My first actual GPU was a R9 280X and I will never forget the HD7800 and R9 200 series...they still perform fantastic today, an HD7870 can still outperform a 1050 Ti in some games, although might not seem like a huge achievement, having in mind it's double the 1050 Tis age and can be found for 1/4 of the price, it's worth considering.
1050ti and hd 7870 probably around the same tier of performance. 1050Ti is improvement in this performance segment in terms of power efficiency. 7870 is 28nm with original MSRP of $350. 1050Ti is 16nm with original MSRP of $150.
@arenzricodexd4409 MSRP is one thing and second hand prices is another. The power consumption is not such a deal breaker...a good 350w with a 8+6pin can handle the HD7870 (and even more power hungry gpus)
@@Nick_R_ 7870 was using pitcairn. The only way 7930 can exist is using further cut down tahiti chip. For marketing reason it will be named as 7890 if they do exist.
Damn I remember drooling over this card with my friends when this first dropped when I was in 6th grade. Crazy to see how much time past. Glad it still holds up somewhat for how it long its been.
I was 19 at the time just got my first car and had a shit pc and same I was drooling over everything at that time in my life, what I didn't realize until she got naked so was the downstairs neighbor girl when her bf was at work 🤣🤣
@@mrhappy8966 Not only is that a difficult read as you have the punctuation of a second grader, the subject matter itself is quite odd and deserving of a “huh?”
I had an XFX 7950 that was an excellent card 8 or 9 years ago as an older teenager. I ran a very heavy overclock on it to the point of stock 7970 performance and it ran my games beautifully. I also mined Bitcoin with it for extra money and ran it at 100+ degrees in the summer but it never let me down the whole time I used it and was a great GPU! It's still up in my closet as a backup card actually, haha. Neat to see how a similar card does with modern games!
Same here, except mine was a Sapphire. Ran it with a core clock boosted up to 1200 [MHz] until I recently upgraded to an RX 580 8GB just last month. The card was powerful, but the 3GB really held it back. Won't be getting rid of it though!
Not bad - like how you're testing more games so we get a more varied look as to how the card runs - with older cards like these, I personally find it good to see how they play the games that were around its release, as well as more modern titles. This one's probably better for older games, unless you want to use 720p low all the time. Hope you had a good Christmas and may you have good fortunes for 2023.
I had a 4770k and 7950 boost system that served me well at 1080p from summer 2013 when it was built up until summer 2019 when Ryzen 3000 came out and the radeon 5700xt which I went with a 3600/5700xt combo then and been using since. It was a nice 1080p system right up until then when more modern games would be dropping below 60fps which was my cue I needed a better system. The 3 GB of VRAM also became somewhat a limiting factor in some games for higher settings as well in 2018/2019. Really liked that 4770k and Radeon 7950 boost combo though.
I must say, it's really appreciated that you continue to review old hardware and seek out workarounds to share with viewers. You're honestly my go to channel at this point since LowSpecGamer stopped doing this type of content.
I love these early 2010's cards, they just seem very interesting to me, compared to the new stuff. Great video Steve, I really enjoyed it, hope you have a great New Year!!
I had the ghz edition of this card from 2013 to 2022. I recently upgraded to a 3070 I got from a miner for a really good price. I love my 3070 but the 7970 will always have a soft spot in my heart. The card just never wanted to give up. I think my next upgrade I will go back to amd.
a long time back I got a 7770 which for all intensive purposes was my first real GPU and was such a magical experience for me at the time. Can't believe the 7970 performance in 2022, seriously impressive.
There was an 6GB version of the 7970. (and from the 280X aka 7970 GHz) Good to see that this card still performs very well. I had one 7970GHz in the past.
What a legend this card was when it first came out, traded punches with its nVidia counterpart. Great to see it still holding its own with some modern(ish) games 🙂
What are you talking about? The HD7970 was a complete mess with micro stuttering problems, and performance that wasn't all that great. So AMD had to make a complete rework of the drivers(Omega drivers) and launch the GHZ edition, along with bundling it with 3 games.
