Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB OC Graphics Card $349.00 + Shipping Max $9.95 Aus Wide

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Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB OC Graphics Card $349.00 + Shipping Max $9.95 Aus Wide

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Flyeroz on 15/01/2013 - 11:24 esold.com.au (1751 clicks)
Last edited 15/01/2013 - 11:26 by 1 other user

Looks like a pretty good deal for Gigabyte branded OC card.
Cheapest on Staticice $415.

Description from the website:
"Feel The Power With Gigabyte OC - Core Clocked To 1000MHz!

Powered by the revolutionary AMD Radeon HD 7970 GPU with the 28nm GCN Architecture, Gigabyte’s GV-R797OC-3GD graphics card supports Microsoft DirectX 11, AMD Eyefinity 2.0 technology, AMD PowerTune technology, AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology and AMD HD3D technology.

With these top of the line features, the GV-R797OC-3GD is proven to provide gamers an impressive experience with uncompromising performance and flawless graphics quality.

Furthermore, the card is equipped with GIGABYTE’s latest "Triangle Cool" Technology plus the exclusive Ultra Durable VGA board and WINDFORCE 3X Cooling Technology. The GV-R797OC-3GD is designed especially for gamers to achieve an unbeatable gaming performance."

Computing Computer Component Gigabyte Video Card

15 Jan 2013 6:01pm

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battler on 15/01/2013 - 11:25

+2

price in title please
- Yarkin on 15/01/2013 - 11:26
  
  +2
  
  Or in the post, even.
- Flyeroz on 15/01/2013 - 11:29
  
  -1
  
  $349 ?
  It is in the title "Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB OC Graphics Card $349.00 + Shipping Max $9.95 Aus Wide"
  - foobar on 15/01/2013 - 11:44
    
    +4
    
    It was edited by someone else, your original title had no price.
    
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/90941/revisions#170606vs170…
    - Flyeroz on 15/01/2013 - 12:18
      
      Oops, sorry. Not sure what happened there.
  - scrimshaw on 15/01/2013 - 12:06
    
    +4
    
    The title edit ninja strikes again. You never saw him coming.
    - Flyeroz on 15/01/2013 - 12:19
      
      Thank you Ninja.
      ;-)
    - ops2000 on 15/01/2013 - 13:09
      
      +7
      
      Who are you talking to? There's no one there.
    - scrimshaw on 15/01/2013 - 14:09
      
      lol, gold.
moolah on 15/01/2013 - 11:26

+1

You had me there for a moment. I thought the graphics card + shipping is $9.95.
Noonoo on 15/01/2013 - 11:27

Hmmmm to x-fire or not to x-fire …
- ProspectiveDarkness on 15/01/2013 - 12:28
  
  Have they fixed that micro-stutter issue yet? If not, I wouldn't bother.
  - rokkz on 15/01/2013 - 12:53
    
    I've had x-fire on 7970 since day one, No micro stutter,
Caped Baldy on 15/01/2013 - 11:32

wow great price. Does anyone know if it comes with the never settle bundle?
- scrimshaw on 15/01/2013 - 11:49
  
  Some stores do not participate in it, so you will need to call.
- 51722 on 15/01/2013 - 12:28
  
  -1
  
  Never settle is XFX only!
Wq Orz on 15/01/2013 - 11:34

Delivery is $6.95! Combine with other capped items and pay a maximum of $9.95 Aus Wide.
Shirty Grizzly on 15/01/2013 - 11:53

I was going to get a Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card is this the next model up?
worth the extra 50? The 7950 was $329@PCCG so is this card (7970) a big improvement over the 7950? Mainly for games/ photoshop or not noticible enough to bother?
- pennyless on 15/01/2013 - 12:09
  
  +1
  
  I have the Gigabyte 7950 OC, with overclocking I believe it nears the 7970 performance unless using dual screens, and the 7970 is noisier when idle so decided to stick with the 7950.
- cloud226 on 15/01/2013 - 12:20
  
  +3
  
  for $30, I'll definitely go with 7970. plus this is the oc version, and gigabyte cards normally have decent oc ability.
glengood on 15/01/2013 - 12:09

good price, only issue with these cards is they are voltage locked - pity as the 7970's are apparently beasts when it comes to overclocking
- Panama on 15/01/2013 - 17:17
  
  Are you sure about that? The review I read said you can easily up the voltage to hit 1200Mhz core memory clock speeds when OCing.
Cral42 on 15/01/2013 - 12:36

+2

Was about to lay down $320 on a 7950 $355 for the 7970 is awesome
Lucky I checked OzB today.

