Today June 2, 2013. I realized that there was a bios update that converted my old Gigabyte 7970 Reference (Model: GV-R797D5-3GD-B).
This update apparently lowered GPU temps, fan noise... and has been available since July 2012(?).
This update is still available here
Anyways, I thought I'd show some 3DMark benchs from Thursday (before GHZ) and today (after GHZ)
These benchs are all basic edition settings unless specified
3DMark11 +8.98%
3DMark Vantage +4.4%
I will have more benchs soon thanks.
My 3DMark scores both increased (no surprise) and the fans did not rev up at all where they did slightly before the update.
I strongly recommend this update for anyone whom has not yet noticed it the link to the original post Has an all-in-one single click installer.
Notables
Not FM Approved error : I am running the newest Catalyst Beta 13.6
Weird Frequencies/CPU cores: I have auto voltage and all power saving features on (probably the issue)
Also, I've been incapable of finding further updates. Being one year in I was wondering if anyone knows of further updates?
This update apparently lowered GPU temps, fan noise... and has been available since July 2012(?).
This update is still available here
Anyways, I thought I'd show some 3DMark benchs from Thursday (before GHZ) and today (after GHZ)
These benchs are all basic edition settings unless specified
3DMark11 +8.98%
3DMark Vantage +4.4%
I will have more benchs soon thanks.
My 3DMark scores both increased (no surprise) and the fans did not rev up at all where they did slightly before the update.
I strongly recommend this update for anyone whom has not yet noticed it the link to the original post Has an all-in-one single click installer.
Notables
Not FM Approved error : I am running the newest Catalyst Beta 13.6
Weird Frequencies/CPU cores: I have auto voltage and all power saving features on (probably the issue)
Also, I've been incapable of finding further updates. Being one year in I was wondering if anyone knows of further updates?