- This thing is fantastic, and the memory cooling (much better than referance) allowed me to OC memory to 1800. Now since this isn't binned, I got unlucky, my core only goes to 1180 stable, but I'm perfectly content with it.The card stays really cool, much cooler than my old lightening 6970. Me posting my own values is worthless because you guys will have different case setups etc.Regardless, my maximum temps at 1625mv memory, 1200mv Core 1180mh core and 1800mhz memory are 62-3 degrees peaking with powerdraw unlocked with 100% gpu load and 100% fan speed. This is probably pulling something ridiculous like 300w. On BF:3 MAX 100% settings it stays at 59% fan speed, and never goes above 56 degrees…
- This graphics card performs absolutely astounding. Honestly I've thrown everything at it and so far it's amazing satisfying results that have exceeded all my expectations and I highly recommend this card for it's cooling system alone. I originally had this Radeon 6950XFX ATI Radeon HD6950 2 GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI/2x Mini-Displayport PCI-Express Video Card HD695XCDFC and the dual fan technology was doing some amazing things to the temperature and it was giving some great temps under load, Crysis 2, Battlefield 3, The Witcher 2 at close to max settings and it never went passed 80c. This 7970 however has not even passed 50c under even more demanding conditions!!! It's crazy. I won't talk about performance…
- Ultra Durable VGA materials - GPU Temperature 5%-10% down - Overclocking Capability 10%-30% Up - Power Switching Loss 10%-30% down.
- WINDFORCE 3X with "Triangle Cool" Technology for the absolute best cooling performance at whisper silent operation.
- Factory Overclocked Edition: Core Clock: 1000MHz (Std 925MHz)
- Supports PCI-Express 3.0 Interface; Supports AMD CrossFire, Avivo HD, Eyefinity 2.0, and EyeSpeed technologies.
- Features DVI-I/HDMI/2x mini-Displayport outputs with HDCP protection.
- Minimum Recommended Power System Power Supply unit 550W.