I expect a bios hack should be able to unlock the card anyway

Cheers OP
- AreYouAWiiizard on 15/01/2013 - 13:38
  
  I've seen one around for the Gigabyte but not sure how reliable it is.
bxpressiv on 15/01/2013 - 12:41

I'd buy at this price, just not big enough performance increase over my 5870-5970 setup at the moment.
garygooberton on 15/01/2013 - 13:02

+1

Was looking at buying the Gigabyte 7950, saw this, and bought it. Great deal, thanks a bunch.
JTL on 15/01/2013 - 13:30

Does anyone know if the Dealfox cashback offer works since Dealfox and eSold merged?
Oxxy on 15/01/2013 - 13:48

I like the cooling fans on these style Gigabyte graphics cards, though i dont like the way the seem to fail.

I have had three cards from them recently and they have all failed before, or shortly after warranty. This is just my experience, other people might find them more reliable. Though my dad found the same problem.

Either way, decent price, nice post.
- whiznet on 15/01/2013 - 14:18
  
  Very unlucky Oxxy. You must have been one of the few people who had THREE cards fail on him.
  
  My experience (and reading lots of blogs and forums stating other people's experiences) shows these cards to be very reliable.
AreYouAWiiizard on 15/01/2013 - 14:28

Shipping was $7 for me to Perth.
p3t0r on 15/01/2013 - 15:06

I've got one of these at the moment. works great :D

for the nerds these cards might be voltage locked if they are not revision 1.0 if you plan to overclock
tryonthis on 15/01/2013 - 15:18

I bought my 7950 OC last month for ~$320, which came with the Never Settle bundle, which I on-sold for $70.

I too was tempted by the 7970 (albeit for a greater price listed than this post), but the retailer wasn't participating in the Never Settle promotion.

As a FT uni student, I'm a casual gamer, so I went for the $250 7950OC (vs. $350/$380 7970OC). Each to their own.
- AreYouAWiiizard on 15/01/2013 - 15:36
  
  The only place I could find the Never Settle Bundle (in Perth) is with XFX. $320 for 7950 with horrible cooling possibly worse than reference, $360 for 7950 with decent cooling or $420 for 7970 with average cooling.
  I did see it somewhere else but the shipping to Perth was around $25…
  - karmageddon on 15/01/2013 - 17:22
    
    +1
    
    Most places don't advertise them. I bought a 7950 from megabuy last month, and received the never settle bundle.
    
    The never settle bundle stuff is available to every retailer through their suppliers, so you should just be able to ask them for it.
KobeBief on 15/01/2013 - 16:10

Highly recommend this. Just bought one@355 delivered. I almost died the other time when I saw this on another bargain at the same price but ran out of stock. :( after some more snooping around on this current site, I found a 7970 going for 299!! How have I not heard about this site before?!
- PlayerOne on 16/01/2013 - 00:17
  
  One of us! One of us! One of us!
KBZ on 15/01/2013 - 16:15

Hmm debating if it's worth upgrading from a 7870… probably not. Might wait for nextgen.
- Panama on 15/01/2013 - 17:18
  
  Yeah you should wait. This is definitely more for people with a card from 2010 or 2011 that want to upgrade.
Panama on 15/01/2013 - 17:19

+1

Amazing deal, these are going for $400 in the US, so for local prices to be this low is always nice.
ozlegacy on 15/01/2013 - 17:26

+1

Site is showing sold out
blkcar on 15/01/2013 - 17:44

Yep gone. Do they ever restock?
Fat Horny Ghost on 16/01/2013 - 01:16

Bought it.

What do I need to know for my computer to be compatible with it?

I'm running:

Intel MOBO
i7 920 processor
8GM ram

~ has one x16 PCI slot

I'm not sure it'll fit but we'll see :)
- scrimshaw on 16/01/2013 - 01:34
  
  +2
  
  Your board is compatible with the graphics card.
  
  However you need to measure your case and ensure you have about 11 inches or so of room so that the GPU actually fits.
  
  If it doesn't then you either need to remove your hard drive cage (good gaming cases allow you to do that) or if you have an ordinary case you're going to have to upgrade the chassis.
  
