Member Reviews: MSI R7970

Test Bench: 980x @ 4.4GHz Asus Rampage 3 Extreme 6GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 2000 Corsair Performance Pro 256GB 1050w Corsair PSU AMD Catalyst 12.3 Pre-Certified driver Futuremark Vantage: 1000/1425 1085/1575 Futuremark 2011: 1000/1425 1085/1575 Metro 2033: Battlefield 3: - Crysis 2: Quote:The AMD 7970's are one hell of a beast of cards, and run very cool. The great thing about this new technology is they run super cool as well without needing the fan at 100%. Crysis 2, Battlefield 3, and Metro 2033 run great and there is no lag whatsoever, when the drivers first launch BF3 and Crysis 2 were having issues with MSAA, but not anymore, seems AMD picked it up and fixed the issue,...

This is my first review. I hope it helps someone out. EVERYTHING was set to stock speeds for testing!!!Anyways, after having a 660ti for 9 days, it just died. i tried everything and it just would not work even though it shows video. as soon as it got under load, BSOD. I went to microcenter and picked up my new 7970 (my first ati card in 15 years) which is an upgrade to the 660ti. First thing i noticed was the 3GB of VRAM on the 7970 (how could i not notice that first it was plastered all over). the 660ti has 2GB of VRAM and will be blown out of the water by the 7970 especially at 1920x1080 and higher. the 660ti worked but there is no comparison and where i live a gtx 660ti is $330 and a...