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ATI AMD 7970 reviews released

23 Dec

Shamelessly stole the links from DM at OCAU

AMD Radeon HD 7970-series Review Dump:
AnandTech http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/a…hd-7970-review

BitTech http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/gra…0-3gb-review/1

Expert Reviews http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/graph…radeon-hd-7970

Guru3D http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ra…d-7970-review/

HardOCP http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/…eo_card_review

Hardware Heaven http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review…roduction.html

Hardware Secrets http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic…rd-Review/1458

HardwareCanucks http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum…gb-review.html

Hexus http://www.hexus.net/tech/reviews/gr…n-hd-7970-3gb/

Hot Hardware http://www.hothardware.com/Reviews/A…ti-GPU-Review/

KitGuru http://www.kitguru.net/components/gr…s-card-review/

Legit Reviews http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1805/1/

MadShrimps http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/ar…#axzz1hFbx8NO2

MaximumPC http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fea…re_performance

NeoSeeker http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha…s/AMD_HD_7970/

Overclockers http://www.overclockers.com/amd-rade…s-card-review/

PC Perspective http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphic…ew-Tahiti-28nm

Techpowerup http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970/

Tom’s Hardware http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/…-gcn,3104.html

Vortez http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages…_review,1.html

Vr-Zone http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/amd-…ion/14308.html

Wide Screen Gaming http://widescreengamingforum.com/art…w-benchmarking

 

Needless to say if ATI can bring this card out a tthe same or even better lower than the NVIDIA 580 series then it has a winner (drivers permitting).

Now i know intel has the faster setup at the moment but you would think at least one review site would throw one of these at a Bulldozer for testing.

Hell give me one i,ll test the crap out of it :)

 

Anandtech are using an overclocked I7 3960x so that makes them pretty much the newest of the review setups that i can see.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review/15

compare these two like results for example.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review/22

B3 at full with 4x aa and 2560 for both reviews the only difference really is the cpu and the canucks one is overclocked to 4gig.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/49646-amd-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-review-13.html

11 fps difference for the 7970

and about the same for the 580 so that shows very roughly you get 11fps boost with the newer cpu.

 

now show me an overclocked bulldozer galdangit :)

 

 
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ATI AMD CAtalyst 12.1 preview driver

15 Dec

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst121Previewdriver.aspx

 

AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver
Last Updated

12/12/2011

Article Number

GPU-141

The AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview includes all of the features found in AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 and also includes all of the latest optimizations found in the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance drivers (AMD Catalyst 11.12 does not include the latest 11.11c optimizations).   It is highly recommended that all gamers use the AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver.

Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver:

AMD HD3D technology support enhancement

  • Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
  • ·         Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections – 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported displays.

AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Application Profiles

  • AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications
  • Please be sure to select the “Restore Factory Defaults” option under the Catalyst Control Center Preferences menu before using the new application profiles feature – this ensures there are no compatibility issues between previous drivers and the new AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver with regards to application profiles

AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Video UI improvements

  • AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements to simplify adjustment of video color and video quality control.

Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver (in addition to the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver)

  • Improves performance (10-15%) in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim when Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing is enabled on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series for single GPU and AMD CrossfireX configurations
 
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Overclocked AMD FX 8120 review

05 Dec


System

CPU: Fx8120

motherboard: gigabyte 990fx ud5 bios rev:7G

Speed 4.43 Ghz

BUS:200 x22

Memory : 2x4gig Corsair 2000 9 10 9 27

HDD: 2x WD black 1 Tb Raid 0

Video:5870 ati 875/1225

monitor 30 inch dell

cooling: corsair H60 dual 120ml fans intake

case:corsiar 500r carbide with large side fan drawing out

 

TESTS

GAMES

  • catalyst 11.11.3
  • res:2560 1600
  • 2xaa
  • 16xaf
  • all settings for all games set to as high as possibble including physx.
  • vysnc off

Half life lost coast

144 FPS

 

counterstrike source

239 FPS

 

hawx dx10(ambient occlussion on full)

avg:68 FPS

high:247 FPS

 

farcry 2

ranch long

avg:68.83 FPS

min:36 FPS

max:108 FPS

 

UT3

12 minute cutom demo

69 FPS

 

devil may cry

scene 1 144 FPS

 
 
 

Maxmem2 1.96

maxmem2 1.96

maxmem2 196

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
sunspider .091

 
 
 

Cinebench 11.5 x64

cinebench 11.5

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X264

Results for

x264.exe r1913

==========================

 

Pass 1

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encoded 1442 frames, 134.59 fps, 3911.61 kb/s

encoded 1442 frames, 136.70 fps, 3911.61 kb/s

encoded 1442 frames, 133.21 fps, 3911.61 kb/s

encoded 1442 frames, 137.19 fps, 3911.61 kb/s

Pass 2

——

encoded 1442 frames, 43.96 fps, 3958.68 kb/s

encoded 1442 frames, 43.93 fps, 3958.36 kb/s

encoded 1442 frames, 43.95 fps, 3960.22 kb/s

encoded 1442 frames, 43.71 fps, 3960.21 kb/s

 

 

7zip

7 Zip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aida64

 

photoworx result

aida64 photoworx

 

 

 

 

 

 

&
HASH results 

aida64 hash

 

 

 AES results (finally a win :) )

aida 64 aes

 

 

 

 

ZLib results (definately a reasonable result)

aida 64 zlib

 

 

 

V8 results (again a  reasonable showing)

aida 64 v8

 

 

 

 

Super pi 1.5

 

Summary

This shows the scaling of the Bulldozer is not bad but still well behind the 8 ball.
These tests were done using the windows 8 cpu drivers and i believe they have improved in a few places.
I do believe with some better bios updates (especially if they can add LLC to the UD5) and driver updates and code updates to apps and games these things could stretch thier legs a little.
but right now….not really
In saying that i have found everything i do on the computer smooth as butter and that is including multitasking such as encoding recorded tv shows while i write this and listen to music and a few other things….this chip isn’t even breaking a sweat.

 
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