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Radeon 7970 Round-Up; AMD is back with a punch

DSOGaming writes: "And it’s finally been revealed. AMD’s latest high-end GPU model that is based on the ‘Tahiti’ chip has just been unveiled and it’s the fastest single-GPU card on the market. Which was to be expected but what are the performance gains that PC gamers can expect from it? According to the earlier leaks, Radeon 7970 was expected to be 60% faster than Nvidia’s GTX580. Sadly though, the card is not that much faster. There are cases where the gap between these two cards is almost around 50% and it’s definitely the faster single-GPU, but it’s nowhere as fast as we wished. Oh, and the card can’t touch Nvidia’s dual-chip offer, the GTX590, despite earlier rumors suggesting that it would be almost on-par with it."

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NYC_Gamer4506d ago (Edited 4506d ago )

any video reviews?amd has the fastest single gpu on the market for now...

Jamaicangmr4506d ago (Edited 4506d ago )

GPU wars are getting hot again.

papashango4506d ago

Faster than the 580?. Please be 300ish

I'm extremely interested now

SnakeCQC4506d ago

the card is going to over between 400-450 pounds

john24506d ago

Estimated price is 499 euros/ $549 USD

ProjectVulcan4506d ago (Edited 4506d ago )

I pegged it at about 20 percent faster than GTX580, and it looks like i was pretty much on the money. Its around 20-25 percent faster for 1920 x 1200. It wins by a little more @ 2560 x 1600, most likely partway because of the memory involved so against the GTX580 3GB version its probably the same gap.

Lost planet 2 is an interesting result, 7970 appears to maintain its 20 percent lead over GTX580. This would mean the new architecture has pretty good tesselation performance at least as good as Fermi also backed up by the tesselation benchmarks. Although i expect kepler to do even better.

This is pretty good performance, and will remain the fastest single GPU card for at least 4 or 5 months. Its the exact leap i predicted over the old Nvidia architecture. I fully expect Nvidia to respond with some very fast parts in the summer of 2012 so while this is the top card then AMD will make the most of it.

I like the concept of powertune AMD have but dislike the implementation on the existing Radeons and also i do not like the idea of that 6+8 pin power either when the card actually has peak consumption virtually the same as 6970.

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SnakeCQC4506d ago (Edited 4506d ago )

please amd make some sort of 3d visiom type stuff tridef and 1z3d SUUUUUCK or atleast let your people make software that will let amd users use 3d vision

SnakeCQC4506d ago

don't you need iz3d or tridef? all of which only support mainly dx9 games and for glasses you need to rely on the ones that came with the monitor if your 3d monitor didn't come with one well you're screwed. ohh and like the only two monitors that are amd approved are the samsung s27a950 and s27a750(uber glossy screens) which come with bluetooth glasses that require a non rechargeable battery which lasts 10 hours

MAJ0R4506d ago

and their drivers still suck

kmanmx4506d ago

That maybe so but my nvidia driver for the 560Ti crashes every other day and black screens, takes a few seconds for it to restart.

Its annoying as heck.

C_Menz4506d ago

If your 560ti crashes daily then there is something wrong with your GPU, driver, or some other issue. Might want to diagnose the problem or send your 560ti back for a new one.

I have 2x evga 560ti and have almost no issues. Only problem I have is BF3 crashing once every 10 or so matches, but that is more BF3 than the graphics cards.

papashango4506d ago

That's funny I have a few 570 owners always complaining about ctds, driver stopped working problems and I've never seen that message since my hd3870 days

HammockGames4506d ago (Edited 4506d ago )

@ kmanmx

Are you using a beta driver? Or is your card OC'd?

On occasion those can lead to some issues, so just askin'.

john24506d ago

To be honest, when I used my beloved Radeon 9800Pro (yeah, it's been a while since then :P ) I hadn't encountered any major issues. Well, apart from the OpenGL games but there are not that many nowadays.

To be honest, I'm more annoyed that a lot of games are not 'SLI approved' and that Nvidia doesn't include the SLI profiles prior the games' release. Trine 2 (you had to manually enable SLI by selecting AFR2) and WRC2011 are two of them and Red Faction: Armageddon doesn't have any SLI profile as of yet (partially, Volition is also to blame for this)

dirthurts4506d ago

I've been using AMD cards for about 5 years straight now. The drivers don't suck.
Sure, there are occasional issues, but Nvidia has them as well. Both manufacturers are great companies, and have great drivers.

TitanUp4506d ago

and why do people say their drivers suck i have had my 6970s since launch and i have had no trouble out of them except for things that happen on my end.

maybe they don't come out with as many new drivers as nvidia but i have always been able to play every game at ultra settings except for batman and thats a development problem that needs to be patch.

papashango4506d ago

Ya same I've never had a single issue with my 6970

AKS4506d ago

To me, a more accurate way to describe the driver situation with AMD is that they are rather slow with the planning and getting things ready by the launch of big games.

