HD 7970 Performance charts (vs. HD 6990/6970 & GTX 580/590)

apoppin · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:39 pm

Well it is a very powerful card and definitely faster overall than a GTX 580.

My own PowerColor HD 7970 is quiet and it runs overclocks to 1100MHz/1400MHz on stock fan profile and voltage. If you were in the market *today* for the fastest single-GPU card, the HD 7970 would be the logical choice; however, if i were in the market for a card and i could wait a bit, i definitely would - to see what Nvidia brings with Kepler

Here are the performance charts vs the HD 6970, the HD 6990, the GTX 580, the GTX 590 and overclocked as far as it can go stock.
i also hope you don't mind that you will see these benchmarks repeated in a new article this week

Ocre · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:22 am **Posts:** 2118

you seem to be really impressed with it. i guess that means the 7970 is faster than kepler!

:yahoo:

apoppin · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:03 pm

Well, it does top the charts for *today*
- it meets the expectations for exceeding HD 6970 performance (but does not exceed it, except by overclocking).

It is priced what the GTX 580 3GB version cost at its launch

What hurt the card's perception was its increase in price over AMD's own last generation - from $370 to $550 for the flagship single-GPU card.

That would mean (by the same kind of pricing mentality) that if Nvidia improves +40% with Kepler's flagship over the GTX 580, premium pricing would dictate $699 (from $550 to $700 by using about the same percentage of increase that AMD used).

SirPauly · **Joined:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:56 pm **Posts:** 802

apoppin wrote:

Well, it does top the charts for *today*
- it meets the expectations for exceeding HD 6970 performance (but does not exceed it, except by overclocking).

It is priced what the GTX 580 3GB version cost at its launch

What hurt the card's perception was its increase in price over AMD's own last generation - from $370 to $550 for the flagship single-GPU card.

That would mean (by the same kind of pricing mentality) that if Nvidia improves +40% with Kepler's flagship over the GTX 580, premium pricing would dictate $699 (from $550 to $700 by using about the same percentage of increase that AMD used).

I shared similar views and was hit with a wall of resistance, hehe!:)

apoppin · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:39 pm

Not over here. You are talking about meeting resistance in an alternate dimension of reality.
- a small subset of a tech forum that is convinced that their company is the center of the universe.

And now i have the card. We actually paid $600 for it and i think we have the right to discuss its value.

And if the Kepler flagship turns out to be 40% faster than the GTX 580 and costs $699 you will not see me defend it's pricing even though it becomes "the fastest"
-- i am no fan of "premium" pricing
:hello:

BoFox · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:40 pm

SPLENDID benchmark results!!

Ocre wrote:

you seem to be really impressed with it. i guess that means the 7970 is faster than kepler!

:yahoo:

Oh haha, you mean you want kepler to be slower? :-O

Ocre · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:22 am **Posts:** 2118

yes sir. Nvidia is evil and they will pay for their crimes against humanity!!!!!!!!!!!

apoppin · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:11 pm

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Oh haha, you mean you want kepler to be slower? :-O

i think he wants it to be (faster and) $299

Faster and cheaper .. everyone wants that
- even to buy quality things from very bad people
>:)

HD 7970 Performance charts (vs. HD 6990/6970 & GTX 580/590)

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