Which AMD Radeon 7870?

[timarp000]

Hey,
I need to choose a 7870 -
I want the QUIETEST Card of them all .
Cheaper is better, good customer support, warranty, RELIABILITY and performance
I would rather go with a quieter card than buying one that is noisey...

Options are in poll.


Please comment and tell me why chose any of the cards


Thanks in advance

 

[master_chen]

MSi is the choice. It will satisfy all your needs (considering that you're getting HD 7870, not the HD 7950 or HD 7970. Best HD 7950 would be from Sapphire, best HD 7970 would be from (yet again) MSi, the "R7970 Lighting").

DirectCU is somewhat quiet too, but...seriously, just look at it...ewww...

Whatever you do - DO NOT get XFX Ghost, it's absolute crap.

 

[timarp000]

MSi is the choice. It will satisfy all your needs (considering that you're getting HD 7870, not the HD 7950 or HD 7970. Best HD 7950 would be from Sapphire, best HD 7970 would be from (yet again) MSi, the "R7970 Lighting").

DirectCU is somewhat quiet too, but...seriously, just look at it...ewww...

Whatever you do - DO NOT get XFX Ghost, it's absolute crap.

Why shouldnt i get the xfx ghost?

 

[master_chen]

Why shouldn't I get the XFX Ghost?

Crappy cooling system (gets quite hot even during just medium loads), gets very loud over time (crappy bearings in the fans), overpriced, high chance of getting defective copy with whiny drossels.

 

[timarp000]

Crappy cooling system (gets quite hot even during just medium loads), gets very loud over time (crappy bearings in the fans), overpriced, high chance of getting defective copy with whiny drossels.

What about the double dissapation ones?

 

[timarp000]

I had an XFX DD Black Edition 7970 and really liked it...

That said, I'd recommend the Hawk - best all around card there.

had?

 

[master_chen]

What about the Double Dissipation?

Basically the same crap, but with other fans (which, I must admit, actually work a bit...unlike that Ghost trash. They are actually pretty much same fans, but with little fixes here and there), a little factory OverClock and an ultra-ugly girlie-like red strip on the side.

had?

Probably RMA'd it, or changed it to GODLIKE HD 7970 from Sapphire. I would not be surprised any bit at all.

 

[timarp000]

Basically the same crap, but with different fans (which, I must admit, actually work a bit...unlike that Ghost trash), a little factory OverClock and an ultra-ugly girlie-like red strip on the side.



Probably RMA'd it, or changed it to GODLIKE HD 7970 from Sapphire. I would not be surprised any bit at all.

lol

 

[rdc85]

had?

His signature will give the answear.....

Vote for MSI....

 

[bigcyco1]

http://www.techpowerup.com/158987/Gigabyte-s-Custom-Cooled-Overclocked-Radeon-HD-7970-Gets-Official.html

gigabyte tri fan ^

http://www.techpowerup.com/159003/ASUS-Radeon-HD-7970-DirectCu-II-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html

asus monster direct cu II ^

http://www.techpowerup.com/158948/Yeston-Straps-a-Monstrous-Cooler-Onto-its-HD-7970-PCB.html

and the redicous yetson ^ 4 slot design but bigcyco1 why suggest a different card because they eat a 7870 for breakfast and there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djj7jW6ny2M&feature=related lol

 

[master_chen]

His signature will give the answer...

Oh right, I've missed that somehow.

http://www.techpowerup.com/158987/Gigabyte-s-Custom-Cooled-Overclocked-Radeon-HD-7970-Gets-Official.html

gigabyte tri fan ^

Crap.

http://www.techpowerup.com/159003/ASUS-Radeon-HD-7970-DirectCu-II-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html

asus monster direct cu II ^

Just "ewww...yuck...".

http://www.techpowerup.com/158948/Yeston-Straps-a-Monstrous-Cooler-Onto-its-HD-7970-PCB.html

and the ridiculous yetson ^ 4 slot design

"WHAT THE FU*NK!? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM~!!!"....seriously, I don't even on that last one...the hell...