@@Orcawhale1 Our recollections of this card must differ then cos I remember this one being a stunning card. Like every new card the drivers are always jittery but when I was fortunate to have one back in the day it was a great performer and I regret the day I sold it on. My opinion of course, appreciate others have different ones.
@@uglybob7505 Still running that model right now, plays older games phenomenally. Sadly, mine has nasty coil whine. The power draw also is a topic of discussion now as the prices are going up.
Happy new year Steve and keep this up, i like seeing more games than the regular bunch you usually benchmark, i know it's about them being demanding and all but a change once in a while would be cool, anyways thanks for the cool updates and here's to many more in 2023.
I loved this card so much. It together with the 8350 were my dream parts and when I actually got them I had my best PC gaming moments ever (so far at least).
If you purchased one of these at launch and still only gamed at 1080p which based on Steam's statistics most people do then this card would have still been viable for the most part until 2019/20. So I would say 7 or 8 years is a great investment.
I had one, a XFX "Gigahertz Edition", absolute monter back in 2013, pared with my old i7 3770k, and 16Gb DDR3 ram, a beast to behold!!! I miss when the finest PC parts was affordable.
You had me concerned with the musical start, but then the familiar greeting came in and all was good with the world. I've still got a couple of LAN machines running 7970s (all flashed to 280x BIOSes) and they still hold up very well on the games we play. Can't believe how old they are though, (and that the prices for them now are the same as I bought them for 3-4 years ago). So different to how it would have been trying to run a 2000 GPU in 2011!
at age 19 i got my first hd7950 even to this day i have it in my pc becouse it deserves a spot there alongside my 980ti im right now 29 and i still love the fact it works so well :D
I'm late to comment, but I've been waiting a decent while for your take on a 7970. 🍻 I've got one paired with an i7-6700k (mentioned recently?), and don't mind certain performance expectation limits. It's a solid, humble set-up. Great video!
I still have a Sapphire HD 7970 Dual-X 3gb GHz edition on a secondary PC and it still works like a charm for most games on 1080p. One of the greatest GPUs ever made.
No wonder a friend of mine has been using his 7970 for years now, although I never asked him for how long has he been using it lol I kinda wanna have one of those too out of curiosity.
I have a Lightning edition version of this card and it is by far the most impressive looking card ive ever owned (currently running a 3070FE). This card is awesome. If not for the 3gb of VRAM id possibly still be using it on my daily rig. If I can make a suggestion to RandomGamingHD, try putting your review cards against their peers, then and now. So for the 7970, show how it performs compared to a GTX 680 and maybe a budget modern card such as an RX6500 maybe?
never owned a 7970 but did have a msi r6870 hawk from barebones system got in trade and its shocking that card was paired with bulldozer cpu (the pairing did not do the card justice) so after watching this video and seeing how well the 7970 aged do wonder if at launch the 7970 was also often paired with bulldozer
Seeing the 7970 getting 60fps in call of duty modern warfare 2 three, is astounding - seeing this 10 year old card running this latest title is a testament to AMDs drivers.
The card aged pretty well, had a 7970 when it came out and later added a r9 280x (essentially same card with slightly different clockspeed) and ran them in crossfire. Until I retired both for a Rx 580. In general it handled all games past it's launch quite well and the 3 gig VRam helped a lot.
Ahh, good old 7970 ... Had Asus 1 Ghz editio, triple slot beast. Got it used for 100€ and I was enjoying all of its power. Dont know why but I feel that back then there was more "wow" effect when something new came out than it is now. 1Ghz, more memory, dual GPU cards, SLI/crossfire and other features that was real inovations and done great job pushing the margins more. Now its somewhat "meh" when any new card comes out. No "ground breaking" features or something unheard/unseen before.
This was the top AMD card when i got into PCs. It never had the spotlight shined on it in the same way the GTX 680 and GTX Titan did, but it absolutely deserved to. Very forward looking card, to the point that the R9 290 that followed was pretty much the same card. Definitely a worthy card for any early 2010s time capsule build
I was using a overclocked HD 7970 until September 2016 and it was only then it started to struggle (Deus ex 2016) metal gear solid V, mad max etc ran flawlessly at higher settings 60fps Got the card for £80 back in 2014 for £80..built purely for BF3/BF4 and modded fallout new vegas
I'd love to see the performance of the older 2GB cards and see how they do in 2022. Like the RX 550, since that needs no power adapter and receives driver updates too.
