XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Black Edition and CrossFire Results

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Reference clock speeds on the HD 7970 were set at 925 MHz on the GPU

and 1375 MHz on the memory.  For comparison, the XFX Black Edition

ramps that up to 1000 MHz on the GPU and 1425 MHz on the GDDR5 memory.

 While these aren't out of this world results that we might have been

hoping for, the 8% boost or so in clock rate will surely be seen.

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/XFX-Radeon-HD-7970-3GB-Black-Edition-and-CrossFire-Results

 

Quote: "Let's you and I be completely honest with each other, we can

almost predict exactly what performance benefits you can get from a

higher clocked GPU on games where the GPU is indeed the bottleneck.

For the XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation and its

1000 MHz clock speed, performance falls in line with those

expectations. Our benchmarks show that in all cases, including

1680x1050 resolution tests, the move from the 925 MHz reference clock

to the settings XFX ships with results in 4-7% improvements. There

are a couple of exceptions like Skyrim, where the nature of the title

lends itself more towards software / architectural changes but in

general this is the case."

 

Thanks for a post!!

 

Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com