 

[timarp000]

http://www.techpowerup.com/158987/Gigabyte-s-Custom-Cooled-Overclocked-Radeon-HD-7970-Gets-Official.html

gigabyte tri fan ^

http://www.techpowerup.com/159003/ASUS-Radeon-HD-7970-DirectCu-II-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html

asus monster direct cu II ^

http://www.techpowerup.com/158948/Yeston-Straps-a-Monstrous-Cooler-Onto-its-HD-7970-PCB.html

and the redicous yetson ^ 4 slot design but bigcyco1 why suggest a different card because they eat a 7870 for breakfast and there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djj7jW6ny2M&feature=related lol

Hey man they may eat 7870 for breakfast but are you willing to pay the extra $180?

 

[bigcyco1]

Hey man they may eat 7870 for breakfast but are you willing to pay the extra $180?

good point

 

[timarp000]

I have the asus p8z77 v pro so the msi card would match to the color scheme

 

[bigcyco1]

I vote for the MSI Radeon 7870 HAWK then

 

[bigcyco1]

Oh right, I've missed that somehow.


Crap.



Just "ewww...yuck...".



"WHAT THE FU*NK!? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM~!!!"....seriously, I don't even on that last one...the hell...

:lol: different strokes for different folks i guess

 

[bigcyco1]

Bought a XFX DD Black Edition 7970 @ launch day (was one of the lucky ones to get it within the first 5 minutes it was listed on newegg )

Later on picked up a Lightning card to put it into crossfire, but I could never get the two cards to play nicely together and had all sorts of weird problems, so I sold the XFX and picked up a second Lightning.

How far have you oc them beasts ?

 

[timarp000]

I live in india so msi cards are low on availability, so if dont get that one do i buy the asus card?

 

[master_chen]

Later on picked up a Lightning card to put it into crossfire, but I could never get the two cards to play nicely together and had all sorts of weird problems.

>XFX crap in CFX with MSi's goodness...
>My face:

I live in India so MSi cards are low on availability, so if I don't get that one do I buy

Sapphire.

 

[bigcyco1]

I live in india so msi cards are low on availability, so if dont get that one do i buy the asus card?

I would

 

[bigcyco1]

>XFX crap in CFX with MSi's goodness...
>My face:

http://pics.kz/i2/a9/57/a957b46ebff5b015899e10119d1f4b74.png



Sapphire.

Asus crap how do you figure that ?I can tell you right now you don't know what your talking about Asus and XFX are solid

 

[timarp000]

>XFX crap in CFX with MSi's goodness...
>My face:

http://pics.kz/i2/a9/57/a957b46ebff5b015899e10119d1f4b74.png



Sapphire.

Sapphire's have BLUE pcbs man

 

[master_chen]

Being an XFX hater

I never said that ALL they do is bad. I actually quite like their 6970s, but their 7870s are absolute garbage.
Of course it's only my IMHO based on the personal experience of usage, you don't have to take it that close to heart, but I'll never bash anything that I haven't tried by myself. I had personal bad experiences with XFX's 78-- series, so I'm only considering that as a defining point, when I recommend something to someone.

Asus crap how do you figure that ?

The hell? Where did I said it? I just didn't recommend DirectCU personally, but I never said anywhere that it's bad...are you blind?

and doesn't know what he's talking about

That actually applies to you, not me. Because you accuse people of something, without thoroughly reading what they said, first.

 

[master_chen]

1. I had a bad experience with product 'X'
2. Therefore the product 'X' is horrible

If I had several bad experiences in a row (which I did), with the same product, I have absolute right to call it crap.
And it's absolutely rightful to not recommend it to other people, to even warn them to keep away from those, so that people won't waste their time/money/nerves on such bad things. It's actually a very simple consumer logic, I really don't get why you got so heavily pissed about my opinion...are you the dedicated XFX fanboy that rages on any person that won't like the product you like and bases his/her opinion on the personal bad experience of the usage?

 

[timarp000]

hey guys! dont you think we are going a LITTLE OFF TOPIC?