 GB Review 301

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3 GB Review

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The Card

Graphics Card Front
Graphics Card Back

AMD's new HD 7970 follows the company's traditional theme with black and red colors. The length of the card is 27.5 cm, which is the same as the HD 6970, for example.

Graphics Card Height

The card requires two slots in your system.

Monitor Outputs, Display Connectors

Display connectivity options include one DVI port, one full size HDMI port and two mini-DisplayPorts. You may use all the outputs at the same time, thanks to AMD's superior display output architecture.

Please note that all the connectors are on the "first" slot now, which opens up the second one for a cooler grill through which hot air is blown out of the case. This also makes it possible to use the HD 7970 in a single slot configuration with a waterblock to cool the components.

An HDMI sound device is included in the GPU, too. It is HDMI 1.4a compatible which includes HD audio and support for Blu-ray 3D movies. The DisplayPort outputs are version 1.2 which enables the use of hubs and Multi-Stream transport.


You may combine up to four HD 7970 cards from any vendor in a multi-GPU CrossFire configuration for higher framerates or better image quality settings.

Graphics Card Teardown PCB Front
Graphics Card Teardown PCB Back

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