Wait, am I misreading the Heaven page?
The tests are at tri monitor resolution.
I mean, for years now I've been suggesting reviewers look at more enthusiast resolutions like 2560 but do they really think that Crossfire is only good for 5760?
Is everyone in this thread who seems impressed, tri monitor users themselves?
It's nice to see them do the review with Eyefinity cause using any new high-end gpu is overkill on single monitors now.
Hardly; there's a massive amount of games that are nowhere near 60fps cap at 1600p resolution. And they need Crossfire/SLI setups just to perform relatively comfortably.
From what I can tell, at non bespoke resolutions(a.k.a. 5760) the 7970(given the price) isn't worth buying if you already own Crossfire 6950/6970, or SLI 570/580. For those running single cards at 1080p or lower, it's also not worth an upgrade.
I really thought 7970 was going to be the new 6970. What gives with the price? It's like they're charging a premium for the new architecture, which of course cannot be utilized mostly because not many applications or wide spread applications can capitalize on it.