Non-Powercolor 7970 X2

[cmg5461]

http://www.donanimhaber.com/ekran-karti/haberleri/AMDnin-is-ortaklari-Radeon-HD-7970-X2-modeli-uzerinde-calisiyor.htm

I wish I could read it :p

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google translate:
AMD's dual-GPU Radeon HD 7990 continues to model uncertainty. Sentence, where the company's mouth with a knife, when and for what price level will turn the card that has any clue. Nvidia's GeForce GTX 690 against the model, some manufacturers do not want to leave the square is empty, the Computex 2012 fair, regardless of the design of the Radeon HD 7990 XT graphics chip Tahiti Radeon HD 7970 X2 model tanıtabilecekleri pair spoken.
 
AMD's design was developed as an alternative to the revision of this update have cards that carry the phrase GHz Edition at 1GHz with a core frequency speed of GPUs is that they might have. On the other hand, the Radeon HD 7970 models with customized design, came to the stage under the same etkinkik. Officially together doğrulanmamakla Asus Matrix series Radeon HD 7970 model is claimed to exhibit at Computex 2012 fair.

[bitlane]

For the last 2 generations, non-reference dual-GPU cards have been hit or miss at best....mostly MISS.
For the money involved and the headache possibilities, I would rather wait for AMD to release a proper 7990 (or whatever their reference dual gpu card will be).
As seen with the 2 generation-old 5870x2 and the 1 generation-old 6870x2....both turned out to be more hassle than they were worth in the end.

I have a new found appreciation for reference cards as of late due to the problems many 7970 owners are facing with non-reference 7970's.
Documented Cases of Coil whine from Sapphire, overheating VRMs from PowerColor and dead fans on some 6 month-old dual-fan/non-reference cards already.

I don't find my 7970 Reference models (Gigabyte branded) to be offensively LOUD or overly HOT running. They are as cool running and as quiet as I could hope for considering their blazing performance.

[cmg5461]

I have a reference XFX black edition.  I watercooled it :p  It had coil shine in the very beginning, but it went away for some odd reason.

[bitlane]

It had coil shine in the very beginning.....

Yah, nothing stays shiny and new forever

(you did mean whine, right ?...lol)

[cmg5461]

It had coil shine in the very beginning.....

Yah, nothing stays shiny and new forever

(you did mean whine, right ?...lol)

Yes I did, haha. I need to proof-read more often :p