Which 7970?

[blade061188]

Hi Toms,

I just need a little help making a decision.

I have two used 7970s available to me, both reference, both for $375. One is Sapphire, one is Asus. Any reason to pick one over the other?

 

[ubercake]

My experience with Asus products is they have been solid and problem-free.

I've never bought anything Sapphire or sought after their products.

I'd choose Asus just because it is on my trusted brands list.

 

[blade061188]

Thanks for the reply.

I have used Sapphire cards and they tend to be good. I haven't owned an Asus card. I like the Sapphire GPU overclocking utility. Have you used Asus' Variety? (GPU Tweak)

 

[ubercake]

I never have used the Asus utility, but most people use the MSI Afterburner utility for OCs. I also like the Precision X utility that I 'discovered' when I got my EVGAs. You can download whichever OC utility you want independent of the brand you buy.

 

[Hobo82]

I've got 2 of the reference Sapphire 7970s. No problems what-so-ever. And I also like Trixx. Never been a fan of afterburner. Are you planning on watercooling?

 

[blade061188]

Sure, I suppose for a reference board you can. In my experience, (with a non-reference 6950) the option to increase the voltage was only enabled in the vendor specific OC utility.

I have used afterburner as well.

One other question, do you know if Asus' warranty is transferable?

 

[hellfire24]

+1 to asus.i prefer MSi or EVGA for graphics card but asus products are of top quality.

 

[ubercake]

Sure, I suppose for a reference board you can. In my experience, (with a non-reference 6950) the option to increase the voltage was only enabled in the vendor specific OC utility.

I have used afterburner as well.

One other question, do you know if Asus' warranty is transferable?

I tried to find info on transferability of the warranty, but couldn't. You can call them to find out:

http://support.asus.com/Hotlines.aspx?SLanguage=en

 

[blade061188]

Alright. Thanks for the info.

 

[blade061188]

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