Amazing card, literally wouldn't have needed a new GPU till a couple years ago. Big problem for me is I wouldn't want to run games below native res, I can't handle how bad they look below native unless maybe it's on a TV and not a PC gaming monitor.
I used to had a crossfire of 7970 in 2013. It was amazingly powerful back in the day. However in 2017 I bought a gtx1070 that was more powerful than both together :)
Skyrim, wonderful Chrissie present thank you! Skyrim should be capped to 60. It's designed that way. If I recall, you can uncap on the ini. I don't do it anymore because my game is modded to oblivion. Skyrim is about the graphics, so you want them cranked to the max.
Very enjoyable review( love seeing old GPUs being tested ) , with good selection of games .... *BUT* with one major complaint : 04:50 : my head simply blows-up whenever i hear someone with access to many people , proposing them to use modded/unofficial drivers !! *We don't live at 2000 anymore when things were simpler , but rather in the age of malware* . *Have you already forgotten the recent incident with a modded MSI Afterburner which was turning your PC into someone-else's mining tool , plus , it also contained an info-stealer malware* ???? This is the age of malware , when everything should be downloaded by their official sites , otherwise there is always a danger to use a software just like this modded Afterburner malware !!! If anyone wants to risk using unofficial software that's their choice and that's fine , but listening someone with access to many ( potentially unaware/inexperienced viewers among them ) proposing to them messing with such things ... really blows-up my head , as i said ...
Makes me wonder if I just like stopped getting that itch to always get more performance and have better hardware than before every couple of years, like the 4690k with a 1060 6gb would prolly be playable at 1080p today
Watching this video reminded me I was still running my HD 7950 at the time GTA 5 came out. Still running it in my "spare rig" which is basically the same one I was using back then i5 4690k, 16gb ddr3 and a 7950 =]
Seeing these new games struggle on the 7970 while not looking much better than 2016 games kinda makes me wonder if it isn't time to stop chasing graphical fidelity and focus more on optimization. Hell, I think companies would sell a lot more copies if they weren't gatekeeping their games by their laziness.
Thanks to last gen consoles being so weak this GPU lasted from 2011 to 2019 playing each and every game with good performance at good settings at 1080p
Is there a way to bench this against the gtx 1060? Because I feel like it's just below or same now. As i used to have the gtx 680, it was the same as my gtx 1050ti. Which in turn same as 7970. Now this card seems very respectable now with surprising results so I feel it'll come out same as 1060 6gb
The card that went from being slower than the GTX 680 at launch, to competing with the GTX 780 in some games years later.
Absolutely. Really got better with updates
yup, some things are aging like fine wine, and other things like the Kepler architecture were aged like milk
It beats the GTX 780 in many. Especially since Kepler doesn't really run anything but DX11 well.
@@RandomGaminginHD Could flashing it with an R9 280x BIOS be helpful in a potential longer (supported) life?
AMD FineWine 👌
My first actual GPU was a R9 280X and I will never forget the HD7800 and R9 200 series...they still perform fantastic today, an HD7870 can still outperform a 1050 Ti in some games, although might not seem like a huge achievement, having in mind it's double the 1050 Tis age and can be found for 1/4 of the price, it's worth considering.
1050ti and hd 7870 probably around the same tier of performance. 1050Ti is improvement in this performance segment in terms of power efficiency. 7870 is 28nm with original MSRP of $350. 1050Ti is 16nm with original MSRP of $150.
the power consumption is the killer
@arenzricodexd4409 MSRP is one thing and second hand prices is another. The power consumption is not such a deal breaker...a good 350w with a 8+6pin can handle the HD7870 (and even more power hungry gpus)
The 7870xt is the steal. It was really a 7930, but the marketeers thought it would ruin the 7950 sales, so they downgraded the label.
