One 7970 or Two 7870's?

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Spartacus394

Spartacus394

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I'm having a tough time deciding on what I should upgrade to. I'm already set on AMD over Nvidia, now I'm just narrowing it down to which model.

My budget is around $400-$500. I've narrowed it down to these 3 7970 models.

Sapphire Vapor-X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001

Sapphire (minor differences between this and the Vapor-X).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008

Gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413

Or I could go the route of two 7870's in CFX.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202024

Right now I'm leaning more towards the single 7970 with the possibility of CFX in the future, (depending on how much longer they support the 7000 series).
What do you guys think? I'd be happy either way but the specs of the 7970 intrigue me more. (3GB>2GB, 384-bit>256-bit, etc.)
 
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Spartacus394

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I heard something about the MSI cards having trouble running at high resolutions. Or was that just the MSI Hawk card? I don't plan on running high resolutions, and I don't think I'll be water cooling. Just reference or upgraded air cooling for me.

Does this card OC well?
 
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ihog

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No, that's horseshit. If MSI cards had trouble running at high resolutions compared to other cards, MSI wouldn't be in the graphics card business, let alone very popular.

Typically, yes it does because it cools well, but not every chip is the same, and overclocking is never guaranteed, especially when the card is factory overclocked already.
 
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