  Very important that your power supply is a good quality PSU (branded, not cheap generic stuff) as well. Minimum is 500 watts and make sure your PSU at the very least has two PCIE 6+2 pin power cables to power the card.
  If your power supply lacks such cables, chances are you don't have an adequate PSU.
RefusdClassification on 16/01/2013 - 06:06

3GB of onboard RAM sounds a bit overkill at the moment, since even on the highest settings most recent games consume less than 800 MB of texture RAM. Only third party texture replacers from highly moddable games like the Fallouts and Skyrim could take RAM consumption to the 2 GB mark (with 4096x4096 retextures).
- WT on 16/01/2013 - 10:13
  
  I have a few recent games hitting 1g on 1080p
- ProspectiveDarkness on 16/01/2013 - 13:22
  
  I'm tipping you don't game above 1080p
richh1833 on 16/01/2013 - 13:02

does anyone know how long they take to process/deliver?
- blehgg on 16/01/2013 - 14:37
  
  No idea ~ I'm interested too ~
  
  Not much detail on their ~ "Shipping policy" Or terms and conditions -
  
  http://www.esold.com.au/shipping-a3
  
  http://www.esold.com.au/article.php?article_id=4#Delivery
blehgg on 17/01/2013 - 12:04

Anyone had their orders sent yet?
anf8701 on 17/01/2013 - 12:21

mine hast, has anyone else's? (just emailed them and asked..)
- 0o0o0o on 17/01/2013 - 13:03
  
  So your order was just not updating on the site though it had been sent out? Might have to email them myself.
anf8701 on 17/01/2013 - 13:07

sorry I meant mine hasn't* been shipped
blehgg on 17/01/2013 - 13:47

As per their - http://www.esold.com.au/contact_us.php

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We cannot respond to "ETA" requests or "What items are coming up" emails. Please watch our website and subscribe to our newsletter for alerts.

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What does "We cannot respond to "ETA" mean? They won't tell us when we get it???

lucky i paid with paypal……..
- anf8701 on 17/01/2013 - 14:32
  
  Yeh that's exactly why i paid with paypal…..how long to wait now.
- notreallyhere on 17/01/2013 - 14:51
  
  +2
  
  I contacted esold via the 'contact us' email thing. Received a response within an hour saying that they are currently clearing the backlog from a busy past few weeks, extra staff have been put on etc.. and that all should be back to normal in the next day or so.
  
  I'd give it another few days before getting too concerned. Delivery early next week would be my guess.
  - blehgg on 17/01/2013 - 17:11
    
    I got no response… emailed late last night….
    - anf8701 on 18/01/2013 - 14:22
      
      Same no response yet..I'm happy to wait but a response would be nice.
richh1833 on 18/01/2013 - 22:13

+2

"Graphics Cards are shipping out Monday, sorry for the minor delay we've had a larger than expected early January order rush Thanks for your order & support!"

From their facebook page!
- blehgg on 21/01/2013 - 13:25
  
  next monday? ~ I'll believe it when I get the shipping notice….
  - anf8701 on 21/01/2013 - 14:07
    
    just got a shipping notice lol
    - Shirty Grizzly on 21/01/2013 - 14:54
      
      I haven't yet :( booooooooooo lol
    - blehgg on 21/01/2013 - 16:51
      
      Got a shipping notice too - I'll eat my words now ~ but for some reason, I still have a feeling this is gonna go wrong.. like they gonna send up a 2gb 5770 instead …….. or somethign ridiculous like a DOA… =="
richh1833 on 22/01/2013 - 14:49

Anyone got them delivered or something. Or has your tracking updated?
- blehgg on 22/01/2013 - 15:44
  
  Nope ~ still sitting under "Manifested" - whatever that means…
  
  21/01/13 - Shipment information received
  - 0o0o0o on 22/01/2013 - 16:01
    
    Yep same. Here's hoping that eparcel tracking is being broken as usual. Though the paranoid side of me says esold has just submitted the label info for each order and hasn't actually dispatched the cards.
    