@@Nick_R_ 7870 was using pitcairn. The only way 7930 can exist is using further cut down tahiti chip. For marketing reason it will be named as 7890 if they do exist.
Damn I remember drooling over this card with my friends when this first dropped when I was in 6th grade. Crazy to see how much time past. Glad it still holds up somewhat for how it long its been.
I was 19 at the time just got my first car and had a shit pc and same I was drooling over everything at that time in my life, what I didn't realize until she got naked so was the downstairs neighbor girl when her bf was at work 🤣🤣
@@mrhappy8966 huh??
@@vyrde. Read it again take your time...
@@mrhappy8966 Not only is that a difficult read as you have the punctuation of a second grader, the subject matter itself is quite odd and deserving of a “huh?”
@@uncleurda8101 agree, it hurt my brain trying to read and understand that.
I had an XFX 7950 that was an excellent card 8 or 9 years ago as an older teenager. I ran a very heavy overclock on it to the point of stock 7970 performance and it ran my games beautifully. I also mined Bitcoin with it for extra money and ran it at 100+ degrees in the summer but it never let me down the whole time I used it and was a great GPU! It's still up in my closet as a backup card actually, haha. Neat to see how a similar card does with modern games!
Same here, except mine was a Sapphire. Ran it with a core clock boosted up to 1200 [MHz] until I recently upgraded to an RX 580 8GB just last month. The card was powerful, but the 3GB really held it back. Won't be getting rid of it though!
Not bad - like how you're testing more games so we get a more varied look as to how the card runs - with older cards like these, I personally find it good to see how they play the games that were around its release, as well as more modern titles. This one's probably better for older games, unless you want to use 720p low all the time.
Hope you had a good Christmas and may you have good fortunes for 2023.
i love to test gaes too
Test more gaes plz
Oh god
Oh dear god
He likes gays
@@themightylordofgoblins6880 that's pretty gae
Thanks everyone for commenting on my awful spelling and typing skills :D all fixed now
I had a 4770k and 7950 boost system that served me well at 1080p from summer 2013 when it was built up until summer 2019 when Ryzen 3000 came out and the radeon 5700xt which I went with a 3600/5700xt combo then and been using since. It was a nice 1080p system right up until then when more modern games would be dropping below 60fps which was my cue I needed a better system. The 3 GB of VRAM also became somewhat a limiting factor in some games for higher settings as well in 2018/2019. Really liked that 4770k and Radeon 7950 boost combo though.
I had an i5 3570k that i only recently upgraded from paired with this gpu. It really was a brilliant card.
I must say, it's really appreciated that you continue to review old hardware and seek out workarounds to share with viewers. You're honestly my go to channel at this point since LowSpecGamer stopped doing this type of content.
This was an awesome card back in the day! Thanks for reminding me of this old beast and the good memories i had with it. Cheers Steve!
Glad you enjoyed it
wow man that intro production
you're getting better and better
I love these early 2010's cards, they just seem very interesting to me, compared to the new stuff. Great video Steve, I really enjoyed it, hope you have a great New Year!!
Greetings from Brazil! Huge fan of your channel, been follwing a long time
Awesome! Thank you!
I like the addition of the music, gives your videos an even more relaxed vibe. Happy New Year!
I had the ghz edition of this card from 2013 to 2022. I recently upgraded to a 3070 I got from a miner for a really good price. I love my 3070 but the 7970 will always have a soft spot in my heart. The card just never wanted to give up. I think my next upgrade I will go back to amd.
Hopefully a special edition 7970 XTXXX
@@Loundsify more x's mean more performance
Your editing is really improving, Steve. Looking forward to whatever you do next!
a long time back I got a 7770 which for all intensive purposes was my first real GPU and was such a magical experience for me at the time. Can't believe the 7970 performance in 2022, seriously impressive.
All intents and purposes
@@zangl2955 my rickyisms are showing
my first GPU was a 7950, its incredible how well they aged.
There was an 6GB version of the 7970. (and from the 280X aka 7970 GHz)
Good to see that this card still performs very well. I had one 7970GHz in the past.
