How to Overclock/ Increase/ Boost/ Optimize/ Max/ Tune AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series Gaming: Review, specs, overclocking and benchmarks + fresh drivers/ Windows 7, 8.1, 8 and Vista.
Modern games every year require more and more powerful video cards for graphics processing. One of the budget solutions for gamers will be the AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series. Consider the technical characteristics of this series, as well as its features and performance in games.
Radeon 7800 Series Specifications
Consider the characteristics of the AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series in the form of a table:
| Technical process | 28 nm | |
| GPU | Pitcairn | |
| Frequency (min. max. on models) | 800-1000 MHz | |
| RAM | A type | GDDR5 |
| Volume | 2 GB | |
| Frequency | 800-1200 MHz | |
| Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | |
| Interfaces | Memory capacity | 256-bit |
| Tire type | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Architecture | GCN | |
| Stream processors per block | from 64 to 80 | |
| Number of blocks | from 16 to 20 | |
| Total Stream Processors | 1024-1280 | |
| Cores for geometry processing | 2 pcs. | |
| Cores for asynchronous computing | 2 pcs. | |
| Connectors | HDMI VGA Dual-Link DVI PCI Express 3 Display Port 1.2 | |
| Supported technologies and software | DirectX 11 | Yes |
| OpenGl 4.2 | Yes | |
| Eyefinity (Monitor Linking) | up to 6 pcs. | |
| ZeroCore Power | Sleeping mode | |
| Catalyst | Proprietary Drivers and settings | |
| App Acceleration | Improving the quality of video playback | |
| AMDHD3D | 3D graphics processing | |
| Power Tune | Dynamic power setting |
The line was produced in March 2012. Based on it, the following models were released:
The range is currently no longer in production. At the start of sales, the average price in stores was $249 and $349.
How to Optimize: Overview AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
At AMD, after the release of a new process technology, it was decided to divide the general production series into subgroups. Therefore, on the basis of the 28nm process technology, 4 lines were formed, which are presented in the table:
| GPU | Numerical designation | performance level |
| Cape Verde | HD7700 | Elementary |
| pitcarn | HD7800 | Average |
| Tahiti | HD7900 | high |
| Malta | HD7990 | Best |
The HD 7800 with “Pitcairn” GPU uses the Graphic Core Next microarchitecture. The series was launched in March 2012 and is currently out of print.
At one time, video cards from Pitcairn were quite popular and showed an excellent combination of price / quality. For 2018, the current series is not popular and it is extremely difficult to find a device in a new condition. Despite the fact that the graphics core is already outdated, in an assembly with a powerful processor, the PC can pull various games at medium and high settings.
What games will run on AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Video cards were released back in 2012, but they can still be used on modern toys. Tests in games AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series were made with the following hardware:
- Processor: Core I5 6500 3.2 GHz.
- RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2133 Dual.
- Hard drive: Hitachi 1TB.
- Motherboard: Asus H170M-Plus.
- Resolution: 1920x1080px.
The results are as follows:
| Name of the game | Graphics quality | FPS |
| Assassins Creed Syndicate | Hight | 31 |
| WarThunder | Cinema (Ultra) | 55-65 |
| Quantum Break | The average | 30-42 |
| Assassins Creed Unity | The average | 30 |
| Shadow Warrior 2 | High | 35-45 |
| Dying Light | High | 40-50 |
| Fallout 4 | Ultra | 38-43 |
| GTA 5 | Above average | 45-50 |
| DOOM | High | 40 |
| Rise Of The Tomb Raider | High | 30-40 |
| Warface | High | 90-100 |
| The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine | High | 25-35 |
| World Of Tanks | High | 60-80 |
The overall performance largely depends on the right combination of processor and graphics card. If you take a powerful modern generation processor like Ryzen or Core I5, then they will be able to show high FPS in most modern games, even with an old video card.
After analyzing the technical characteristics and tests in games, we come to the following conclusions: it is not recommended to buy for powerful games in 2018, it is better to choose newer models.
The performance will be enough for comfortable homework and for running multiplayer games like CS:GO, World Of Tanks.
How to Tune: overclock AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
To achieve maximum performance, you can overclock the AMD Radeon HD 7800. To do this, you will need to install the driver and configure it.
The main changes should be made in the “Games” section. If you use an up-to-date driver, profiles can be configured individually for each video game.
Navigate to the desired profile to the Frame Rate Control setting. By default, the video card squeezes the maximum FPS and spends all resources on it.
For a comfortable game of shooters, 60 frames per second is enough. For CS:GO, WarFace, WarThunder it is enough to set the limit to 70 FPS.
The OverDrive setting allows you to adjust the operating parameters: the frequency of the GPU and memory, the efficiency of the fans and the level of power consumption. These settings must be configured individually for each PC build.
Download drivers for AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
To download drivers for the Radeon HD 7800 Series, use the proprietary auto-search program. You can download it on the official website of the manufacturer. There you can also find drivers for each version of the OS: Windows 7, Windows 10, etc.
Windows 7, 8.1, 8 and Vista
| 32-bit | 64-bit |
For Windows 10
| 32-bit | 64-bit |
File size: ~300.00 MB
Driver version: 15.7.1 from 07/29/2015;
Language: Russian
Operating system: Windows 10 32/64-bit, Windows 7 32/64-bit, Windows 8.1 32/64-bit, Windows 8 32/64-bit, Windows Vista
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