Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 7950 vs. HD 7970 - at the same clocks

[HEXUS]

Will Radeon HD 7950 prove to be the better buy?

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[streetster]

That's assuming all cards will overclock to 7970 speeds - what's the news in the wild?

Also... if you shell out the extra £100 for the 7970 and can o/c to similar levels seen in your 7970 review then you'll have ~12% (in AvP) extra performance over the standard 7970.

Was about to compare the 7970 o/c results with the 7950 o/c results but looks like you're running different driver versions so cant get a figure for what % extra you get for the £100.

Still beyond my budget, I picked up a 4870 for £175 when they were newish, and then another for £50 2nd hand... not sure how many months (years?) it'll be before the 7950/70 gets sub-£200...

[Tattysnuc]

Tremendous piece of analysis.

It really does get you thinking about how best to spend your money - higher end cooling and lower spec card or biggest most vulgar card.

Hope to see the same with NVidia when they release, plus a like for like comparison so we can judge performance EFFICIENCY per clock and watt.

Keep up the excellent work.

[Hicks12]

its a solid review and exactly what i was thinking you guys should compare . I was thinking/expecting more of a 10 - 15% but it really shows that there can be just to much in terms of raw power at some point, i guess its due to devs not always taking full advantage of it but the key point is as you say... the backend hasnt been killed off like AMD tend to do with lower models which is excellent news for the consumer especially if when Nvidia release kepler then we can have the 7950 at £200 and 7970 at £250/£300, unlikely but youll never know .

[aberkae]

Nice review.

[flearider]

great review .. but intill games run at a snails pace on my 5870 then can't see why i need to spent £350.. i'll wait for the next one ..

[dcwt2010]

great review .. but intill games run at a snails pace on my 5870 then can't see why i need to spent £350.. i'll wait for the next one ..

Try running Battlefield 3 on Ultra at 1080 resolution or Metro 2033 for that matter. In fairness, those are about the only games that will tax your two and half year old beast.