Love the higher production quailty mate
Been subbed for almost 3 years now, here’s to another year of amazing content 🍺
I had a 7970 for years until it died. It was an amazing card!
What a legend this card was when it first came out, traded punches with its nVidia counterpart. Great to see it still holding its own with some modern(ish) games 🙂
What are you talking about?
The HD7970 was a complete mess with micro stuttering problems, and performance that wasn't all that great.
So AMD had to make a complete rework of the drivers(Omega drivers) and launch the GHZ edition, along with bundling it with 3 games.
@@Orcawhale1 Our recollections of this card must differ then cos I remember this one being a stunning card. Like every new card the drivers are always jittery but when I was fortunate to have one back in the day it was a great performer and I regret the day I sold it on. My opinion of course, appreciate others have different ones.
@@uglybob7505 When did you get yours and what model?
@@Orcawhale1 I had the Sapphire Dual X model (2 fans). Got it late 2012.
@@uglybob7505 Still running that model right now, plays older games phenomenally. Sadly, mine has nasty coil whine. The power draw also is a topic of discussion now as the prices are going up.
Yooo 1440p60! The quality of your videos is constantly improving, live it!
Happy new year Steve and keep this up, i like seeing more games than the regular bunch you usually benchmark, i know it's about them being demanding and all but a change once in a while would be cool, anyways thanks for the cool updates and here's to many more in 2023.
Still have it's little brother the HD7950 in my No 3 PC. Still going strong.
I loved this card so much. It together with the 8350 were my dream parts and when I actually got them I had my best PC gaming moments ever (so far at least).
If you purchased one of these at launch and still only gamed at 1080p which based on Steam's statistics most people do then this card would have still been viable for the most part until 2019/20. So I would say 7 or 8 years is a great investment.
I had one, a XFX "Gigahertz Edition", absolute monter back in 2013, pared with my old i7 3770k, and 16Gb DDR3 ram, a beast to behold!!! I miss when the finest PC parts was affordable.
Just imagine if you bought one of these brand new they first dropped. You definitely got your money's worth after all these years. Bravo.
Yeah definitely
I had 2 of these... absolute monsters at the time
For sure!
What a card …!! I had 4 of them ( MSI 7970 LIGHTNING ) with 3930K . So nostalgic . I could play any games at that time.
You had me concerned with the musical start, but then the familiar greeting came in and all was good with the world.
I've still got a couple of LAN machines running 7970s (all flashed to 280x BIOSes) and they still hold up very well on the games we play. Can't believe how old they are though, (and that the prices for them now are the same as I bought them for 3-4 years ago). So different to how it would have been trying to run a 2000 GPU in 2011!
This used to be my main gpu for a while, up until the 5700 xt. but now i have the 7900xtx. 7900 gpus have been a big part of my gaming life :)
Wanted one of these so bad as a kid!
at age 19 i got my first hd7950 even to this day i have it in my pc becouse it deserves a spot there alongside my 980ti im right now 29 and i still love the fact it works so well :D
I'm late to comment, but I've been waiting a decent while for your take on a 7970. 🍻 I've got one paired with an i7-6700k (mentioned recently?), and don't mind certain performance expectation limits. It's a solid, humble set-up. Great video!
Ah, my first card I built with my PC. What a gem.
Happy New Year Steve! Great video as always :D New format of testing gpus is a nice change. See ya in 2023.
Oh man in the 7 years Following Rginhd, this has got to be the most cinematic and Longest Video Ever
I still have a Sapphire HD 7970 Dual-X 3gb GHz edition on a secondary PC and it still works like a charm for most games on 1080p. One of the greatest GPUs ever made.
Yeah for sure :)
No wonder a friend of mine has been using his 7970 for years now, although I never asked him for how long has he been using it lol
I kinda wanna have one of those too out of curiosity.
Ran my first vr rig with this beast 😍
I have a Lightning edition version of this card and it is by far the most impressive looking card ive ever owned (currently running a 3070FE). This card is awesome. If not for the 3gb of VRAM id possibly still be using it on my daily rig.
