Upcoming Sapphire overclocked 7970 models

Lorien

Lorien

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I spy with my little eye...ze secrat plans of the death star being built by Sapphire.

Toxic 3GB version:
1.125Ghz Core/5.6Ghz memory

Atomic WC(Water Cooled):
1.335Ghz Core(add 2 more Mhz for the win :D)/ 5.735Ghz Memory

Atomic RX:
1.335Ghz Core/5.735Ghz Memory

It also seems that the 7970 was originally planned to have 2304SPs (36CUs).
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Schematics for the cooler of the Atomic RX version.
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When are they supposed to be coming out? The 9th or several months down the road?
 
Even more interesting is they list the original as having 2304 shaders and a 1GHz stock clock. If there are extra SPs sitting on the die, I wonder if it is a sign TSMC is having yield issues. Also could be hinting at a monster card coming out soon.
 
Since it's water cooled, does that mean it will be bigger in size over the stock version? I wonder how much faster it'll be over the stock, too.
 
From Pcper.com.

You might be wondering why we don't have the typical die shot of the lovely new 28nm Tahiti GPU. In truth, I have no answer for you, other than we asked several times and were told in each instance that they didn't have one. While this did arouse some suspicion from us as the the design of Tahiti, AMD assured us there were no tricks up its sleeve, the die was built with 36 CUs with 4 disabled, for example.
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http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-3GB-Graphics-Card-Review-Tahiti-28nm
 
holy shit 1335 mhz on the GPU?

Thats the card im buying.

At 1125hz on the GPU, the 7970 was close 6990 speeds.
 
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DASHlT said:
holy shit 1335 mhz on the GPU?

Thats the card im buying.

At 1125hz on the GPU, the 7970 was close 6990 speeds.
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Just took a look at some of the benchmarks at 1125hz. I'm thinking at 1335 mhz, it'll definitely come close, if not beat a 6990 in some/many games. If this is priced right, color me interested.
 
wow that thing nearly reaches the clock speed of an E350 CPU holy smokes.......
 
Holy crap, that Flex 6GB version with 6x mini-Displayport's has me interested!

That means I could bump up my 3x 120Hz portrait setup to a 5x 120Hz portrait setup and not have to deal with adapters. X79+3960 and four Flex 6GB cards. :D

Not having to worry about high-resolution VRAM limits, having a nice 1920 vertical resolution and a wide-peripheral thin bezel would make 5x1 portrait own. I hope it doesn't take Sapphire 6 months after the vanilla release to get the Flex 6G cards out. Didn't only the 5xxx series have a "eyefinity" type card and not the 6xxx series?
 
Vega said:
Holy crap, that Flex 6GB version with 6x mini-Displayport's has me interested!

That means I could bump up my 3x 120Hz portrait setup to a 5x 120Hz portrait setup and not have to deal with adapters. X79+3960 and four Flex 6GB cards. :D

Not having to worry about high-resolution VRAM limits, having a nice 1920 vertical resolution and a wide-peripheral thin bezel would make 5x1 portrait own. I hope it doesn't take Sapphire 6 months after the vanilla release to get the Flex 6G cards out. Didn't only the 5xxx series have a "eyefinity" type card and not the 6xxx series?
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You are the computer hardware equivalent of Manuel Uribe, stop eating dammit.


Edit: and the closest thing to a 6000 series "eyefinity" card is the the asus direct cu II 6950/6970
 
Robin B said:
From Pcper.com.

You might be wondering why we don't have the typical die shot of the lovely new 28nm Tahiti GPU. In truth, I have no answer for you, other than we asked several times and were told in each instance that they didn't have one. While this did arouse some suspicion from us as the the design of Tahiti, AMD assured us there were no tricks up its sleeve, the die was built with 36 CUs with 4 disabled, for example.

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-3GB-Graphics-Card-Review-Tahiti-28nm
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I wonder if it is possible, will AMD use a complete 36CU 'Tahiti' die for STREAM and FirePro products, or could they use complete dies for the 7990?

I seriously hope Asus brings out an Ares version of the 7990. Was there an Ares II 6990?
 
/DROOL

:eek:

I may delay my 7970 purchase for one of those models! Me likes the overclock & 6 screens!

My guess for the extra cores maybe be timed for a refresh perhaps around kepler release sometime in Q3/Q4 2012.
 
"FLEX 6G... 6xMini-DPort... 6144 MB Memory" :eek:

"Atomic RX... 1335 MHz GPU clock; 5735 MHz Memory"

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For my next build, I think I'll go with the Toxic 3G and stay there. :D I'm only looking to use 3 monitors. But, my goodness, 6 mini DisplayPorts and 6 GB of VRAM, holy crap! That's the most VRAM I've seen on a single slot/single GPU card.

Also, I think when they had it at 2304 SPs/36 CUs, they decided to cut out the 4 mentioned in that PCPer article for the reasons of power consumption, size, and heat output. But, I would love to see a special edition 2304 SP card and see how that card performs with an extra 256 SPs/4 CUs.

EDIT: Da Original? What kind of name is that? Lol.
 
so the chips are obviously capable of 1335 MHz, i wonder if the reference design will be able to deliver the power required? and the cooler able to transfer enough heat? hopefully we can buy a reference card on day 1 and overclock to all these crazy AIB overclocked cards.
 
I want 2 cards running at 1337 .... That would freakin awesome!!!!

Some guy comes up to me at the LAN and says what speed are your cards running at and I reply " LEET " .... Might take them a few seconds to get it.... LMAO
 
I'm wondering on availibility myself, if there is no timetable on the 8'th I'm not going to bother. I'd love to get two toxics but I'm sure the stock 7970's will clock up there aswell.
 
Hopefully you can remove the stock tubing from the Atomic WC block and just use your own barbs, tubing, pump, etc. That or I guess you could get the RX and use your own block.
 
Wow 6GB videocard, ALREADY?!?!?. I am glad multi-monitor gaming is taking off. Lets hope Nvidia follows the 6/8GB video memory bandwagon.
 
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