Welcome to one of the oddest reviews we’ve done here at Hardware Canucks. The subject in question is Gigabyte’s quietly released HD 7970 Super Overclock and before you go on a pointless trip looking for a press release, specifications, availability, price or any other bits of information, we’ll save you some time: it’s not available in North America. Anyone in the EU, Middle East or Asia on the other hand will be able to find the HD 7970 Super Overclock at their local retailers.

So why are we reviewing the SOC when it isn’t available in our home and native land? We could explain that traffic to HWC from overseas is reaching new levels or that we’re doing this all for posterity and both would be right. However the real method behind our madness is a favor to Gigabyte, a litmus test if you will. This article is supposed to judge what kind of interest this iteration of the storied Super Overclock series generates on the western side of the Atlantic. Considering the HD 7970 continues to generate great sales volume even now, we were certainly game.