Sapphire & XFX AMD 7950 Crossfire Performance & Benchmarks

[626625111]

i must admit, amd graphics are the most powerfull(low price)

and intel still has the most powerfull CPU's (High price, but the performance is A.W.E.S.O.M.E)

[zaidabon]

The big question remains unanswered, can they run MINECRAFT ???

[sxyphatboy]

@BananaGamer101 ....

[daniel93ss]

I think 7950 CF run new games up to 4 years on high settings.

[likesm14]

who the hell needs 130 fps in battlefield 3?

[BananaGamer101]

@likesm14 ME , and the all other PC Gamers ;D

[BronzeApples]

I just bought a 7970 Black Edition so I am pretty happy.

[jeremylawrence300]

Do these have microstuttering

[damnUTECH]

@jeremylawrence300 all the crossfire vids i have seen with these cards have no micro stutter. I asked some1 about the hd 7970 crossfire in battlefield 3 and they said no. If AMD has solved this problem with the new gen it would be brilliant.

[Swagdaddy777]

how does 590 beat Amd at Dirt 3!!! an AMD based game :(

[Diiasix]

why do you always use XFX or Sapphire? i have a gigabyte one because i like the fan setup better maybe expand your brands more?

[AAAAtugboats]

wtf where do you find these cards for 400 dollars? the cheapest one i can find is a non overclocked sapphire 7950 for 450 on newegg.

[umeshtheman]

Thumbs up if u have a 6970 and hate it.

[Ionjohn]

@umeshtheman lol thats exactly me, im getting this in crossfire or next nvidia gpus

[TheManMetal]

@umeshtheman why ddo u hate it?

[SenoirMeow]

imo the 7950 is better than the 7970, its quite abit cheaper and its only a few fps off when it comes to perfomance, basically, the price difference isnt worth the fps difference, imo of course. still though, im gonna get these badboys in crossfire!

[18T220]

0:48

Fap fap fap fap.,

[GiveMeBass93]

I always try to go for sapphire ;D

[ninosM1]

thumbs up if you have a gtx 560 ti and you love it

[ninosM1]

@AdityaNair1000 your making a fool outvof your self lol the pentium g620 is no apu lol

[buzz9961]

dirt 3 doesnt like amd cards

[aconda47]

waste of money

[orie333]

nice

[TheAwwWtf]

Pain Cylinder - The Benchmark Song

;)

[HazewinDog]

wow and 2 of these cost about 900 euro in holland :/ thats about 1200 dollar

[slabbo323]

best bang for the buck right now is Radeon 6870's in crossfire. you can get them for less than $150 each, and they will perform better than a single 7970. And you can run it with a 650 watt power supply!

[Nethandral]

HEY, ive got an awsome idea! Lets compair next gen Radeon cards with old nvidia cards! yaaaaaahh thats it. And on a side note: Nvidias next gen cards comming out this year will SMOKE Radeon.

[umeshtheman]

Actually a little faster....so the galaxy 580 is certainly better than 7950....

[umeshtheman]

A galaxy gtx 580 the 3 fan one....is about 450$ and oc's. To about 870 on core and 1005 on mem. It comes to about the same as a stock 7950 at a little less price.....

[TheYounesbrko]

make also crysis 2 and crysis 1 please

[vmn1451]

AMD !

[irmissslive]

can AMD 965 keep up witg 9750?

[sxyphatboy]

AMD GRAPHICS FTW!!!

AMD CPU FAIL!!!

[Quand9]

@sxyphatboy ATI FTW

AMD FAIL

[sxyphatboy]

@Quand9 ATI is no longer a company..its all AMD...Radeon is still the trademark name though

[nuggz503]

@sxyphatboy where would AMD drivers fall within that spectrum of yours?

[sxyphatboy]

@nuggz503 they are neither great or horrible.... I'd say they are neutral...both companies (AMD & NVIDIA) come out with neutral drivers...plus it all depends on which config you have...sometimes drivers for high end cards in sli or crossfire are superior to another based on the cards...its all a guessing game sometimes with drivers :D

[Quand9]

@sxyphatboy yea i know but ATI is cooler than AMD :P

~ ati is from Canada :D (near Toronto to be exact)

[sxyphatboy]

@Quand9 lol true

[ninosM1]

@sxyphatboy AMD APU FTW ;)

[AdityaNair1000]

@ninosM1 no no man

APUs suck shit

a pentium g620 beats even the a8 3870 in gaming

for less money, btw

[TornadoTV11]

@sxyphatboy intel is too expensive, if you ask me, amd cpu-s are better than intel for the price!

