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If you've been postponing your graphics card upgrade until AMD ships its Radeon HD 7950 GPU, go grab a pen or permanent marker and circle January 31, 2012 on your calendar. That's the day it will reportedly go on sale, following the launch of AMD's Radeon HD 7970 videocard, which is available to purchase right now for around $600.
Fudzilla said it managed to overhear the HD 7950's release date, and that AMD will make the rest of its lineup available in February. That's good news, because the last we heard, the launch date was in limbo, and since Fudzilla correctly predicted no one would be able to purchase a 7950 on January 9th (the day the 7970 went up for sale), perhaps they're hooked up with a reliable source on this one.
Pricing has yet to be announced, and we still think it will hover around the $400. For that, you'll get 1,792 stream processors, 28 compute units, 112 texture units, 32 full color ROPs, and 3GB of GDDR5 memory on a wide 384-bit memory bus. The card will support up to six displays.
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xoleras
January 13, 2012 at 9:44am
Disregard previous comment. I misread the article, my apologes :(
xoleras
January 13, 2012 at 9:12am
So according to maximum PC you weren't able to buy the 7970 on Jan 9th. Thats interesting because I have 2 cards here purchased from amazon.com on the 9th. There's also scores of other users that bought cards on the 9th at anandtech and OCN, which I also frequent. My cards both overclocked to 1125 effortlessly, and with a slight voltage bump was able to get to 1200. Have not tried higher. I have 580 slis in another system and these are across the board signifigantly faster in DX11 games.
Keep it classy with excellent journalism, maximum PC, the fact that you even base an article on fudzilla speaks volumes. I hope you guys are aware of their vast history of inaccuracy and outright false information?
Trash journalism at its finest.
The Corrupted One
January 12, 2012 at 6:43pm
400!
Thats less than a GTX 580 SC, you joking, or is AMD again being extremely offensive in pricing again?
Travatron
January 12, 2012 at 11:21am
I wonder if we'll be blessed again to be able to flash the 7950 to a 7970? My 69"70" is still running great after a year. Something tells me they learned from their last mistakes... although it's not like that was the first time something like that had occured.
Here's hoping!
SleepyCatChris
January 12, 2012 at 10:58am
So is this a misprint that should be a 7970? http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Eyefinity-Mini-Displayport-Graphics-H795F3G2M/dp/B006O714G2/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1326390855&sr=1-2 I know it says it ships in 1 to 2 months, but if correct, it's still an available purchase at a set price.
Supall
January 12, 2012 at 8:01am
So in MaximumPCs opinion, if someone were to decide to get a new card in February, and with existing (rumored) price tags, would you recommend the 7970 or 7950 cards? They are by no means "great deals" but for someone who just wants the newest stuff and is looking for the best price/performance between the two cards, which one would you recommend?
Hey.That_Dude
January 12, 2012 at 8:08am
Obviously pick the one that's in your price range. If price is no object... wait for 7990, or buy 2-4 7970 and run the fires of the cross (crossfire).