I have two 6950s in Crossfire, and they have Skyrim, BF3, and RAGE all running smoothly now, but at the launch of each of those games they ran like crap on my setup. I actually got NEGATIVE scaling in Skyrim at first. RAGE didn't support CF at all until it was updated (now it works beautifully). How can you be that LTTP on some of the biggest games of they year?

I love my cards (absolutely savage performance for $450 to $500), but AMD could put a bit more effort into making sure these big games run properly when they hit the market. It's not like it's an isolated incident. The last 4 PC games I've bought (BF3, RAGE, Skyrim, and Arkham City) have had driver issues, especially CF issues. They've resolved many of those issues since then, especially regarding Skyrim, which is running silky smooth at max with forced Catalyst settings, but I'd like to see less rocky starts when new games are released.

parasit34506d ago

PC FTW, adding to the multiplier of more times better graphics than consoles!

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Make your next GPU upgrade AMD as these latest-gen Radeon cards receive a special promotion

AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.

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Father__Merrin1d 3h ago

Best for the money is the Arc cards

just_looken1d 1h ago

In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.

The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.

Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.

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AMD FSR 3.1 Announced at GDC 2024, FSR 3 Available and Upcoming in 40 Games

Last September, we unleashed AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3)1 on the gaming world, delivering massive FPS improvements in supported games.

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So to put 2 and 2 together... FSR 3.1 is releasing later this year and the launch game to support it is Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart. In Sony's DevNet documentation it shows Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart as the example for PSSR. PS5 Pro also launches later this year... but there is something else coming too: AMD RDNA 4 Cards (The very same technology thats in the Pro). So, PSSR is either FSR 3.1 or its a direct collaboration with AMD for that builds on FSR 3.1. Somehow they are related. I think PSSR is FSR 3.1 with the bonus of AI... now lets see if RDNA 4 cards also include an AI block.

More details:
FSR 3.1 fixes Frame Generation
If you have a 30 series RTX card you can now use DLSS3 with FSR Frame Generation (No 40 Series required!)
Its Available on all Cards (we assume it will come to console)
Fixes Temporal stability

MrDead31d ago

I've been using a mod that allows dlss frame gen on my 3080 it works on all rtx series. It'll be good not to rely on mods for the future.

darksky30d ago

The mods avaiable are actually using FSR3 frame gen but with DLSS or FSR2 upscaling.

Babadook730d ago (Edited 30d ago )

I think that the leaks about the 5 Pro would debunk the notion that the two (FSR 3.1 and PSSR) are the same technology. PSSR is a Sony technology.

MrDead31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

I wonder how much they fixed the ghosting in dark areas as Nvidia are leaving them in the dust with image quality. Still good that they are improving in big leaps, I'll have to see when the RTX5000 series is released who I go with... at the moment the RTX5000's are sounding like monsters.

just_looken31d ago

Did you see the dell leaks were they are trying to cool cards using over 1k watts of power.

We are going to need 220 lines for next gen pcs lol

MrDead31d ago

That's crazy! Sounds like heating my house won't be a problem next winter.

porkChop30d ago

As much as I hate supporting Nvidia, AMD just doesn't even try to compete. Their whole business model is to beat Nvidia purely on price. But I'd rather pay for better performance and better features. AMD also doesn't even try to innovate. They just follow Nvidia's lead and make their own version of whatever Nvidia is doing. But they're always 1 or 2 generations behind when it comes to those software/driver innovations, so Nvidia is always miles ahead in quality and performance.

MrDead30d ago

I do a lot of work on photoshop so an Intel Nvidia set up has been the got to because of performance edge, more expensive but far more stable too. Intel also have the edge over AMD processors with better load distribution on the cores, less spikes and jitters. When you're working large format you don't want lag or spikes when you're editing or drawing.

I do think AMD has improved massively though and whist I don't think they threaten Nvidia on the tech side they do make very well priced cards and processors for the power. I'm probably going with a 5080 or 5090 but AMD will get a little side look from me, which is a first in a long time... but like you said they are a generation or two behind at the moment.

Goosejuice30d ago

While I can't argue for amd gpu, they aren't bad but they aren't great either. The cpu for amd have great. I would argue the 7800x3d as one of the best cpu for gaming right now. Idk about editing so I take ur word for that but gaming amd cpu is a great option these days.

porkChop29d ago

@Goosejuice

I have a 7800X3D. It certainly is great for gaming. Though for video editing, rendering, etc, I think Intel have the advantage from what I remember. I just mean from a GPU standpoint I can't support them.

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AMD storm Nvidia's Super launch party with temporary price cut to RX 7900 XT

Now that the RTX 4070 Super has launched, AMD have chopped the price of the RX 7900 XT to new lows.

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