[sxyphatboy]

@TornadoTV11 it all depnds on the application/system that the cpu is paired with....for instance an apu might be used for an htpc over intel due to it being less of a hassle to get a gfx card in a small area....AS of now intel is leading the market in cpu's...clock for clock and core per core intel is more advanced...they are a billion dollar company..but that does not mean that amd is bad either...but remember AMD is a multi million dollar company and does not have the same resources as intel

[MontagesnMore]

@sxyphatboy Good call. I have an AMD 965 Black Edition (3.8GHZ) and it's running on air. I could push it more, but I would need to get Liquid Cooling. AMD is striving with their GPU's and APU's. However, Intel is doing fine with CPU's. AMD will catch up once Piledriver is released. In case everybody forgot, AMD was ontop when FX series came out, but Intel gained momentum with their Intel 2 Quad Core series. It's been a struggle ever since.

[sxyphatboy]

@MontagesnMore i just hope AMD gets their architecture right...I mean the whole module thing is sort of like hyperthreading...but not really...in paper it sound phenominal...but it doesnt perform well compared to intels architect....they need to focus on providing smaller and smaller manufacturing processes that can rival those of the new 32 and 28 nm that intel will puch out...you sir have a wonderful processor...you can get a dual 120 rad+block+pump+res+tubing for 120 if you look around

[TornadoTV11]

@sxyphatboy it's not always about the cash

[GiveMeBass93]

@sxyphatboy ATI GPU + INTEL CPU = <3

[DruSkiN666]

@sxyphatboy AMD CPU not fail , i got pehom x6 totally worth the money

[sxyphatboy]

@DruSkiN666 ok ...I agree with you on that point...we all know the phenom x6 is better than the bulldozer...i was just talking about the current state of amd cpus

[Amuffin456]

@DruSkiN666 i5-2500k outperforms your cpu.

[DruSkiN666]

@Amuffin456 not really , since there is no programmes for 6 cores

[Amuffin456]

@DruSkiN666 There are a good amount of programs that use 6 core.

[DruSkiN666]

@Amuffin456 okay if u think so :)

still in gaming i see no diffrence

[pufixas]

@sxyphatboy

You sir, are wrong.

[sxyphatboy]

@pufixas ok ....? prove it

[BananaGamer101]

@sxyphatboy Shut up Intel faggot

[SovietRussia10]

wtf

[crazychainsaw007]

can i fit two 3 slot amd 7950s on a p67 sabertooth motherboard

[MrAlexkohl1993]

@crazychainsaw007 how about you go look for yourself jesus christ

[crazychainsaw007]

@MrAlexkohl1993 how the fuck am i supposed to do that without the motherboard in my hands i dont want my damn cards so close to each other i want them to get some air but whatever im getting a 4 slot anyway

[NITROUSBLOODED]

What wattage power supply would i need for crossfire 7950's or 7970's? as i am thinking of buying wither one to put into an Alienware Aurora R4 which has an 875 watt power supply.

[MrIwesseli]

@NITROUSBLOODED should do the trick :)

[NITROUSBLOODED]

@MrIwesseli thanks man :D

[VickeLang]

is those benchmarks avarage FPS or lowest?

[EZGReaLize]

Ummm...can I has?

[GodleyX]

Man i love that Acura NSX ad... even though its 2 and a half minutes long... i watch it all every time... v.v

And i think ill wait for the next series of cards to upgrade my computer, if i need. Kinda want to but i got 2 hd 5870's crossfired at the moment.. and their still awesome .. dont think ill need to upgrade by next series but i kinda want to

[HandicappedMind]

if your paying 11 bucks for sli 580s you very dumb... chances are your fucking bought the ones with fancy fans and lights and blah blah blah go buy some refrence cards i mean i paid 900 for the 2 im runnin and is 2 fps more or a higher bench score from a SUPPER OVERCLOCKED EDITION really worth the extra 100 bucks per card?

[cgtkl]

Wait for Drivers.

