Radeon HD 7970

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The AMD Radeon HD 7970 is a mid-tier gaming GPU, released on Dec 22, 2011.

Memory Size	Memory Type	Memory Bus	Memory Bandwidth
3 GB	GDDR5	384-bit	264 GB/s

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

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Specifications

General
Release Date	Dec 22nd, 2011
Generation	Southern Islands
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Power Consumption	250 W
Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Performance
Base Clock Speed	925 MHz
Memory Clock Speed	1375 MHz
Pixel Fillrate	29.6 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate	118.4 GTexel/s

Memory
Memory Size	3 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Bus	384-bit
Memory Bandwidth	264 GB/s

My Games With Radeon HD 7970

With selected game settings

1920 x 1080

High

FPS

Apex Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

386

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

145

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

359

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

Fortnite

Radeon HD 7970 Alternatives

With selected game settings

GeForce RTX 3060

157 FPS+83%

£1.62/FPS

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

GeForce RTX 3050

131 FPS+52%

£1.22/FPS

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 6GB GDDR6, 1492 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 96-bit, 1x DP (v1.4a), 2x HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Radeon RX 7600 XT

181 FPS+110%

£1.77/FPS

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7600 XT GAMING OC 16GB Graphics Card - 2810 MHz Core, 16GB GDDR6 18000MHz 128-bit Memory, PCI-E 4.0, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1a, RDNA architecture, RGB fusion, GV-R76XTGAMING OC-16GD

Radeon RX 7900 XT

281 FPS+227%

£2.35/FPS

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming OC 20G (20GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2535MHz/20000MHz)

GeForce RTX 4060

175 FPS+103%

£1.46/FPS

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 VENTUS 2X BLACK 8G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6X, PCI Express Gen 4, 128-bit, 3x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1a (Supports 4K & 8K HDR) Black

Radeon RX 6600

151 FPS+76%

£1.34/FPS

Powercolor Radeon RX 6600 Fighter (8GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2491MHz/14000MHz)

Radeon RX 7800 XT

248 FPS+188%

£1.9/FPS

Powercolor Fighter AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Radeon RX 580

110 FPS+28%

£1.28/FPS

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black

Radeon RX 7600

178 FPS+107%

£1.37/FPS

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7600 GAMING OC 8G AMD 8 Go GDDR6

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

294 FPS+242%

£3.92/FPS

ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition 24GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 2.1)

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Radeon HD 7970

Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

Specifications

Radeon HD 7970 FPS Calculator

My Games With Radeon HD 7970

Apex Legends

Grand Theft Auto V

League of Legends

World of Warcraft

Counter-Strike 2

Fortnite

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