Sapphire 7870 oc vs Sapphire 7870 non oc

zMartin · Oct 17, 2013

Amit Parmar · Oct 17, 2013

zMartin :

The OC one has a higher clock rate obviously which makes it closer to something like a 7950. I would get the OC version.

iisfitblud · Oct 17, 2013

Personally I'd just get this: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-xfx-radeon-hd-7870-dd-black-edition-28nm-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1050mhz-1280-cores-dl-dvi-i-hdmi-2x-m

The performance is a fair amount better than the sapphire and has better cooling, for the same price.

The cards you linked are also based on reference boards, and the cooling is pretty poor on both of them.