If I can make a suggestion to RandomGamingHD, try putting your review cards against their peers, then and now. So for the 7970, show how it performs compared to a GTX 680 and maybe a budget modern card such as an RX6500 maybe?
never owned a 7970 but did have a msi r6870 hawk from barebones system got in trade and its shocking that card was paired with bulldozer cpu (the pairing did not do the card justice) so after watching this video and seeing how well the 7970 aged do wonder if at launch the 7970 was also often paired with bulldozer
Why last look,it'll be forever remembered
Last of this year
Seeing the 7970 getting 60fps in call of duty modern warfare 2 three, is astounding - seeing this 10 year old card running this latest title is a testament to AMDs drivers.
Yeah I wasn’t expecting that!
I was literally just watching your other 2 videos on the 7970, mostly because I picked up a 7950 for 20 just to see what it can still do
The card aged pretty well, had a 7970 when it came out and later added a r9 280x (essentially same card with slightly different clockspeed) and ran them in crossfire. Until I retired both for a Rx 580.
In general it handled all games past it's launch quite well and the 3 gig VRam helped a lot.
I had this card from 2011 to the end of 2017. Great card. I then got a 1060 and it wasn't really an upgrade so I changed to 1080 ti.
Happy new year to you!!!
I saw what you did there... adding random background music during gameplay made the video like the hudreds of game test videos found on TH-cam.
Ahh, good old 7970 ... Had Asus 1 Ghz editio, triple slot beast. Got it used for 100€ and I was enjoying all of its power. Dont know why but I feel that back then there was more "wow" effect when something new came out than it is now. 1Ghz, more memory, dual GPU cards, SLI/crossfire and other features that was real inovations and done great job pushing the margins more. Now its somewhat "meh" when any new card comes out. No "ground breaking" features or something unheard/unseen before.
We seen it and lived it already brother. Unless they start coming out was some crazy shit maybe then we'll be impressed.
Nice video for an old good card!
I see CPU Power in Afterburner, I think it could be nice to see also GPU Power in Afterburner.
This card lived on, it's GPU core powered the HD 280x/285 and and the later HD 380x later with minor revisions and node shrinks.
285 use different chip. HD7k, R 200, R 300 and Fury were all on 28nm node. They never get shrink to lower node.
I really like the channel, thanks for the videos.
This was the top AMD card when i got into PCs. It never had the spotlight shined on it in the same way the GTX 680 and GTX Titan did, but it absolutely deserved to. Very forward looking card, to the point that the R9 290 that followed was pretty much the same card. Definitely a worthy card for any early 2010s time capsule build
I was using a overclocked HD 7970 until September 2016 and it was only then it started to struggle (Deus ex 2016) metal gear solid V, mad max etc ran flawlessly at higher settings 60fps
Got the card for £80 back in 2014 for £80..built purely for BF3/BF4 and modded fallout new vegas
My 7950 has been revived by the oven and is still going strong. It gets use every time a friend or I need a placeholder gpu to diagnose gpu issues.
I have this exact card in an old build, I'd really love to have another one to run in a crossfire setup, but they're really hard to find.
Jesus Christ, that card is a modern miracle. 2012’s 1080 Ti.
I'd love to see the performance of the older 2GB cards and see how they do in 2022. Like the RX 550, since that needs no power adapter and receives driver updates too.
RX 550 is as slow as a GT 1030 GDDR5
Amazing card, literally wouldn't have needed a new GPU till a couple years ago. Big problem for me is I wouldn't want to run games below native res, I can't handle how bad they look below native unless maybe it's on a TV and not a PC gaming monitor.
I Have 2 of these and back in the day I crossfired and played GTA V tripple Monitor. Glorious!
This is a usable card for sure. The main issue I see is the 300watt tdp. Performance is comparably to a 50watt GPU of today.
Best of a card, amazing longevity
I had hoped they would relive the hype from this card and make a 7970 xtx 3ghz edition or something.
I used to had a crossfire of 7970 in 2013. It was amazingly powerful back in the day. However in 2017 I bought a gtx1070 that was more powerful than both together :)
You should maybe include GPU power draw in your videos. I don't thin VRAM is popular enough, Powr draw can take that slot
Skyrim, wonderful Chrissie present thank you! Skyrim should be capped to 60. It's designed that way. If I recall, you can uncap on the ini. I don't do it anymore because my game is modded to oblivion. Skyrim is about the graphics, so you want them cranked to the max.
