Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.30GHz) x4 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600(CAS 8-8-8-20) Gigabyte G1.Assassin2 (Intel X79) OCZ ZX Series (1250w) Crucial m4 512GB (SATA 6Gb/s) Gainward GeForce GTX 680 Phantom (2048MB) Gainward GeForce GTX 670 Phantom (2048MB) Gainward GeForce GTX 680 (2048MB) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 (3072MB) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024MB) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (3072MB) HIS Radeon HD 7970 (3072MB) HIS Radeon HD 7950 (3072MB) HIS Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB) HIS Radeon HD 7850 (2048MB) HIS Radeon HD 6990 (4096MB) HIS Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB) HIS Radeon HD 6950 (2048MB) HIS Radeon HD 6870 (1024MB) Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit Nvidia Forceware 301.42 AMD Catalyst 12.7
The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition scored 2980pts in the 3Dmark 11 Extreme test, making it 9% faster than the standard 7970 or 257pts faster. Yet despite this increase the 7970 GHz Edition was still 9% slower than the GeForce GTX 680, trailing it by 296pts.