What's the difference between these two?

modernwar99 · Aug 7, 2014

I saw two PowerColor HD 6970's on pcpartpicker today and am wondering why one is $250 and the other is $100
They are two different models:
PowerColor AX6970 2GBD5-2DH
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004OXTNVQ/?tag=pcpapi-20
PowerColor AX6970 2GBD5-2DHE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131578
I couldn't find anything spec wise different.

lp231 · Aug 7, 2014

How much is your budget?
I believe Amazon's price isn't upated, that's the old price.
The 2DH has a faster memory clock 1375MHz vs 1250MHz on 2DHE

Kari · Aug 7, 2014

lol the one on amazon is being sold by some bloke called chinajoekim, the other by a reputable company...

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modernwar99 · Aug 7, 2014

What does the E at the end of the model number mean?

ms5555 · Aug 7, 2014

One's on amazon sold by a third party, who knows why but it looks like gouging. First amazon always has higher prices but also is the 6970 still in production? He might be jacking price up cus it's hard to find, even though it's inferior to many newer cards.

lp231 · Aug 7, 2014

Kari :

Can't believe this bloke has 4.7 stars.

nikoli707 · Aug 7, 2014

may i ask why you are looking at these video cards? i sure hope your not considering paying any more than $75 for one of these old hot power hungry poor performing video cards.

modernwar99 · Aug 7, 2014

Umm, is 40 fps on high settings in Crysis 3 bad for only $100?? I'm considering them because they are on the top of passmark's GPU value chart. And yes I know just because a GPU has a high passmark score doesn't mean it performs well in games. I researched benchmarks for the 6970...

lp231 · Aug 7, 2014

modernwar99 :

Probably nothing, they just like the letter E.
Also I've mentioned before the "E" has a slower memory clock 1250MHz on the 2DHE
The 2DH has a memory clock of 1300MHz

modernwar99 · Aug 7, 2014

Well I'd rather pay $100 and overclock it 50MHz than spend $250... Thanks for pointing that out though. I'm considering a R9 270x instead, or waiting for Nvidia's GTX 800 series.

lp231 · Aug 7, 2014

At $100 the best you can get is a R7-260x. The 270x is around $195, even the 270 is way over $100

modernwar99 · Aug 7, 2014

The 6970 is better than the R7 260x in most games. Except for TDP and being newer.

ms5555 · Aug 7, 2014

Check slickdeals, yesterday tigerdirect had a 270x for 159 with an extra 15 off coupon. It sold out fast but you can find a 270x for under 175 if you are patient.

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