SAPPHIRE Presents the HD 7970; the Most Powerful Single Chip GPU!

The SAPPHIRE HD 7970 is the first graphics card in the world to incorporate the latest generation of GPU's from AMD built in a new 28nm process and featuring the new GCN optimized graphics processing architecture.

The HD 7970 is the most powerful single chip GPU ever built. It has a new internal structure with 32 compute units and a total of 2048 Stream processors. It ships with a core clock speed of 925MHz, and AMD Powertune technology allows enthusiasts to increase performance by overclocking. A new 384-bit high speed memory interface with over 264GB/sec memory bandwidth connects to a large 3GB array of the latest DDR5 memory.

So Many World Class Features In One Sapphire Radeon™ HD 7970

Dual-Link DVI
Equipped with the most popular Dual Link DVI (Digital Visual Interface), this card is able to display ultra high resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz.

HDMI 1.4a
HDMI 1.4a builds on previous generations of HDMI connectivity with support for Deep Color, 7.1 High Bitrate Audio, and 3D Stereoscopic support, ensuring the highest quality Blu-ray and video experience possible from your PC.

Mini-DisplayPort
Enjoy the benefits of the latest generation display interface, DisplayPort. With the ultra high HD resolution of 2560 x 1600 the graphics card ensures that you are able to support the latest generation of LCD monitors.

DisplayPort 1.2
Doubling the effective bandwidth of previous DisplayPort implementations, DisplayPort 1.2 now includes support for Multi-Stream, allowing you to drive up to four separate monitors from a single DisplayPort 1.2 connector (requires DP1.2 monitors or Multi-Stream compatible hub), Stereoscopic 3D monitor support and adds support for high quality, lossless, 7.1 channel audio formats.

Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology
GDDR5 memory provides twice the bandwidth per pin compared to slower GDDR3 memory. This improvement delivers twice the bandwidth at the same memory clock rate. You spend less time waiting for graphics to load between levels and more time enjoying the game!

AMD HD3D Technology
Enjoy the most immersive experiences with full support for High Definition Stereoscopic 3D, which presents 2D images (movies, games, photos) in a format that creates the illusion of 3D when using compatible 3D displays, glasses and software.

28 nm GCN (Graphic Core Next) Architecture
The new and 28nm GCN Architecture with more efficient process technology puts more transistors in less space, enabling a dramatic increase in Processing Power. Crank the settings, devastate your enemies and bear witness to absurdly high frame rates with AMD Radeon HD7000 series graphics card - DirectX 11 has never looked this good. Maximum setting and crazy performance shouldn't be a compromise. The AMD Radeon HD7900 Series with the new 28 nm GCN Architecture assures that it's not.

PCI Express 3.0
PCI-Express 3.0 delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe Gen 2 for faster GPU (GPU communication-up to 16GB/sec in each direction), maximizing the performance from your GPU when paired with the latest platforms.

AMD Eyefinity 2.0
The next generation of AMD Eyefinity technology is here, featuring all-new support for stereo 3D, universal bezel compensation and brand new display configurations. Face it: the best just got better: The enhancements for AMD Radeon HD7000 series include: Stereo 3D-multi-display stereoscopic 3D support via DisplayPort 16K X 16K maximum display group resolution-output up to 268 megapixels per GPU.

To support 3 or 4 displays, one or two of the monitors has to support DisplayPort. When running Microsoft Windows XP, Eyefinity technology supports a maximum of 2 displays.

Efficient AMD CrossFire Technology
Triple or quadruple gaming power with AMD CrossFireX Multi-GPU technology. Increase your gaming performance up to 2x with AMD CrossFire technology, 2.75x for TriFire configurations, or with QuadFire configurations. With AMD ZeroCore Power Technology, the graphics card in slave modes will be switched off in idle to maximize the power saving.

Discrete Digital Multi-Point Audio
The AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series is the first GPU that can simultaneously output multiple and discrete audio streams via HDMI and DisplayPort Output.

Best Microsoft DirectX11 Support
Get intense gaming performance and unrivalled image quality with stunning 3D visual effects, realistic lighting and lifelike imagery with SAPPHIRE graphics cards supporting DirectX®11. New features in DirectX®11 such as Hardware Tesselation, HDR Texture Compression, Multi-threading support and DirectCompute bring lifelike gaming and an experience never possible on a PC before.

