AMD 7970HD 3Gb and CoD

[Jugdriver]

You are killing me Flanker, I am just waiting for the non-reference versions to start showing up before I purchase one.

JD
AKA_MattE

[TheEditor]

I'm just waiting for Nvidia to come out with their cards before picking between that or the AMD card.

[Flanker35M]

S!

I wanted a non-reference one too but small supply of cards only here so had to take what I could. I am happy with it and a lot. As of the nVidia..I am interested in it too, but I am sure it will be a lot more expensive than AMD. At least there was over 150€ difference here between 6970HD and 580GTX so was not worth it...But anyway..great to see new tech coming

[priller26]

Everything I read indicates the new Nvidia Keplars are not going to be out for some time. This means, for now at least, your limited to the gtx580 3 gig or Flankers new AMD card if you want to get these high frame rates. I still do not understand while Im having such an issue with my "dust". What clock speed are you running your cpu Flanker? I believe you said 3.3?

Thanks for your help with my questions.

Originally Posted by TheEditor

I'm just waiting for Nvidia to come out with their cards before picking between that or the AMD card.

Even if it turns out that the AMD 7XXX card is the better one, Nvidia releasing their new flagship product can only help pricing. AMD usually drops their prices a little if a new Nvidia card has comparable specs and performance, at a similar price.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Which I see is a good thing. The flagship cards are after all not the main market but the mid range of 200-300Euro/Dollars. But for the companies the most important is of course right to brag with the fastest card on market

For now I am more than happy with the performance of this AMD 7970HD. It screams thru all games I've thrown it and by a margin over my previous 6970HD. The card is quiet, uses less power and temps are in check too. So far seen 30'C on idle and some 63-70'C while gaming..my case and cpu fan make more noise than this card Now it is just to wait for the drivers to mature a bit more, AMD has done great work with the card and their long term plan seems to pay off now

[Ataros]

Did you manage to see typical GPU load percentage with the ATI Tray Tools?

For my old card it is 100% in most situations but IIRC for gtx580 it can be as low as 60-70%.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Managed to get the usage with GPU-Z. Clocks ticked in normally 925/1375MHz, memory was used up to 921Mb average being 800Mb or so. GPU usage varied between 20-91%, average around 40-50%.

[TheEditor]

Only 40-50%? Is that a cpu bottleneck or is the games code at fault?

[Flanker35M]

S!

Editor, my bet is on the game code. Eagerly waiting for the patch to see what it brings to the table