[ribak1983]

get reference 7950,and flash the bios,and unlock shaders to 7970

[Barragwanus]

Hurry up Nvidia, 2x 580's just isn't cutting it anymore!!

[HandicappedMind]

@Barragwanus ???? what wont 2 580s cut??? i run 2 refrence 580s and it destroys everything on market????

[12ninjacrazy]

What's the benchmark song?

[paltskallN]

Damn, I want that benchmark song!

[MrIwesseli]

@paltskallN Their music is by paincylinder

[0oDarkLordRevano0]

@paltskallN 

/watch?v=cwLrOaKWayo&feature=c­hannel_video_title

[tommyboy8310]

@0oDarkLordRevano0 Thank you for the superb link!

[TheAwwWtf]

@paltskallN

its called

Pain Cylinder - The Benchmark Song

[TheSoulja99boy]

@paltskallN just record it :)

[NaNd1337]

all amd fanboys comparing a new gpu with one that was released over a year ago, get over yourselves. when nvidia comes with the 600 series i think we all know who will win ;)

[Craig9081]

@NaNd1337 What a stupid comment! I am not a fanboy of any company however the comparison of say a amd 7950 to a gtx 580 is because they are in the same price group that's why the go head to head also the simple fact like you said the new nvidia cards are not even out so what cards are suppose to get used in the bench marks???? only last gen amd cards??? Please just have a little think before you post a comment! on a side note i cant wait to see what nvidia bring to the table :)

[Downsider24]

@NaNd1337 Doesn't really matter.

My ASUS 6970 runs Metro: 2033 on Ultra settings (No DoF) at 38+ frames. That is the worst optimized game on PC.

Runs BF3 at Ultra settings at 1080 (No AA) with 43 minimum frames.

The GTX 580 gains anywhere from 5 - 8 frames on both games. Is it really worth the extra $200 - $300?

AMD is more affordable.

[th4970]

@Downsider24

Where did you pull that $200-$300? Checked a few stores and 580s go for $100-$150 more than 6970s.

But I agree, not worth the money when the difference is that small. My overclocked 560 Ti got the same results in games than a stock 570 (which is pretty much on par with 6970) and I got even better results with a 6950 I unlocked to 6970.

[Downsider24]

@th4970 You series? GTX 580 is the same price as the 7970, if not a bit more... At least in Canada? if that makes a difference.

My ASUS HD 6970 was a bit more then your standard XFX or MSI, and it cost $350. I was looking into the 580 but the extra $200 for 3 - 5 extra frames was not worth it.

OC my ASUS is a breeze and always stays under 65C when gaming, even at 986MHz.

[th4970]

@Downsider24

I'm not from Canada, but as far as I'm concerned, NCIX is a canadian store. 7970s go for ~$700 and GTX 580s go for about $450-$550 in that store. So definitely no same prices with those.

[Downsider24]

@th4970 Guess everyone is different?

7970 $569 - $599

GTX 580 $499 - $599

[th4970]

@Downsider24

I had a typo, meant to say that 7970 goes for about $600 not $700. But anyways, I guess my point is that you can get a GTX 580 way cheaper than a 7970. Not the same price and definitely not more. Of course if someone wants to buy the most expensive GTX 580 at this point, I call it stupidity.

[Downsider24]

@th4970 Must be the advantages of living in the U.S? lol both are around the same price for me, and the 7970 is WAY better then the GTX 580, and so It's a bonus.

But I do agree on that most expensive GTX 580 being a waste. $700 wasted since the only game out right now pushing hardware is Battlefield 3 LOL and if my 6970 can run Ultra with minimum frames of 43 those extra 5 frames is not worth the extra cash.

And since there is almost no difference between High and Ultra... Yeah...

[Downsider24]

@th4970 The 7970 is within the same price cause' it competes with the GTX 580, and does better then the GTX 580.

The only game that will test hardware, as it did in 2010 will be Metro: Last Light. No doubt a 7950 - 7970 will rock that games socks off, as will GTX 580 SLI. But that's it.

[footballgk]

@NaNd1337 I agree

[RKTGX95]

i love seeing an AMD Graphics Card that beats a NVIDIA Graphics Card, ON A NVIDIA GAME !!! 

[DoNphii]

will it blend?

