7770 OC vs 7850

[quas]

I read somewhere that the 7770 when overclocked consumes about 120-140W of electricity, which is just what the reference 7850 consumes. Is this true? If so, then is it worth buying the 7770 OC? I am looking at the Vapor-X version in particular.

 

[amuffin]

If you have the money, always get the higher end card.

 

[quas]

It's not about the money. Heating and noise are bigger concerns for me. I understand that by getting these mid-tier cards some newly-released games would be unplayable, but that's okay. Currently I am just looking for a cool and quiet card that gives the most performance for 120W max and I would be playing games released around 2005.

 

[bgos10]

If i were you i would have opt for the HD 7850 a single card is a better choice in this case.
Lower heat and noise.
And i guess it'll give you same or better performance.

 

[quas]

Well, does anyone here have an OC'ed 7770 AND a typical 7850 just so that they have first-person experience with noise and heat levels of both cards?

 

[manofchalk]

Heat and noise levels depend entirely on the cooler on it, and any overclock you have applied to them.
Get a good aftermarket HD7850, and you wont have an issue.

 

[quas]

I am comparing a 7770 Vapor-X (I think it's the quietest and coolest 7770 OC?) with a typical reference 7850. How's that?

 

[manofchalk]

So you are comparing a custom cooling solution to a reference design...
Of course the custom HD7770 is going to be better.

I dont really understand what you are wanting here. You look for heat and noise levels between different cards of the same GPU (So a Gigabyte 7850 vs an ASUS 7850), not across different GPU's entirely.