AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition videocard review

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition videocard released by AMD; release date: 22 June 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $499. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.

Boost clock speed - 1050 MHz. Texture fill rate - 134.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 4,301 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 250 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 288 GB/s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	134.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync