Asus has done really very well with his graphics cards and made such a great performer GPUs which are very best and we know that they always tried to do some kind of innovational work as they made all their Extreme Motherboard which are highly powered and performer and so today we take a look at ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3GB graphics Card which is basically a modified version of AMD HD 7970 3GB GPU.When you take ASUS' new Matrix card out of its large box, you see right away that this is not a dime-a-dozen graphics card. It has a cooler that takes up three slots, and weighs no less than 1.4 kg. That the Matrix is not your average card you also see by its price that will be around £400, which is actually reasonable for what you get. The GPU is based on the GHz Edition of the Radeon HD 7970, but the PCB and the cooler look nothing like AMD's reference design. ASUS has tried to add any feature a seasoned overclocker could want.You'll find extra power phases, onboard overclocking button, preparation for VGA Hotwire and many more features that make the Matrix a special card.The Matrix card is based on the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. For more details on that card you can read the Hardware.Info review here.The GPU on the Platinum version is overclocked to 1050 MHz and a turbo frequency of 1100 MHz. The non-Platinum Matrix 7970 runs at 1000 MHz standard with a turbo of 1050 MHz. The card has 3 GB of GDDR5 video memory, that has been overclocked quite a bit to 1650 MHz. ASUS must have selected specific chips, because officially the fastest GDDR5 memory that is available runs at 1500 MHz.One feature we observed on the last MATRIX card is the MATRIX LED load indicator. The top of the card has a matrix logo cutout with fogged transparent plastic filling in the letters. This plastic is backlit by an RGB LED set that changes color depending on the loading conditions or how heavily the card is stressed. The initial loading is green or light blue, which signifies minimal GPU usage. Under extreme stress it turns red, which means extremely heavy load.The MATRIX LINE makes it no secret that most of its design philosophy is based around those who push cards to the limit, not for gaming but for breaking world records in benchmarks. Normally in order to eliminate overvoltage or clock protections on a card, you would have to find ways to bypass the protection circuits during a loaded bench run. ASUS knows this so they have solder pads at the ready to bypass these protections for extreme benchmarking runs. This eliminates the concern that these protection circuits will enable during the wrong time, and ruin a worthwhile benchmark run. Also on this area, there are spots to connect trimmers in case you like to adjust the voltage the old fashioned way. ASUS has engineered the most powerful single-GPU AMD graphics card money can buy right now. The HD 7970 Matrix runs at 1100 MHz GPU clock, which is higher than any other HD 7970 available today. Only the PowerColor PCS+ matches it, but runs a much lower memory clock. Memory clock on the Matrix is also very high, and is, with 1650 MHz, finally a card that goes beyond the 1500 MHz barrier out of the box - good job ASUS. Based on the Tahiti XT2 GHz ASIC, the Matrix also uses AMD's Boost clock feature that runs the card at 1100 MHz during normal gaming and down to 1050 MHz during Furmark or similar testing. Overall, these enhancements result in an 11% performance improvement over the regular HD 7970 and a 3% boost over the HD 7970 GHz and MSI HD 7970 Lightning.ASUS has put an extra-powerful, big, triple-slot cooler on the card that uses two 10 cm fans to keep the card cool. In our testing, we see super-low temperatures of around 70°C under load. While that is certainly nice, it is missing potential to quieten down the fan, which is not as quiet as I had expected from such a cooler. Compared to other HD 7970 cards, the HD 7970 Matrix is actually the quietest under load, but some custom design NVIDIA cards do much better here and provide that silent, high-end gaming experience everybody is looking for. ASUS tells me that their engineers deliberately included an extra-large emperature-safety margin for overclocking and overvolting, but the card only reaches 75°C at maximum voltage, which leaves plenty of headroom for cooling.I have to commend ASUS on enabling a default dual-link DVI output with their card. Other cards, like the MSI Lightning, did away with that option, which left many 30" monitor users standing in the rain. You can, if you don't want the dual-link DVI port, but prefer a single-link port and more DisplayPort outputs, switch to the second BIOS to enable this configuration - smart thinking by ASUS.The HD 7970 Matrix is loaded with "usual" enthusiast features like software voltage control and measuring points. But ASUS went the extra mile and added some new goodies. Using the VGA Hotwire cables, you can connect the graphics card to your ASUS ROG motherboard, which lets you control the card's voltages from within the motherboard BIOS.ASUS HD 7970 is really good and perform really well is all the test as well but take a bit more power compare to other 3 GPUs.
Lets runs few BenchMarks.........
- Overclocked.
- Many Voltage options.
- Low Noise in idle mode.
- Great Software support (GPU tweak).
- Nice Performance.
- Dual Bios.
- Safe-mode buttons, in case of emergency.
- Expensive.
- High Power Consumption while load.
- 3 slot card take too much space.
