Hey OP is your 7970 overclocked?
If so check your memory speed, I noticed that sometimes there is a sweet spot on these ATI cards and if you go beyond them the OC process of the memory begins once again just causing more heat.
Try to bring down your memory clock if you have it overclocked far, you might just end up finding that "SWEET SPOT" I was talking about where FPS tends to rise by 10-20 with lower settings.
If so check your memory speed, I noticed that sometimes there is a sweet spot on these ATI cards and if you go beyond them the OC process of the memory begins once again just causing more heat.
Try to bring down your memory clock if you have it overclocked far, you might just end up finding that "SWEET SPOT" I was talking about where FPS tends to rise by 10-20 with lower settings.







