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7970 Purchasing Thread

Amazon just shipped my HIS 7970. Should be here tomorrow!
 
What about Diamond? I am a fan boi of nVidia moving to the dark side...Diamond one seems to be going in and out of stock on Newegg ><
 
Diamond cards are fantastic! They are all reference designs anyway, and they have a great warranty. I am using two Diamonds and one VisionTek, they are all identical except for he sticker on the cooler.
 
What adapters, if any, came with the diamond cards? Nothing is listed on the product page, but I need a mini-DP to DVI adapter with my 7970....
 
Lames. said:
What about Diamond? I am a fan boi of nVidia moving to the dark side...Diamond one seems to be going in and out of stock on Newegg ><
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My Diamond card is running solid so far :)

dlphelan said:
What adapters, if any, came with the diamond cards? Nothing is listed on the product page, but I need a mini-DP to DVI adapter with my 7970....
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Mini-DP to DVI and HDMI to DVI adapters. The same stuff shown in the accessories photo on Newegg's product page here.
 
MSI 7970 is still in stock, but I'm not sure it's worth the $30 premium. The Diamond cards are now out of stock.
 
Had this in my cart and tabbed back to newegg off this thread to purchase, and it removed from cart cause they were gone. lol Maybe next time.
 
Kind of crappy that you don't get their nice warranty unless you get the Black Edition..
 
Appa said:
I got a silly question. I just got my 3rd 7970 and I only have 1 extra PCI-e 6 pin cable left and a CPU 8 pin cable. Can I use the 8pin CPU cable on the 7970? It looks the same, the pin-out on the end I mean.
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Don't use the cpu cable. It may look the same, but it isn't.
 
Quick question, with an i7 2600k and a 7970 will my Cosair 650w be ok or do i need to upgrade.
 
FLyGuYyy said:
Quick question, with an i7 2600k and a 7970 will my Cosair 650w be ok or do i need to upgrade.
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You'll be fine.


Anyone gone from 580 SLI to a single 7970? I'm considering it if the performance is close enough.
 
Im starting to get a feeling Newegg has more than they care to share with us, and keeping the market seemingly short they are able to jack up the price.

Frickin robbery. Should be like when PS3/360 came out, all sold at an equal price at all retailers. They have us by the nuts
 
picked up 2 black editions... i hope i can get them in the computer before my wife finds out...
 
Appa said:
I got a silly question. I just got my 3rd 7970 and I only have 1 extra PCI-e 6 pin cable left and a CPU 8 pin cable. Can I use the 8pin CPU cable on the 7970? It looks the same, the pin-out on the end I mean.
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Nope. The 8-pin EPS connector has a slightly different pinout than the 8-pin PEG connector. It will not fit, and please, do not try to force it.

You may need a triple 4-pin molex to 8-pin PEG adapter, or a new power supply.
 
JMccovery said:
Nope. The 8-pin EPS connector has a slightly different pinout than the 8-pin PEG connector. It will not fit, and please, do not try to force it.

You may need a triple 4-pin molex to 8-pin PEG adapter, or a new power supply.
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Yeah I noticed that later when trying to connect it. I found some molex to 6 pin adapters and used that for my motherboard EZ_PLUG instead of the pci-e I was using.
 
for anyone interested, Amazon has an HIS version in stock to ship this upcoming week ("1-2 days to process")
 
Appa said:
I got a silly question. I just got my 3rd 7970 and I only have 1 extra PCI-e 6 pin cable left and a CPU 8 pin cable. Can I use the 8pin CPU cable on the 7970? It looks the same, the pin-out on the end I mean.
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There is no such thing as a silly question. Just silly answers.
And no, the EPS12v connector is completely different. They are not compatible.
You can use a molex to PCIE 6 or 8 pin, Sapphire and some others include them. XFX doesn't include anything...
 
HIS H797F3G2M Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card @ newegg $549
 
Anyone find a fix for the black screen with green cursor problem in Crysis 2? I think it only effects crossfire systems with the 7970s.
 
XFX FX797ATNFC Radeon HD 7970 Video Card - 3072MB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 @ Tigerdirect $559
 
Im waiting on an Asus 7970... will be cold day in hell before I buy another XFX product.
 
Appa said:
I got a silly question. I just got my 3rd 7970 and I only have 1 extra PCI-e 6 pin cable left and a CPU 8 pin cable. Can I use the 8pin CPU cable on the 7970? It looks the same, the pin-out on the end I mean.
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What can you be doing with 3x 7970's?! I'm very jealous for sure. Please post a pic of all 3 cards in your pc!

On another note: I'm stuck between a Gigabyte or a Diamond 7970. What do you all think?
 
manofthem said:
What can you be doing with 3x 7970's?! I'm very jealous for sure. Please post a pic of all 3 cards in your pc!

On another note: I'm stuck between a Gigabyte or a Diamond 7970. What do you all think?
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gigabyte
 
I am using 2 Diamonds and 1 VisionTek, they are all identical reference cards! Diamond has a fantastic warranty too! I flashed all 3 to the Asus Bios and they work perfectly.
 
TigerLord said:
Im waiting on an Asus 7970... will be cold day in hell before I buy another XFX product.
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Anything I should know about before I break the seal on this XFX Core 7970, besides the warranty only being two years now?

EDIT: Know it's a reference card, just don't know anything about the quality of XFX's support. I've owned a lot of different brands but the only time I've ever had to use tech support / warranty was Sapphire and that was an absolutely terrible experience.
 
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Yep, pure reference cards are mostly made by a few manufacturers then shipped elsewhere. Other companies contribution to the card usually = stickers and the box. Some may add an altered BIOS.

PC Partner and Sapphire use to make a lot of reference cards for AMD (ATi).

My card that came from Diamond does 1169|1661 without increasing voltage or the possible range. It will do 1200 on the core @ 1.20. I'll probably just use 1169|1661. I've no complaints with the card.

My past AMD cards have come from; Sapphire, MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, and Powercolor. I've not had issues with any of them.

GPUs are binned for their rated or promised speed. Anything beyond that is luck of the draw. There is no one out there manufacturing magical pure reference HD 7970s.

There's the AMD Radeon HD 7970 how it probably arrives at many places before being distributed.



I'd say buy based on the warranty you desire and of course past experiences dealing with the company, if you have them.
 
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