HD 7850's in crossfire kicked the bucket, need help picking a new card

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andycal

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Over the past few weeks I posted questions on the forum on upgrading my crossfired 2GB Gigabyte 7850's. Well unfortunately my setup has kicked the bucket. One card has died and the second has a rather annoying high-pitched coil whine when the fan hits 40%. I'm over the crossfire setup and dealing with driver issues that caused instability. While I'm waiting for Gigabyte to get back to me on my rma request, I need some help picking a new gpu. Here is what I've been looking at for a single card setup.

1) SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026
2) SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006
3) SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7950 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202003
4) SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7970 3GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008
5) XFX Double D Radeon HD 7970 3GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150665
6) MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB - http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7950-TWIN-FROZR-3GD5/dp/B007NG3WR2/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1363220950&sr=1-2&keywords=msi+hd+7970

I play BF3 and Crysis 3 on a 23" Asus monitor in 1920 x 1080. I'm trying to stay under $450. Which card would be the smart buy?

 
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Exact same thing about to hit up Newegg for an rma on mine, played tomb raider and sim city on same monitors, couldn't handle much without doing 45-65% fan speed which sounded like a pair of weed eaters. Couldn't more less impressed, and it didn't take long. Going with your option 3 i think, probably run two when I get a new PSU.
 
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Yeah I wasn't that impressed when I tried to overclock them in Catalyst. They would lock up periodically right in the middle of BF3. The only game I played where they performed to what I was hoping was Assassin's Creed 3. I was leaning toward the Sapphire 7950 Vapor X or the MSI Twin Frozer 7950. I was going to pick up a new power supply as well. Right now Newegg is selling the OCZ Z Series Gold OCZZ850M 850W power supply for $109.00. Here's the link. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341026
 
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Ya I'm probably going to go with it before it sale expires, couldn't find a 750 for really any cheaper, but I just blew a G on a case that needs a new gpu and a psu and a few more fans now, depressing.
 
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andycal

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I know how you feel. I just spent over a grand myself and all I have right now is a giant paper weight. I just bought two more fans and a fan controller. Sadly I thought I was finally done tinkering.
 
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I agree that the 7970 would be the smart buy, however i know the 7950 can be overclocked to achieve the performance level of the 7970. I was wondering which card would give me the biggest bang for my bucks.
 
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2x 7850 is basically a 7970 if the game scales well as BF3 does.

The 7950 will still be missing a big chunk of stream processors even if you overclock it won't be as fast as a 7970 or 2x7850s.

Don't volt mod, you will kill your cards, no matter which one you get.

I have a lot of 7850 Crossfire videos with FPS counter here http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnpD-uy0afy2FQIFP...
 
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