Gigabyte HD 7970 Super Overclock 3072 MB

W1zzard · Jul 25, 2012, 07:46 PM

To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/G...e/HD_7970_SOC/

qubit · Jul 31, 2012, 08:02 AM

Great review, W1zz.

DOM · Jul 31, 2012, 08:18 AM

LOL so that cooler is all show XD

Still a nice review

Supercrit · Jul 31, 2012, 08:36 AM

Slap 2 high speed 120mm fans maybe the temp should be much better, the cooler looks insane, heat chamber and heatpipes with such high fin density scream for big powerful fans.

VulkanBros · Jul 31, 2012, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supercrit

Slap 2 high speed 120mm fans maybe the temp should be much better, the cooler looks insane, heat chamber and heatpipes with such high fin density scream for big powerful fans.

Yes - but as Wiz pointed out - in CF configurations this fan configuration would be better,
especially if the PCI-E ports are tight together - or water cooling

DOM · Jul 31, 2012, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VulkanBros

Yes - but as Wiz pointed out - in CF configurations this fan configuration would be better,
especially if the PCI-E ports are tight together - or water cooling

I ran two ref 7970 on my gene and the top card gets in the mid 80's so I think this cooler is still a big fail

Idk why would anyone would approve that cooler to make it to retail... Imo its ugly and looks like a getto mod

gopal · Jul 31, 2012, 11:24 AM

Seems to me like a box full of sweet, but i only see one problem triple slots

qubit · Jul 31, 2012, 11:25 AM

The fan noise is about where I expect it to be (loud) with five small fans and not acceptable. If I wanted a three-slot card, I'd get one of the other designs with 2 or 3 large, quiet fans on it.

On of the major points about getting such a huge cooler is to have the damned thing run quiet, while delivering excellent cooling performance and overclocking. I'm not sure what Gigabyte were thinking with this one.

gopal · Jul 31, 2012, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qubit

The fan noise is about where I expect it to be (loud) with five small fans and not acceptable. If I wanted a three-slot card, I'd get one of the other designs with 2 or 3 large, quiet fans on it.

On of the major points about getting such a huge cooler is to have the damned thing run quiet, while delivering excellent cooling performance and overclocking. I'm not sure what Gigabyte were thinking with this one.

I have no problem with loud fans, but i do have problem with triple slots

qubit · Jul 31, 2012, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gopal

I have no problem with loud fans, but i do have problem with triple slots

Indeed, I never buy triple slot cards myself.

tt_martin · Jul 31, 2012, 12:02 PM

W1zzard, 7970 Ghz Edition has not been included in performance summary graphs, will you add its results from now on?

INSTG8R · Jul 31, 2012, 12:05 PM

Wacky cooler fail?

Rowsol · Jul 31, 2012, 12:05 PM

How can a 3 slot card be noisy in idle? fail.

gopal · Jul 31, 2012, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tt_martin

W1zzard, 7970 Ghz Edition has not been included in performance summary graphs, will you add its results from now on?

Do we have a performance summary graph page?
Can you give me a link to it?

W1zzard · Jul 31, 2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tt_martin

W1zzard, 7970 Ghz Edition has not been included in performance summary graphs, will you add its results from now on?

yes, also note the awesome new games we added

gopal · Jul 31, 2012, 12:08 PM

oh the reviewed GPU Performence Summary?

EDIT: Do you mean by this

tt_martin · Jul 31, 2012, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gopal

Do we have a performance summary graph page?
Can you give me a link to it?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/G...70_SOC/28.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

yes, also note the awesome new games we added

thanks

As for new games, I can not see any racing games. Can we expect DiRT Showdown soon?

W1zzard · Jul 31, 2012, 12:38 PM

i dropped dirt 3 because it kept giving inconsistent results which meant i had to rebench it all the time. wont include dirt showdown due to extreme amd bias. looking forward to f1 2012

gopal · Jul 31, 2012, 12:40 PM

So did you added Witcher 2

W1zzard · Jul 31, 2012, 12:45 PM

old game, also can't automate it, so no. i added diablo 3, sniper elite v2 and max payne 3

gopal · Jul 31, 2012, 12:47 PM

great, but i think we should open another thread or tke it to pms because i don't think this is the place to talk about it.

pantherx12 · Jul 31, 2012, 12:48 PM

Huzzah! Heatpipes + vapour chamber like I've been saying for ages, now for someone to solder the pipes INTO the chamber it's self.

Shame the rest of the cooler is awful : /

What were gigabyte thinking? They could of at-least gone with 3 fans at either end of the card so it could exhaust the hot air correctly.

natr0n · Jul 31, 2012, 01:36 PM

I don't think I've ever seen such a generous heatsink come stock like that one.

pantherx12 · Jul 31, 2012, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by natr0n

I don't think I've ever seen such a generous heatsink come stock like that one.

Loads of cards came fitted with Accerelo extremes a year or 2 ago.

They're much beefier

( and probably perform better with their 3 92mm fans and nearly having as much surface area as this cooler)

Also Colorfire heatsinks are even beefier than that lol

natr0n · Jul 31, 2012, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pantherx12

Loads of cards came fitted with Accerelo extremes a year or 2 ago.

They're much beefier

( and probably perform better with their 3 92mm fans and nearly having as much surface area as this cooler)

Also Colorfire heatsinks are even beefier than that lol

yeah true, I was mesmerized by the copper surface area I think lol.

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