Matrix HD 7970 Hands-On Overview

JJ takes an in-depth look at the new Matrix HD 7970 graphics card.

The Republic of Gamers ushers in the next level of overclocking on the revolutionary 28 nm architecture with the Matrix HD 7970 featuring AMD Radeon HD 7970. The Matrix HD 7970 pushes the limits of performance with enhanced power delivery and cooling for stability and efficiency while providing extensive hardware and software controls for the best overclocking experience.

[BestJinjo]

This card is a beast. Many reviews achieved 1300mhz on air cooling which essentially makes it not only the fastest HD7970, but the fastest single-GPU this entire 28nm generation. The price under 500 USD is also a pleasant surprise!

[TimBaoht]

you're becoming much more comfortable in front of camera JJ....Keep up the hard work and thank

[TreyBrother]

Great Video JayJay, I'm looking into getting one or two of these cards and i'm wondering if you will still be selling these in 1-2 months time. Thanks

[TiN]

haha, I was about to type something like that but then noticed your comment at the top. He does say "actually" and "in terms of" a lot, and not just in this video in particular. He's great though, I really like JJ's videos, if he could manage to speak just a tad more in a casual manner I think it would be excellent. An good example of this would be the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity review by Aiman Farooq. The audio was bad but I really liked how he presented the product.

[GndmMkv]

Please produce more of these graphics cards! It is pretty much out of stock, back ordered, or even discontinued...

[ThermalBott]

great review all the info I need.. waiting for the 2 Coming for me in a few Days..Great cards getting Exited about Now! :)

[Armin]

JJ, is this card and any other Asus 7000 series graphic card compatible to the Rampage Extreme motherboard?

[Battleaxegunner]

I hope EK and the other watercooling companies make a Waterblock for this thing!

[Kirayamatoplay]

hey i was wanting to know are u going to make that to where u can buy it with a water block already on it if u did that would be amazing

[amin]

i am looking for this card but cant find it. please tell me if this card is discontinued or we can expect it to come in stores? i'm in the uk.

[davidpartington]

Would the crossfire bridge have stretched from gpu to gpu on that board ? because i want to purchase a crosshair motherboard and two of these gpus but i dont know if the bridge will fit across, it would be setup the same way they were on whatever motherboard you had there. ?

[banon]

So do the voltage buttons on the card itself do the same thing as the voltage adjustments in gpu tweak?

[DroXDarkFire]

Great card, reasonable price.Will be getting it soon!

[vsop]

will the waterblock for DC2 version fit on this card? if not, is there any waterblock for this card?

[TiN]

I haven't seen it in person so I can't say how "good" it looks but I find it weird that you decided to choose purple as the color that would be visible most of the time. I would have preferred dark red to bright red instead or something like that, not a color shift, because some of these colors would break my color scheme. It may sound ridiculous to buy a component based on its colors / lights but I'm sure you are aware it's common in the "enthusiast class", and it's your target demographic.

[Geminiwar]

Hi JJ I was wondering can this card be use with Maximus V gene??

[Battleaxegunner]

Plus, like the predecessor: Direct CUII 7970,

I mean sure, it might have the same amount of screw holes or close the same amount as the reference design, if you at the size of the PCB, there is no way in the heck that you can use a normal 7970 Full cover waterblock on it. It has to have it's own Custom Waterblock.

[Ussie_A]

youd be lucky to find it at online/in store retailers, i just bought mine 2 days ago via ebay

[gclef]

what water blocks will fit on this card? Thanks I appreciate it!

[Armin]

@asusrog Can you tell me what is the latest BIOS version for the Asus Rampage Extreme motherboard? And is UEFI going to replace the BIOS chip in any way on the future Asus motherboards, and what does it do different?