The tessellation performance on AMD Radeon HD7000 is up to 2X faster than the previous generation, and DirectCompute performance is also faster to accelerate advanced post-processing, filtering, and anti-aliasing techniques. Direct X11 games has never looked this good.

Shader Model 5.0
Supports the latest Shader Model 5.0 feature set including VTF (Vertex Texture Fetch) which is a key feature in many games. Without VTF support, the game will run older shader paths; a loss of effects made possible by Shader Model 5.0.

OpenGL 4.2
OpenGL 4.2 improves the GPU efficiency, improving the shader process and capturing GPU tessellated geometry. Modifying arbitrary subsets of compressed textures is simplified and the memory management in handling shaders is more efficient.

AMD Catalyst Control Center™
The AMD Catalyst Control Center™ software application gives you complete control over the performance and visual quality of your SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon™ based graphics card allowing for the best experience on your PC.

Dolby® TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio™ Support
Support for copy protected, high bandwidth, 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI. Get fully immersive, high definition audio with the latest Blu-ray movies. (Requires a HD capable monitor and Blu-ray drive.)

AMD PowerTune™ Technology
AMD PowerTune is a breakthrough technology that sets an entirely new direction for maximum performance at TDP. It allows the GPU to be designed with higher engine clock speeds which can be applied on the broad set of applications that have thermal headroom.

TriXX Utility
TriXX helps users to get the optimum performance from compatible SAPPHIRE graphics cards in any application by allowing them to monitor, tune and save different settings of key parameters for the card.

Windows® 7 Support
WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) Certified drivers and logos are available for all SAPPHIRE HD2000, HD3000, HD4000 and HD5000 series cards ensuring compatibility and reliability with Microsoft Windows 7.

AMD App Acceleration
AMD App Acceleration is a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full enablement of some features requires support for OpenCL, DirectCompute or DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA).

AMD PowerPlay with ZeroCore Power Technology
AMD PowerPlay is a power management technology in response to the GPU loading, AMD PowerPlay automatically manages the power consumption. AMD RADEON HD7000 Series with AMD ZeroCore Power Technology, the power consumption can be as low as less than 3 Watt when idle, making the best use of power.

Accelerated Internet Applications Rendering
The new AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series accelerates the rendering performance with the latest web browsers (IE10, Firefox 6) and programming interfaces (Direct2D, HTML5, WebGL, Flash 11 / Molehill, etc.).

AMD HD Media Accelerator
AMD HD Media Accelerator optimizes and dramatically improves video playback using GPU hardware video acceleration. Enjoy everything in 3D with full 3D stereoscopic decoding. AMD HD Media Accelerator speeds up the decode of a 1080p and a 1080i HD video stream simultaneously, and the new encoder / transcoder processes your media content faster than ever!

Cutting-edge Quad HD display Support (4K Support)
The display resolution on AMD Radeon HD7000 series is quadrupled to the resolution of 4K x 2K from the outputs of DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a. The display resolution support of HDMI 1.4a reaches the incredible 4096X3112 while the DisplayPort 1.2 is able to transmit the resolution of 4096X2160 per display.

• Windows 7(32bit/64bit), Vista(32Bit/64Bit), XP(32Bit/64Bit) or Windows Media Center Edition 2005
• PCI Express x16 graphics slot with 2 slots available
• 500 Watt or greater power supply² with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector and one 150W 8-pin PCI Express power connector.
• Minimum 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive and a DVD disc
• Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive and a Blu-ray disc
• The operation of AMD CrossFire™ technology requires multiple HD 7970 graphics cards and an AMD CrossFire™ Ready motherboard

1. MST Hub or Splitter is needed to run Eyefinity on 5 or 6 displays.
2. Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to: http://support.amd.com/us/certified/power-supplies/Pages/listing.aspx for a complete list of AMD Certified Power Supplies.

• SAPPHIRE HD 7970 3GB Graphics Card
• Driver CD with SAPPHIRE TriXX Utility Software
• Crossfire Interconnect Cable x 1
• DVI to VGA Adaptor x 1
• 6 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable x 1
• 8 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable x 1
• Mini DP to DP Adaptor x 1
• Mini DP to Single-Link DVI Active Adaptor x 1
• Mini DP to HDMI Adapter
• HDMI to DVI Passive Adaptor x 1
• HDMI 1.4a 1.8m Cable x 1