7870 GHz or 7950?

doolster · Sep 23, 2013

Hello,
I am going to be buying a new graphics card. I am on a $250 budget and I am not sure whether I should get the 7870 GHz, which is much cheaper, or the 7950. The 7950 would be this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150671
The 7870 would be http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161411
I would be playing games like Crysis 3, BF3 and whatever games I get from Never Settle, like Far Cry 3. I have a 1080p monitor and a 17'' 1280x1024 monitor that I use for youtube or something while gaming. Which card do you think would be best for me?

(I know there are a ton of these threads, but with current prices the game has changed a little bit)

Gam3r01 · Sep 23, 2013

I would say get the 7950, but not that one. It is more expensive and runs hotter and louder than its sapphire counterpart. In just about anything AMD sapphire is the way to go. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026

JackNaylorPE · Sep 23, 2013

Id wait till the next gen is announced and wait for the rices on old cards to tank

doolster · Sep 23, 2013

Gam3r01 :

Good choice, but the XFX comes with Crysis 3, and has the same core speed as the Sapphire does with boost enabled. Would it be worth the extra $10 for Crysis, or should I buy it separately?

Gam3r01 · Sep 23, 2013

Honestly the crysis is that worth it, and the sapphire has greater reliability and cooling performance. Over all sapphire is still better. Between those 2. As above though, next gens are right around the corner, as well as price drops.

toyftw · Sep 23, 2013

doolster :

Hi - If you believe the Sapphire to be the better card (and I agree with Gam3r that it is),
you should go for the better card as well as the best card you can afford and your
system (PSU) can support.

And tho prices have already come down on AMD cards (there's a 7970 @ $270), I agree
with Jack, wait a little bit n see how much more they might fall. Prices certainly are not
going to go up after the next series releases.

doolster · Sep 23, 2013

The Sapphire just jumped to $240 on Newegg, however I am considering this: http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-Graphics-21196-00-20G/dp/B00BXVFM3K/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1379980942&sr=1-7&keywords=7950
Or I might just get the XFX.

Gam3r01 · Sep 23, 2013

That is odd, that the price would climb like that. Between those 2 the Blower type cooler of the sapphire is on the weaker side. I would recommend the the XFX over it, but its not the first choice. A few days ago the price of 7950s went up on newegg for a few hours, then went back down to those prices.

toyftw · Sep 23, 2013

doolster :

It was probably on one of their 24 or 48 hr deals.

doolster · Sep 23, 2013

I am pretty sure the prices will go back down after the paypal balance (from selling my old card) transfers in to my bank account (3 days... lol) and by then the new 9000's will be announced. So I might be able to snag a 7970 for ~$250 if I'm lucky, or just get a big discount on the 7950.

Gam3r01 · Sep 23, 2013

Yeah at that point, price drops will come into play by the time you get the money, I would wait it out for a few days.

doolster · Sep 23, 2013

fosj988 :

Besides cooling, what's the advantage with this card over something $30-50 less?

EDIT: I found this card as well. Any thoughts? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131499

Gam3r01 · Sep 23, 2013

You typically want to stay away form powercolor, you really only want MSI, Gigabyte, Sapphire, for the most part. You want to stay away from XFX at higher end cards as well.

doolster · Sep 27, 2013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414
Which would be better, I am looking to overclock 1-1.2 GHz?

Gam3r01 · Sep 27, 2013

The gigabyte has a higher stock speed, but the sapphire is higher quality. If you just want OC get the Giga, other than that, sapphire. Especially the Vapor-X.

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