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    Desktop 7970 review is out... could be important for mobile as well.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by JohnnyFlash, Dec 22, 2011.

  1. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    Anand's review is out, and it's looking good for performance/power usage. Here's to hoping the mobile variants follow soon. Going by the numbers, midrange should be able to match 6970m performance at much less power.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Dec 22, 2011
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    Star Forge Quaggan's Creed Redux!

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    Hope they stick with MXM 3.0b with competitive pricing on Wimbledon's when it comes out like they did with the 6970M and 6990M's.
     
    Star Forge, Dec 22, 2011
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  3. ViciousXUSMC

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    Looks great, id trade my dual 5870 setup for a single 7970.

    Id lose performance but for the type of gaming I do (5940x1200) the single card with higher memory would serve me better.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Dec 22, 2011
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    Wow! Good to see AMD's GPU department kicking butt.
     
    R3d, Dec 22, 2011
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    Now we wait for nvidia to kick their butts.

    Hopefully.
     
    zoolian982, Dec 22, 2011
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    ViciousXUSMC, Dec 22, 2011
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    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Hurray for Eyefinity 2.0, looking forward to see some new surround videos. :3
     
    DEagleson, Dec 22, 2011
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    Yeah today plan to wrap presents and make some vids :D

    Lets see if I still feel that way when I get off work, if its like yesterday the second I get off work suddenly I want to go straight to bed.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Dec 22, 2011
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  9. JohnnyFlash

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    It's looking really excellent across the board!

    Very happy with my choice not to buy 6990m yet.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Dec 22, 2011
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  10. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    The 7870 and 7850 are the ones which will matter to us.
     
    Kevin, Dec 22, 2011
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  11. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    exactly...
     
    maxheap, Dec 22, 2011
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  12. Syberia

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    Don't need this but must... resist... urge...
     
    Syberia, Dec 22, 2011
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    The real question is how long does it take for AMD to make mobile GPUs out of the desktop models...

    How does it work btw? Do they concentrate on making the desktop GPUs first, and THEN start designing a mobile GPU? Or are they made separately but at the same time?

    According to this site Alienware have a driver with 7970M mentioned
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 22, 2011
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    just give me the performance level of a desktop 6970 and I'm good :p
     
    long2905, Dec 22, 2011
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    Yes it all looks and sounds good but the big question is "but will it blend?"
     
    CrAzYsIm, Dec 22, 2011
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