Gigabyte Officially Intros Triple-Fan AMD Radeon HD 7970

It would appear that Gigabyte didn't want to wait too long before launching a customized version of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics adapter.

Like most every other AMD partner out there, Gigabyte released a stock-clocked Radeon HD 7970 when AMD formally launched it.

Now, the company has had enough of waiting, so it has revealed the GV-R797OC-3GD.

Overclocking enthusiasts will probably like this newcomer quite a bit once they get their hands on it (no price known yet, unfortunately).

The GV-R797OC-3GD is not only factory-overclocked, but it also has special components and cooling that allow for further clock tweaking.

The GPU (graphics processing unit), was set at 1,000 MHz instead of the reference 925 MHz.

On the flip side, the memory was not forced to work at a different setting, meaning that the 3 GB of GDDR5 VRAM operate at 5,500 MHz.

Of course, owners will have free reign on how much higher they want to drive frequencies.

If nothing else, the special components used for the creation of the GV-R797OC-3GD will allow for higher overclocking headroom than usual, as will the cooler.

As part of the Ultra Durable VGA construction, Gigabyte chose a 2oz copper PCB (printed circuit board), Tier 1 memory, Japanese Solid Capacitors, Low RDS (on) MOSFET and Ferrite Core Chokes.

Meanwhile, the dual-slot cooler has three fans, as opposed to one on the stock card.

Other specifications include a 384-bit memory interface, dual Mini DisplayPort outputs, CrossFireX support, DVI and HDMI connectors.

The Radeon HD 7970 is the latest and greatest graphics card made by Advanced Micro Devices, based on the 28nm process technology.

Unleashed back in December, it has no competition from NVIDIA and will probably continue to reign alone until February at the earliest, assuming NVIDIA really did move up the launch date of the GeForce GTX 680 Kepler.