Gigabyte HD 7970 Super Overclock Review @ Hardware Canucks

It is quite sad to know that high-end Gigabyte video cards are so hard to come by.  Maybe it is a little performance anxiety related to the new cooler design or just the knowledge that mainstream cards sell better.

For whatever the reason we can always hope that more GBT will represent with overclockers across the globe.

The Gigabyte HD 7970 Super Overclock will likely prompt heated debates, not for performance but rather due to the heatsink Gigabyte is using.  In the place of their well known coolers, a new WindForce -dubbed the "5X"- has been designed and it uses five tiny, rather loud fans to pull air through a triple slot fin array.  Innovative?  Insane?  We'll let you be the judge.

If you happen to be lucky enough to win one of these bad boys, you'd best hold on to this little chuck of hardware history.

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