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VTX3D HD 7970 X-Edition 3 GB Review
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I would like to thank OCUK and Caseking for proving the review sample.
AMD's Radeon HD 7970 has been on the market for a while now. The card introduced a new shader architecture and brought numerous improvements in power consumption. It later met heavy opposition from NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680 and 670, which has caused HD 7970 pricing to go down quite a bit.
VTX3D's HD 7970 X-Edition is a highly overclocked HD 7970 using a custom dual fan cooler and a large clock increase to 1050 MHz GPU and 1425 MHz memory.
| Radeon HD 7870 | GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon HD 7950 | GeForce GTX 670 | Radeon HD 7970 | VTX3D HD 7970 X-Edition | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Units | 1280 | 512 | 1792 | 1344 | 2048 | 2048 | 1536 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Graphics Processor | Pitcairn | GF110 | Tahiti | GK104 | Tahiti | Tahiti | GK104 |
| Transistors | 2800M | 3000M | 4310M | 3500M | 4310M | 4310M | 3500M |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 1536 MB | 3072 MB | 2048 MB | 3072 MB | 3072 MB | 2048 MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Core Clock | 1000 MHz | 772 MHz | 800 MHz | 915 MHz+ | 925 MHz | 1050 MHz | 1006 MHz+ |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 1002 MHz | 1250 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1375 MHz | 1425 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Price | $330 | $380 | $380 | $400 | $450 | $480 | $500 |
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