About to buy card in the next couple hours, Please help

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imronwthru

imronwthru

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I have a hard time deciding which card to get between these three below.
Running with a i5 3470 and H77 mobo.

Do you guys have a suggestion on which card? Much appreciated!

Not going to OC or SLI/Crossfire.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($248.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $248.98


Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($233.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $233.98


Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $219.99
 
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ingtar33

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your last card is a GHz edition 7870, not an XT.

it will be badly and roundly trounced by either of the Tahiti cored 7870; i'd get the sapphire. but that's just personal preference based upon my bias formed over the years, generally speaking i've had poor experience with both gpu companies, but sapphire had better customer support when i had issues so I've forgiven them. PowerColor basically told me to shove it.
 
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imronwthru

imronwthru

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Oh okay, PC part picker showed it was an XT I was confused for a second! I'm not going to OC or SLI/Crossfire but which one would u suggest on the first two?
 
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i'd go with the sapphire, based on my experience with their customer support.
 
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imronwthru

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Ya all the reviews seem to be on the Sapphire side but it's only mainly cause of the better cooling. I'm not planning to OC my GPU so Powercolor should be fine right?

 
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