[thehardertheyfail]

can in run 2 different amd cards in crossfire?

or does crossfire only work for the same video card?

[TheEGGtech]

@thehardertheyfail you can run two different cards yes. BUT only if they are in the same series like for example; a 5870 and 5850 will work. Same with a 6970 and 6950. BUT a 6770 and a 6970 will not work, unless you have hacked drivers.

[MrTw00t]

a question whats better?

2 7950 cards crossfire?

or 2 gtx 580 crossfire?

[TheEGGtech]

@MrTw00t i think you mean 580 SLI. It would depend really, I would go 580 sli if they are cheaper than the 7950 crossfire but if the 7950 crossfire is around the same price then I would go for the 7950 crossfire. They perform similarly.

[redrel21]

Off topic but for all the peeps asking what song is playing during the benchmark if u have a shazzam app on ur phone just use that to find out who sings it lol

[Demonblade36]

whats wrong with single gpus in bf3 ? de 7970 has over 100% scaling in cfx..

[samstar1412]

What do you do with all the cards you review? I know I'd like to have a few spare 7900 cards laying around hahaha

[2confuzzle]

What kind of 7950s are these ? Overclocked edition ?

[likesm14]

who needs 130 fps in Battlefield 3?

[hierarchyftw]

What is that sound at 0:16 I hear it in like every video. Its like a snort from talking too fast

[DoMiNaToR2465]

how much cheaper is the 7950 than 7970 ?

[ApartHD]

@DoMiNaToR2465 About $50,-

[ghoust97]

Hello since i'm not very good at picking parts for a computer can you build me a computer for about 1200$?

[CloudieV]

hehe 590 fails :P

[CaixoteXD]

can i have 6990 crossfire ?

[buzz9961]

@CaixoteXD yeah but dont use crossfire with hd 6990 cuz if you running more then 2 gpus on one system you will get bad performance

[CaixoteXD]

@buzz9961 k ty

[kakashisaysay]

witch is the beast 560ti 2g or 570

[buzz9961]

@kakashisaysay gtx 570

[gagafaga11]

@kakashisaysay 570 is more powerful but 2 gtx 560 ti is better

[alaskanhybrid]

I am getting an EVGA GTX 550 TI 2gb real soon. I sure would not mind a review of that mid range card if possible? Played on a max resolution of 900p on the monitor, and maybe 1080p on a tv, as low as 720p so those three res is idea for me.

[Edvinas01]

I like to watch your videos, both entertaining and interesting to watch.

[MrOctobarthe18th]

Can we say that nvidia GTX 590 is the best card on the market right now? :D

[Melinon]

I wouldn't recommend CF unless you already have the fastest single GPU and need more. Too much driver issues and performance problems, the overall value diminishes real fast.

[fshlps]

Should i buy a NZXT Switch 810 or Another one....Please Help

[Cone419]

Are there chanes on gigabyte 7950 review any time soon?

[ImHollywoodDroid]

does anyone know what that song is that starts when he shows the benchmark results?

[icedevil2012]

DUDE IS IT TRUE THAT 8000 SERIES IS COMING THIS YEAR

IM YOUR BIG FAN DUDE

[OpethMikael]

came here just to listen to the benchmark song

[18T220]

Dirt 3 hates AMD cards.

[R68E]

@18T220 Loves dual-GPU card, is a game for rich people ;)

[oYSpongebobYo]

@18T220 yeah but it doesnt matter you can still run it with almost every card

[TheSSLPowa]

@18T220 Does it? I'm running okay with my AMD card.

[TheEGGtech]

@18T220 haha i know even tho it has an AMD ad in the intro. =.=

[svenning28]

hey elrik i was wondering the music you use, is that just some small part made for these videos or a song i wanted to listen to it. and the videos are grate i am going to build my pc soon so all these videos help thanks :D

[Spoojjy]

@svenning28 It's actually music made by Elric's band. Pretty sweet, right? Look up Pain Cylinder on youtube search...

[svenning28]

@Spoojjy TY! :D

[geekhater360]

How come you didn't put gtx 580 SLI? It makes no sense to compare cards from the same company and dual GPU cards.

