I have owned a sapphire 7870 OC edition which came with the random black screen sound loop card crash error since the card was first released (after tens of hours of forum searching i learned that this was a manafacturer defect in almost all 7870s) and i'm finally looking at upgrading. The only remedy that i've done for this crash is to downclock the card from the factory 1050/1200 to 850/1000 which is so upsetting that i have to downclock a card for stability. I am really interested in the 7970 vapor x edition but if those also come with this error i'd just get a gtx 770. Does anyone who have these cards have any input for my current predicament? Thank you.
770 or 7970, please read for issue, not typical question
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I've also had experience with HD7870s having this fault, in particular a PC I built for a friend with the Sapphire version of the card. Sapphire are making him jump through hoops to get a new version of the card which are apparently fixed, but I think they are going to send one.
On topic though, I'm pretty much 100% sure that the 7970 doesn't have the same problem and even if it initially did, hardware revisions will likely have fixed any faults as it's quite a mature card. Saying that it's still superior to the GTX770 in most situations and where it does lose out (which is seldom) it does so by a small percentage. It's also around the same price so I'd go for the 7970, specifically a GHz edition
On topic though, I'm pretty much 100% sure that the 7970 doesn't have the same problem and even if it initially did, hardware revisions will likely have fixed any faults as it's quite a mature card. Saying that it's still superior to the GTX770 in most situations and where it does lose out (which is seldom) it does so by a small percentage. It's also around the same price so I'd go for the 7970, specifically a GHz edition
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just go with a GTX 770 because just to be sure that those issues will never be problem again. plus, a GTX 770 is more powerful than an HD 7970, it is cooler and more efficient too. it is also newer and newer cards will give you 1 or 2 generations more before a need to upgrade it. the HD 7000 series is nearing its end though.
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I really hate those graphs because they don't give any insight into how the card is for individual people and the cards strengths and weaknesses. Try this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=829
If the games you're interested in work better with the HD7970 go for that, if not, GTX770. Either way they are both really nice cards.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=829
If the games you're interested in work better with the HD7970 go for that, if not, GTX770. Either way they are both really nice cards.
Well, one of the reasons that i'm going for the 7970 is that i play a lot of arma 2 and soon to be arma 3 and video memory is a big factor for that engine. Also i really love the actual performance of the 7970s that i've seen and the only problem with them (flimsy PCB) was addressed in the vapor x edition
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I have a Sapphire HD7950 and the PCB does bend a little, but it's had loads of time at 100% load and it's cool running and the bendiness has never caused a problem, and yes, the Vapour X edition does have a beefier PCB, or at least the heatsink supports it better so there's no bending.
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