    Should know by tommorrow anyway…
    - blehgg on 22/01/2013 - 16:46
      
      Though the paranoid side of me says esold has just submitted the label info for each order and hasn't actually dispatched the cards. - exactly my thoughts…
    - richh1833 on 22/01/2013 - 17:22
      
      ^ lol pretty much what im thinking.. or just eparcel is being a dud.. If any of you live in melb and didn't get it today. I reckon they still havent shipped them..
- richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 02:33
  
  Still nothing.
  - notreallyhere on 23/01/2013 - 09:21
    
    Just checked tracking and mine is "onboard with driver for delivery today" (Melbourne). Phew.. BUT I bet they still just card me even though someone will be home. So frustrating AustPost delivery drivers :/
    Still, this should be a nice upgrade from the mighty 8800gt
    - richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 12:52
      
      let us know how it goes.
    - notreallyhere on 23/01/2013 - 13:52
      
      Delivered! Ducked home at lunch and there she was, all shiny and perdy :)
      
      Note - as its an e-parcel they dont need a signature so expect to have it left wherever the postie finds easiest. Mine was on the door step which is fine.
      
      Opened it and had an "oh crap" moment when i coudn't see a 'OC' on the box, thinking they shipped the vanilla version. Then I noticed the white sticker on the side with the model number and all's good, it's the correct 'oc' version; same on the physical card.
      
      Happy camper here.
    - richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 14:20
      
      any game codes? just curious? :D
      
      blah they didnt need anyone to sign it? I live in a unit.. I hope they just card it and take it to the post office?
    - notreallyhere on 23/01/2013 - 14:49
      
      yes there was.. free fall? or something i think, not a AAA title.
      
      For a unit the might card it, hopefully. But than again that would add an extra day before you receive it so :)
    - blehgg on 23/01/2013 - 15:12
      
      Let us know if it works :) and doesn't DOA ! :)
    - richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 19:31
      
      yea let us know how the card goes!
    - notreallyhere on 24/01/2013 - 08:40
      
      Works awesomely. This thing is a beast, quiet too.
      Murphys law though that origin was down so no battlefield to test grrr.
Shirty Grizzly on 23/01/2013 - 09:03

Did not arrive in my NSW post today :( (Got it delivered to work and post has already arrived) So I guess they haven't even bothered to send them yet. Luckily I am still waiting on all the other parts for my computer so not in a huge rush yet…
- richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 11:58
  
  dont worry theres still a chance that the tracking is messed up, Parcels don't always come delivered with mail.
  - blehgg on 23/01/2013 - 13:37
    
    I'm in brisbane… I'm guess it won't get here till next week.
richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 17:20

Just got an update. Looks like i'll be getting it tomorrow.
- 0o0o0o on 23/01/2013 - 18:00
  
  Just out of interest, what does your tracking say?
  
  Was Auspost tracking just being weird or does the "in transit" date suggest your card started moving today?
  - richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 18:38
    
    transit at CHULLORA NSW so pretty much 95% it'll get delivered tomorrow.
    - 0o0o0o on 23/01/2013 - 19:02
      
      Heh thanks, but was more interested in if it seemed that esold dispatched the card today or if Auspost tracking was bugging out for a few days :).
    - richh1833 on 23/01/2013 - 19:30
      
      most likely it was auspost :(
    - blehgg on 24/01/2013 - 10:24
      
      I hate… auspost….. ~ soooo slowwwww ~
      
      or I'm just impatient….
    - blehgg on 24/01/2013 - 17:40
      
      Yes! updated! - 24/01/13 Shipment information approved DANDENONG SOUTH VIC
      
      @$!@#!@#!@#!@###$$$ ~ sigh… took them 3 days to approve shipping information?
    - richh1833 on 24/01/2013 - 18:53
      
      lol I just got mine. today. maybe youll get yours tomorrow?
    - blehgg on 25/01/2013 - 09:46
      
      its gonna be next week for sure…..
      wanted it before the long weekend :(
    - blehgg on 26/01/2013 - 01:05
      
      Apparently they tried to deliver…….. @6:22 PM…..
      
      no calling card or anything!! - Now closed for the long weekend……
    - blehgg on 29/01/2013 - 09:07
      
      And now it appears that AusPost has lost my package…….
giantbike on 26/01/2013 - 09:07

Received mine yesterday and it is working great.Just wonder if anyone manage to get the 3 free games under the "never settle" promotion from AMD?
anf8701 on 05/02/2013 - 10:49

seems i have the worst luck..mine was faulty. They told me to send it back and i did. emailed 3 times for an update..haven't received nothing back. :/

This was posted 11 years 10 months 7 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

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