[digitaltactics]

@geekhater360 i know right only thing i just returned my exta gtx 580 cause

of sli flicker in BF3 i should see no flicker for over a grand in GPUS.but i love my single

[ObsidianJunkie]

seems like a 6990 competes pretty well with these cards crossfired, so you might as well spend the $650- 800 on a 6990 rather than at least $900 for these cards

[nilbud]

@ObsidianJunkie You might go deaf from the fan on the 6990

[olds442hurst]

hello just wanted to ask your opinion on a mobo ...the Intel BOXDX79SI LGA 2011 is it worth buying???

[motherboardsorg]

@olds442hurst Its an okay board, its for just running stable mostly.

[bassfan71]

Whens the 7990 gana come out

[skyw4lka]

your eyes can only see so many frames per second so whats the point?

[sunny21892]

Bad boy Bad boy what u gonna do what u gonna do when they come for u!

[timlundberg666]

can you do a benchmark vid for the 7970/7950 pci express comparison

[unstoppable5044]

I would declare that the 7950 has driver issue. It should out perform the 7970 which did not happen.

[motherboardsorg]

@unstoppable5044 Hey man the 7970 is supposed to be faster where did you get turned around?

[ownTer]

@unstoppable5044 I would declare you dont know what your talking about.

[Downsider24]

I'm loving my ASUS 6970, but I know I'll need to upgrade late this year. Can't wait till ASUS releases a 7950 and 7970 and you give them a review. I'll more then likely go with either those.

I wanted to CrossFire two ASUS 6970's, but the card is just way too big. My Antec Nine-Hundred V3 case wouldn't be able to fit two of those. Well... probably could but I got enough wires going on in there.

[JoesPlaying]

@Downsider24 Asus already released their 7950/7970.. I'd go with MSI though

[motherboardsorg]

@Downsider24 ASUS did not send me any VGA cards this year.

[RKTGX95]

@motherboardsorg

it is their loss !

[buzz9961]

@Downsider24 you dont need to get any new series card man the hd 6970 is good...save yourself money

[KlemeFTW]

@Downsider24

>I know I will need to upgrade this year

Im still running off of an amd x4 OCed to 3.2ghz and a 6670 for attempted gaming.

It works fine

[Chevenitsu]

lol Please use quadfire with the 70s and 50s that you have!

[zarcnest]

Gpu

[StevenJordanGaming]

Can't wait to what the performance is going to be with the hd 7770

[Newbpwng]

i would prefer gtx 590 or 6990 over this crossfire, u can buy them for 650$ on ebay

[JoesPlaying]

I hate AMD cpus, but I "kind of" like their GPUs. I mean, their GPUs are far far far better than their CPUs (I mean in the competition against intel/nvidia) so it kind of makes you like that company, don't know if they still have driver issues though. If I was rich I would buy the 7970, then when nvidia releases, buy their top one, compare them, and use the best one.. too bad I'm not rich, lol.

[Downsider24]

@JoesPlaying AMD are simply more affordable then NVIDIA and Intel. I see AMD as the guys who are for the majority, and not those who can waste a shit ton of cash.

I'm just afraid that if AMD leaves the CPU department that Intel will take total advantage and sell CPU's way more then they are now...

Greedy bastards. Intel and NVIDIA both.

[degaboss]

@Downsider24 i got mad when i found out that AMD is leaving the cpu scene,i really like that they provide cpu's with a great performance and an affordable price, we will see what hjappens =(

[Number1Techguru]

The scaling still sucks, I don't think it's just drivers

[ahmadmukhlis24]

so HD7970 beat HD7950

[jamalakj]

my 5770 is mad at me for looking at a 79xx card lol

[justisnotgood]

@jamalakj same here

[hockeyhotdog11]

Why can't AMD make CPUs like they do V-Cards? Shame =/

[DeltaPhi79]

@hockeyhotdog11 AMD is more for value for money for the CPUs. Sure their 6 or 8 core processors might be slower than i7s or some i5s, but they're cheap and can render things really fast because of the amount of cores.

[hockeyhotdog11]

@DeltaPhi79 Oh i know. I love AMD. Ive got the 1090T running right now. It's just weird to me seeing their video cards are so powerful, and their CPUs slack. The Faildozer realllly let me down. I hope they come out of left field with a real "intel killer"

[DeltaPhi79]

@hockeyhotdog11 Again, it's not really a fail when it comes to rendering. 8 cores for cheap is going to render pretty fast.