Assocaite reported that the first encounter with the overclocking potential of reference Radeon HD 7970 left a sense that it lacks full of software tools for simple management of core voltage and frequency. The second BIOS chip had a good margin performance.
Assocaite also reported on the possibility of faster Radeon HD 7970 version. The core frequency for overclocked video cards can be in the range from 1000 to 1200 MHz.
Perhaps the overclocked versions Radeon HD 7970 will be released closer to April, when Nvidia will present several productive graphics generation Kepler. For NVIDIA this schedule is convenient . However, in this case NVIDIA leaves AMD almost a quarter not only to saturate the market with video cards Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7950, but for the announcement of dual-processor solutions Radeon HD 7990 (New Zealand).
The availability of Radeon HD 7970 in retail will improve by the end of January.