7950 or 7870?

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Ortiz94x

Ortiz94x

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When I first started building my computer I said I'd spend no more than $240 on a video card... and most of the 7950 cards are reaching up to $300 (I don't wanna go for the cheapest of it's series which is $209 cause it's got heat problems).

I can afford the 7950 if I wait a few weeks but I wanna game asap (impatient I know lol) here's my current specs though. I'm afraid to bottleneck a 7950 in CPU heavy games.

SPECS:
MB: GA-990FXA-UD3
CPU: FX-6300 o.c. to 4.5GHz
current card that I hate geforce 210...
26" LED HDMI TV 1920x1080 or 1366x768 in games that have FPS drops

Also If I get a single 7870 and laater crossfire them will it give me a boost over the 7950 or would I bottleneck those at 4.5GHz on a fx-6300?
 
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Buy PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Myst Edition 2GB for $139.99 after $30.00 rebate. Two of these cards will give you great bang for the buck if you play on 1080P, they will overclock from 925 to 1200 on the Core with just using +20 power setting in the CCC or MSI afterburner.

Additonally why you would choose this card is the fact that it has 1536 Streaming Proccessors instead of the Stock 1280 on standard 7870 card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484

I personally own the Sapphire version of these 7870 cards so if you want benchmarks I could provide you with the results clock at 1200Mhz Core 1550Mhz Memory.
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Also the GeForce 760 is closer in my range than the 7950. Which I know is kinda between the 2 cards. But has the positive that it will work with the drivers I have and I won't have to jump through hoops or reformat just to install the card
 
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Buy PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Myst Edition 2GB for $139.99 after $30.00 rebate. Two of these cards will give you great bang for the buck if you play on 1080P, they will overclock from 925 to 1200 on the Core with just using +20 power setting in the CCC or MSI afterburner.

Additonally why you would choose this card is the fact that it has 1536 Streaming Proccessors instead of the Stock 1280 on standard 7870 card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484

I personally own the Sapphire version of these 7870 cards so if you want benchmarks I could provide you with the results clock at 1200Mhz Core 1550Mhz Memory.
 
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