Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello everyone and welcome to another Budget Builds Episode where today we're looking at AMDs Radeon HD7970...A Card we've been meaning to take a look at for absolutely years now. But now theyre available almost all over the world for the lowest price I have ever seen them. So Join me as we find out just how well is it holding up....and could this make for a really solid purchase for some people that just need a cheap graphics card, thats actually available!

Intro: 0:00
So I was meant to make this video last year & Prices ... 0:17
What is the History of the HD7970? - 1:30
The Specs! - 4:37
Overclocking and The Test System - 6:14
The Benchmarks! - 7:29
Benchmark Summary & Quirks - 16:55
AMD VCE Support & Testing - 18:29
Conclusion: Should YOU Buy this Card? - 19:47


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Specs
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 Ghz
RAM: 32GB DDR4
OS: Windows 11 IOT