XFX vs. SAPPHIRE 7970 Which is better?

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Which would the better 7970 card to get? I can get both for the same price. I most likely won't be overclocking. So would the XFX or SAPPHIRE be a better version to buy?

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Just look at the memory speed of each card, and the core speed of each Gpu.
The other thing to look at is if both cards have the same amount of shadier cores.
Some cards had the full 2048 cores while other had less to keep the price down a bit.
One more thing is the memory size of each card, most 7970 cards come with 3gb or 2gb of memory.
So go for the one with the higher amount of memory fitted to the card if the case ok.
It would help if you included the links to both cards.
I would say one with the highest memory speed and core speed of the Gpu.
If they are the same price. think XFX have a ten year warranty on them, it used to be the case, but they might of knocked that on the head by now.
If your thinking about temps when running either card there is only a few degrees between them when the cards are in full swing playing games ect.
 

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I can only provide what each card looks like. I'm buying 1 of them used, not new. Would they be identically similar in performance? I've heard some people have poor experience with XFX.
 
Just look at the memory speed of each card, and the core speed of each Gpu.
The other thing to look at is if both cards have the same amount of shadier cores.
Some cards had the full 2048 cores while other had less to keep the price down a bit.
One more thing is the memory size of each card, most 7970 cards come with 3gb or 2gb of memory.
So go for the one with the higher amount of memory fitted to the card if the case ok.
 
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