Ah I am back to reviewing video cards, it has actually been a little while since I’ve taken a look at a current generation card, but over the past couple of weeks I have caught back up and today I am taking a look at an awesome card from ASUS. Many of ASUS’s non-reference cards feature their DirectCU II cooling system and so does this card, but this card also features a 12-phase VRM that has super alloy caps and chokes, ASUS’s VGA hotwire that allows you to easily check voltages on the card and this single card can drive up to six screens! The card we are taking a look at today is the 28nm ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II 3GB! Read on as we take a look at this impressive card!
Special thanks to ASUS for providing us with the HD 7970 DirectCU II 3GB Video Card to review.
Specifications
| Graphics Engine | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
| Bus Standard | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Video Memory | GDDR5 |
| Engine Clock | 925 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 5500 MHz ( 1375 MHz GDDR5 ) |
| RAMDAC | 400 MHz |
| Memory Interface | 384-bit |
| Resolution | D-Sub Max Resolution : 2048×1536 DVI Max Resolution : 2560×1600 |
| Interface | DVI Output : Yes x 1 (DVI-I), Yes x 1 (DVI-D) HDMI Output : Yes x 1 (via DVI to HDMI adaptor x 1 ) Display Port : Yes x 4 (Regular DP) HDCP Support : Yes |
| Power Consumption | up to 300W(additional 6+8 or 8+8 pin PCIe power required) |
| Accessories | 1 x CrossFire cable 1 x Power cable 1 x DVI to HDMI adaptor |
| Software | ASUS Utilities & Driver |
| ASUS Features | DirectCU Series Super Alloy Power |
| Dimensions | 11 ” x 5.1 ” x 2.1 ” Inch |
Packaging
The HD 7970 DirectCU II comes in ASUS’s typical video card packaging. On the front ASUS highlights some of the main features like the DirectCU II cooling, Digi+VRM, GPU Tweak and much more. On the back of the box it goes into more detail on many of the features.
To give you a better idea of how the ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II comes, what all it comes with and a brief overview check out our video below.
