The HD7970 also features ZeroCore technology. This is a power saving feature that allows the card to draw less than 3w during a long idle state when the computer is on, but not powering a monitor. Also present is intelligent power management for multi-graphics card setups. While working in a 2D environment, only the primary graphics card draws its normal amount of power, the rest are put into a long idle state. For more on AMD ZeroCore, read the Mygaming ZeroCore Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n 7970 front angle<\/p><\/div>\n Known as the new Crysis, Metro 2033 is one of the most demanding games on your hardware currently available. We played through a set level three times, and recorded the average frame rate of the level using Fraps. These averages were then averaged to get the result below. All graphics settings were maxed, while tessellation was turned off. The resolution was 1920 x 1200.<\/p>\n Scores:<\/p>\n Metro 2033 scores<\/p><\/div>\n First up for the Synthetic benchmarks is Unigine heaven, a DirectX 11 benchmark that focuses on a variety of methods to stress modern graphics cards. We made use of the HWbot Xtreme DX11 pre-configured settings during testing, and the benchmark was run three times on each card, with the upper and lower samples disregarded.<\/p>\n Scores:<\/p>\n Unigine Heaven scores<\/p><\/div>\n The now outdated DirectX 9.0c standard is often ignored in modern benchmarks, and for good reason. The standard is almost completely irrelevant for modern gamers, though as a quick and easy indication of real world performance for those who (like me) still enjoy the occasional classic title, so it was added in for good measure. Tests were run at 1920 x 1200, with all graphics settings maxed out, and AA set to 16x.<\/p>\n Scores:<\/p>\n Trackmania scores<\/p><\/div>\n 3D Mark Vantage is still one of the best synthetic benchmarks to compare current generation graphics cards. While there are still a host of DirectX 10 titles on the market, performance in this segment will remain relevant.<\/p>\n Scores:<\/p>\n 3D Mark Vantage Overall scores<\/p><\/div>\n Scores:<\/p>\n 3D Mark Vantage GPU scores<\/p><\/div>\n There is no doubt that the HD7970 is the new performance king, offering the highest scores of any graphics card available today.<\/p>\n Impressive performance aside, the cost of a HD7970 is a major barrier, putting the card out of reach of all but the high-end enthusiasts who are able (and willing) to pay over R6,500 for a single PC component.<\/p>\n To sum up the AMD HD7970: it’s a powerful, feature rich card which keeps noise and power consumption low, and framerates high. If you can afford it, there is no better card to get.<\/p>\n![\"7970](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7970-front-angle.jpg\" "\\"7970")
<\/a>Performance<\/h3>\n
Metro 2033<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Unigine heaven<\/h4>\n
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![\"Unigine](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Unigine-Heaven-score-HD7970.jpg\" "\\"Unigine")
<\/a>Trackmania<\/h4>\n
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![\"Trackmania](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Trackmania-score-HD7970.jpg\" "\\"Trackmania")
<\/a>3D Mark Vantage<\/h4>\n
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![\"3D](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/3D-Mark-Vantage-Overall-score-HD7970.jpg\" "\\"3D")
<\/a>3D Mark Vantage GPU<\/h3>\n
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![\"3D](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/3D-Mark-Vantage-GPU-score-HD7970.jpg\" "\\"3D")
<\/a>Conclusion<\/h3>\n
![\"7970](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7970-ports.jpg\" "\\"7970")
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