Best 7970 right now?

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What is the best 7970 performance wise right now? I am curious, there are so many different ones by so many OEMs. I don't care for noise, it doesnt bother me at all. I just want to know out of the box which 7970 will be the fastest. I am thinking about buying a 7970 since my 5870 can't handle playing games and watching tv shows on my other screens at the same time.
 
What is the best 7970 performance wise right now? I am curious, there are so many different ones by so many OEMs. I don't care for noise, it doesnt bother me at all. I just want to know out of the box which 7970 will be the fastest. I am thinking about buying a 7970 since my 5870 can't handle playing games and watching tv shows on my other screens at the same time.

which country are you from ? the HD 7970 with highest stock clocks are

HIS Radeon HD 7970 X Turbo - 1180 mhz
MSI HD 7970 lightning boost - 1150 mhz
ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum - 1100 mhz
 
In my opnion His and Asus are better than the MSI, I don't like the MSI lightning, actually I wouldn't get any of this, because for almost the same price I can get 2x7950.. and that's what I did :p

HIS HD 7970 X Turbo
GPU Boost Clock: 1180 MHz
GPU Base Clock: 1120 MHz
Mem Clock: 6000 MHz (1500 MHz GDDR5)

ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum
GPU Boost Clock: 1100 MHz
GPU Base Clock: 1050 MHz
Mem Clock: 6600 MHz (1650 MHz GDDR5)

MSI HD 7970 Lightning BE
GPU Boost Clock: 1150 MHz
GPU Base Clock: 1070 MHz
Mem Clock: 6000 MHz (1500 MHz GDDR5)
 
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Well my Vanilla Gigabyte 7970s ( 3 of them in tri-fire ) all run 1100/1650 24/7 stock voltages. Ive had these since launch, you would be better off buying 2 7950s and overclocking them versus 1 7970 :)
 
I like the Asus cards (DCII & Platinum) because they have 4xDP and 2xDVI - None of the other cards (as far as I know) has 3 connectors of the same type.
 
In my opnion His and Asus are better than the MSI, I don't like the MSI lightning, actually I wouldn't get any of this, because for almost the same price I can get 2x7950.. and that's what I did :p

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But what about the games that have crossfire bugs and or don’t make use of the second GPU? You’re not left with that many games that effectively use 2 GPUs. Maybe if you only play AAA games months after they have been released. Yes, I let myself get sucked into a second 7970 and it’s just not worth it. :(
 
The Matrix card would be my first choice. Since the 5870 Matrix, these have been very well built cards.
 
7970 Matrix -- great card! Very tweakable, runs cool and has some bling to top it off. :)

(I played FC3 on Platinum last night for ~90 minutes @1200 core -- max temp was 61*)
 
In my opnion His and Asus are better than the MSI, I don't like the MSI lightning, actually I wouldn't get any of this, because for almost the same price I can get 2x7950.. and that's what I did :p

HIS HD 7970 X Turbo
GPU Boost Clock: 1180 MHz
GPU Base Clock: 1120 MHz
Mem Clock: 6000 MHz (1500 MHz GDDR5)

ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum
GPU Boost Clock: 1100 MHz
GPU Base Clock: 1050 MHz
Mem Clock: 6600 MHz (1650 MHz GDDR5)

MSI HD 7970 Lightning BE
GPU Boost Clock: 1150 MHz
GPU Base Clock: 1070 MHz
Mem Clock: 6000 MHz (1500 MHz GDDR5)

where can i find the Msi Lightning BE? :confused:
who has it??????
I have looked, can you Guide me to it
Thanks
 
Where can i get a 7970GHZ right now.
can you help me
Thank You
 
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Me to have the Msi 7970 Lightning BE, nice card. Runs at 1,2Ghz default vcore for the card and its really quiet. Hits mid 60c at load gaming.
 
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Please Help me find your card the msi Lightning 7970BE, theres nothing FAST like MSI, please do what you can.....
eagleone,
comeback over........
 
yes i called msi yesterday in california, there making new ones at this time a upgraded version they will be shipping end of month, he said there black editions not boost edition.
just got my 6970 last night from rma works way better than asus gtx680 dc11top i was trying out...
belive it or not....just in general desktop apps. for some reason my amd machine really comes alive with msi lightnings.
thanks robinb
 
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