Club 3D HD7970 Royal Ace with Crossfire Review
Test Setup, Overclocking and Temps
Published: 6th March 2013 | Source: Club 3D | Price: |
Test Setup
2x Club 3D HD7970 Royal Ace
AMD Catalyst 13.1 Drivers
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.6GHz
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Corsair Dominator Platinum
Corsair AX1200i
Corsair Neutron GTX
Corsair H100i
Windows 7 x64
Speeds
Supposedly the Club 3D runs at 1100MHz, but our model came out of the box at a whopping 1180MHz. No overclocking, pure plug and play power. Obviously this doesn't leave us any room to overclock ourselves, but when the card is this fast why would you bother?
Temperatures
It's not the quietest cooler the world has ever seen, but there is no denying the performance of the Coolstream. Excellent temperatures.
Most Recent Comments
Been waiting for this. Nice review and a solid card. Still sticking with Nvidia though 
Wow... I really need to stop reading reviews of Club3d products, just makes me wish even moreso that this card was (easily) gotten in the states... I'd pay the premium for it, that's for true!
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Originally Posted by Mgutierrez33
Wow... I really need to stop reading reviews of Club3d products, just makes me wish even moreso that this card was (easily) gotten in the states... I'd pay the premium for it, that's for true!
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you know I Like your reviews but my poor 6870 is now gone sulking in the corner feeling really left behind, I'd be lucky if it could get 1000 in that fire strike extreme. Thats a really nice card if only I could afford something like that
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Originally Posted by FTR.4500MHz
Just get a Powercolor. VTX3D, Powercolor and Club 3D are the same company.
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Originally Posted by Mgutierrez33
huh... interdasting... I'll have to give 'em a look then!
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Cheap tacky PCBs and crap warranties.
Not sure on Club 3D but VTX are pretty dire.
Hey Guys, I have got one of these coming from Germany on Monday. Going to pair it with the MSI lightning BE i purchased off here a couple of weeks ago. Will post 3D Mark & Vantage scores once I get them up & running.
Tom, I have a fix for the crossfire issue with 3dmark firestrike if you are interested?
I get near enough 100% scaling with it
I get near enough 100% scaling with it
I keep asking but could you do a liquid cooled 7970 overclocking guide. Would love to know how to do it before I start trying to go over the 1125MHz barrier on my 7970.
I could supply you with a bios and I will create the BAT file so you can't mess it up to remove the limits, or you can use the latest MSI afterburner beta which has it built in.
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Originally Posted by locky
I could supply you with a bios and I will create the BAT file so you can't mess it up to remove the limits, or you can use the latest MSI afterburner beta which has it built in.
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Locky, Will you be sharing this fix on the forum as i for one would like to know please?
Use 13.2 beta 6 (not required if you don't like beta)
open CCC and create a profile for 3dmark and set the crossfire mode to AFR. save.
open CCC and create a profile for 3dmark and set the crossfire mode to AFR. save.
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