I'd like to see War Thunder used in some benchmark videos, as it is Somewhat, and yet still addicting fun, and has a built in benchmark system.
Pulled a 7970 out of rig last week. Shuddered at the molex converters. Poor thing.
Had 2 dc2t,s running a triple monitor setup for years now 1 still runs in my sons pc till he saves up enough for upgrades
Its a great 720p card, it lives on
i believe that considering the 1050tis performance which is a bit slower than this if the newer games were supported they would run much better
I had an OC Boost. Really great card. One of the fans died which stopped the other fan from moving. I wonder how it would do with 6-8gb of vram.
❤❤ LOVED HD 7970 3G RAN EVERYTHING SMOOTH.❤❤
I still have my MSI Lightning BE with the reactor core thingy
My old pc had the 7700. Good times
really missed your videos 😔
The Return of the King ❤
+Production Value
Thanks, going to put more effort into editing this year starting here
@@RandomGaminginHD It’ll be worth it for sure
We all want to see GT750ti revisited
Almost the same one as the ps4, very good performance. Sadly a good gpu held back by the cpu in the ps4 one.
Yeah still got my ps4 though, legendary console!
The Radeon HD 7970 was a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched on December 22nd, 2011. If only I could save time in a bottle.
Trust me, you wouldn't want a HD7970 during it's life cycle.
Very enjoyable review( love seeing old GPUs being tested ) , with good selection of games .... *BUT* with one major complaint :
04:50 : my head simply blows-up whenever i hear someone with access to many people , proposing them to use modded/unofficial drivers !!
*We don't live at 2000 anymore when things were simpler , but rather in the age of malware* . *Have you already forgotten the recent incident with a modded MSI Afterburner which was turning your PC into someone-else's mining tool , plus , it also contained an info-stealer malware* ????
This is the age of malware , when everything should be downloaded by their official sites , otherwise there is always a danger to use a software just like this modded Afterburner malware !!!
If anyone wants to risk using unofficial software that's their choice and that's fine , but listening someone with access to many ( potentially unaware/inexperienced viewers among them ) proposing to them messing with such things ... really blows-up my head , as i said ...
Makes me wonder if I just like stopped getting that itch to always get more performance and have better hardware than before every couple of years, like the 4690k with a 1060 6gb would prolly be playable at 1080p today
Seeing the old far cry makes me want to play mercenaries 2 for some reason
And get bethini to remove the 60 fps limit from Skyrim
Watching this video reminded me I was still running my HD 7950 at the time GTA 5 came out. Still running it in my "spare rig" which is basically the same one I was using back then i5 4690k, 16gb ddr3 and a 7950 =]
I had four of them in quad cf.. Oh happy times.
Hope u do well next year
This GPU has my respect.
Last chance to look at me Hector.
I'd recommend getting a used R9 290/390(X) instead due to delivering more performance (RX580/GTX 1060-ish) and being fully DX12/Vulkan compatible.
I had a blower style of this card and it cooked itself within 2 years 😅
Whit custom drivers "nimez" you can even play a few new titles.
I've played Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 so much there is nothing for me to do it those games.
Seeing these new games struggle on the 7970 while not looking much better than 2016 games kinda makes me wonder if it isn't time to stop chasing graphical fidelity and focus more on optimization. Hell, I think companies would sell a lot more copies if they weren't gatekeeping their games by their laziness.
I like the music mr hd gaming
**tests Skyrim**
**immediately goes after Nazeem**
YES.
😂
Thanks to last gen consoles being so weak this GPU lasted from 2011 to 2019 playing each and every game with good performance at good settings at 1080p
Is there a way to bench this against the gtx 1060? Because I feel like it's just below or same now. As i used to have the gtx 680, it was the same as my gtx 1050ti. Which in turn same as 7970. Now this card seems very respectable now with surprising results so I feel it'll come out same as 1060 6gb
new camera ?