Best 7970 Card?
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Jack Revenant
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If you could find it, I believe that the fastest ever was the ASUS Matrix-P 7970 GHz Edition. That said, it was also overpriced as all hell. The best 7970s are generally considered to be the Gigabyte Windforce x3, the Sapphire Vapor-x, and the (now expensive/hard to find) MSI Lightning and ASUS Matrix.
Edit: Worthy of note, one of those (the Vapor-X) is a GHz Edition, and the Gigabyte has a GHz Edition variant. The Matrix (non-P) and the Lightning are normal 7970s.
Onus
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I have a "normal" Gigabyte WF3 model. Overclocked to 1130MHz (I haven't tried to go higher), it's been mining 24/7 for a few weeks now. It's in an open case, so I can hear it when I'm near it, but the tone and volume are not unpleasant. It stays under 70C, and that's even though it is typically running at 98%.
CrushIce
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Best in terms of OC'ing and Cooling would be either:
His Iceq x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161412
Sapphire Dual-X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008
These are the normal 7970's, honestly it's not worth the extra $50 to get a few extra Mhz of OC which most 7970's can already do with minimal effort. The reason why these cards are good is because these are known not to be voltage locked. That means you can achieve higher clocks without being limited to the stock voltage. Obviously YMMV when buying any card and OC'ing it, but most 7970's a known to OC really well.
His Iceq x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161412
Sapphire Dual-X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008
These are the normal 7970's, honestly it's not worth the extra $50 to get a few extra Mhz of OC which most 7970's can already do with minimal effort. The reason why these cards are good is because these are known not to be voltage locked. That means you can achieve higher clocks without being limited to the stock voltage. Obviously YMMV when buying any card and OC'ing it, but most 7970's a known to OC really well.
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I seem to recal HardOCP did a roundup of them. The HIS cooler actually had difficulty at higher clocks, becoming rather loud. I don't recall for the Sapphire. Iirc, either Asus or the Gigabyte were quietest. They had audio clips of them too.
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