HIS 7970 X IceQ X2 Review

As we’ve seen AMD and Nvidia bounce back and forth with their product launches, the Radeon 7970 isn’t exactly a new model. In fact, it’s the eldest of the current models in the Radeon lineup, and when it originally launched, there was little competition from Nvidia for gamers to look toward. That started to change when Nvidia’s GTX 680 launched, as it proved to be a very capable card; in fact, the 680 managed to handily upstage the 7970 in most regards, and certainly in gaming prowess.

However, as we’ve seen several times before, the clash of the graphics card company titans doesn’t sit idle for long, and in an effort to retain market share, we’ve seen some price drops by AMD here and there, but the glaring performance difference between the competing flagship cards remained. That is, until just recently, when board partners were freed to launch custom 7970 cards, complete with improved PCB and power designs, pushing high overclocks, and topped off by fancy heatsinks. We love a good battle, especially when the consumer benefits from improved technology and features. And that’s exactly what we’re looking at today, in the form of the HIS 7970 X.