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Asus Radeon HD 7970 unboxing

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1155
1155 Original post #1
Oct 31, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Hello guys,

I bought an ASUS Radeon HD 7970 yesterday. Here are the unboxing pics:

IMG_0585[1] | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Now for a better perspective regarding its size , I have also added a picture of 7970 side by side with my old Sapphire Radeon HD 4890.
IMG_0592[1] | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Regarding the performance its performs almost the same as reviewed by the hardware sites: HARDOCP - Introduction - ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Video Card Review

So what do you guys think?

Thanks,
Sayantan
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tomys24 #2
Oct 31, 2012 at 4:15 PM
congrats....how much ?
1155
1155 #3
Oct 31, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Rs28k including vat.
Unkn0wN
Unkn0wN #4
Nov 5, 2012 at 6:38 PM
Looks neat, hope you have a good CPU and mobo to utilize the beast. Congrats !
1155
1155 #5
Nov 12, 2012 at 7:52 AM
My System:
i5 2500@ 4.0GHz
Asus P8P67
2x4GB corsair vengeance (1866Mhz)
Asus Radeon HD 7970(1050,1500)
GPU cooler: Gelid Icy vision-A
Corsair TX 650 PSU
CM storm Scout case.
Gollum
Gollum #6
Nov 12, 2012 at 9:43 AM
nice bedsheet :D
V
Nov 12, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Congrats Man!!! Do post vantage score and heaven score...
1155
1155 #8
Nov 12, 2012 at 6:47 PM
Congrats Man!!! Do post vantage score and heaven score...

For heavens please post the settings you want to see.
For vantage I get around 312xx for GPU score and P293xx as total score for stock GPU settings.
For OCed GPU I get around 341xx for GPU score and P301xx as total score. i.e for 1050Mhz core and 1500Mhz memory. I can push it even higher(max tested 1100 core and 1575 Memory) very easily but currently I'm satisfied with these settings.

nice bedsheet :D

Ha ha...my mother got it for me from big bazar(probably)...:-D
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Fog #11
Nov 15, 2012 at 11:39 PM
Congo! Have fun :)
rohit32407
Nov 16, 2012 at 5:59 AM
Congratulations! Hve you tried comparing it's performance with older drivers with the recent update of 12.11?
1155
1155 #13
Dec 30, 2012 at 1:10 AM
Replaced stock cooler with Gelid Icy Vision-A......max temps are below 60C with fur mark burn in.

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mandarpalshikar
Dec 30, 2012 at 1:21 AM
Gr8... from where did you buy Icy Vision ?
101gamzer
101gamzer #15
Dec 31, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Replaced stock cooler with Gelid Icy Vision-A......max temps are below 60C with fur mark burn in.

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Nice, BTW don't do much stressing on the card using Furmark It will burn your card not kid'in.One of our forum members 6850 got burned in the process.
1155
1155 #16
Dec 31, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Gr8... from where did you buy Icy Vision ?

ebay (hong kong) using paypal.

Nice, BTW don't do much stressing on the card using Furmark It will burn your card not kid'in.One of our forum members 6850 got burned in the process.

Yes, running furmark for very long time could probably damage it but there are no better stressing utility to check the stability of your card. Also Heaven 2.1 doesn't really stress the card that much. In fact Crysis2 benchmark is more stressing than heaven 2.1.