Dubai, United Arab Emirates (January 31, 2012) æ ushering the finest and most capable graphics card based on new AMD “Tahiti” 28nm GPUs, the ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP uses a factory-overclocked core and 3GB of GDDR5. It is cooled by the exclusive DirectCU II, a dual fan thermal design with six copper heatpipes and a large dissipation area that leads to the lowest temperatures and quietest operation of any HD 7970 card. ASUS DIGI+ VRM 12-phase digital power delivery comes to graphics cards improved with Super Alloy Power components, while overclockers are bound to appreciate the inclusion of exclusive VGA Hotwire hardware overvolting and GPU Tweak software tuning. The new cards further support adapter-free AMD Eyefinity™ 6.

Overclocked to 1000MHz æ 75MHz higher than reference
DirectCU II leads to the coolest and quietest HD 7970 card available
First graphics card DIGI+ VRM digital power design with 12-phase Super Alloy Power
Easy DIY overvolting with VGA Hotwire
Intuitive tuning via the GPU Tweak utility
First HD 7970 card with four native DisplayPorts for six-screen AMD Eyefinity™
Also in: all-new ASUS HD 7950 DirectCU II TOP ships overclocked to 900MHz