Can the Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 Graphics Card Keep Up In 2024?!

In this video, we run through and benchmark the Gigabyte Radeon HD7970 graphics card and see if it can handle some more modern titles.

0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Introducing The Radeon HD7970 & Specs
1:31 - The Confusion With Model Numbers
1:47 - Which Games Didn't Run
2:04 - Ports, Drivers & Testbed Spec
3:34 - Apex Legends
4:00 - Battlefield V
4:32 - Counterstrike 2
4:56 - Doom Eternal
5:23 - Fallout 4
5:52 - Far Cry 6
6:15 - Fortnite
6:37 - God Of War
7:16 - Grounded
7:43 - Overwatch 2
8:01 - X-Defiant
8:25 - HD7970 In 2024

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[cheeserules]

Im honestly impressed. The 7000 series of cards was legendary

[XxNewmilleniumxX]

I had a 7850 back then and switched to a 670 months later. The Kepler, first GCN, Maxwell and Pascal were truly generation jumping gpu's, sad that its not like that today. The last time we have seen that again was the 1080 TI. Idk if we will see huge jumps like that again esp since ai taa scaling is booming and its seeming everything will be optimized around it. Those cards were actually powerhouses in those times, there weren't no "Oh some high settings, some medium with ray tracing etc blah blah." You popped one of those bad boys in and maxed everything in 1080 and gamed, wow, the times have changed.

[gulskjegglive]

I built a retro Windows XP 32 bit machine and chose the HD 7970 3GB. It runs Silent Hunter 3, Unreal 2, Crimson Skies, Star Trek Elite Force, and Republic Commando perfectly.

[jtp]

Funny seeing this model again.

I actually got an HD 7970 back a couple years ago to serve as a GPU in my test bed. Little did I know what I had aquired. The variant I got was the ASUS Direct copper 2, but not the normal variant that had this version of I/O. The one I got had not one but 2 DVI ports and, get this, QUAD displayports on it. I payed about 40 or 60 bucks for it I think, and turns out its worth a few hundred at least, so it's a welcome addition to my collection and has been through many of my tests and going strongly too.

It's also a tripple-slot card that weights a staggaring 5 whole pounds.

[DanielCardei]

They aged well. Plus the FSR its like magic to them.

[jayabsher]

It'd also make a great retro card as it was top tier for amd on windows xp

[wdowa]

Title: Capable?
Me: No
Video: It's very capable

[st-gelaisrene]

I bought a 7970 that was a gigahertz edition I think and the seller had flashed to the 280x bios without a problem. I wonder if the card is more game compatible becauxe of it.

[_RedsTech_]

My first gaming PC had that exact card.

[KadiusFTW]

Did he end up using the Nimez drivers to make it able to play a lot of the newer games it otherwise couldnt

[pulsar]

Now he said it had a dvi prot when its a vga