Which is better XFX or MSI for the hd 7950?

[Edu GT]

Him im thinking of buying one of these cards for my new pc and am not sure which to buy. Should i get the "XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 Double D Black Edition" or the "MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC". Which is better?

 

[warhead0]

They are almost identical, however looking at some benchmarks the MSI card tends to pull away very slightly. But this is only due to the card having a higher clock speed than the XFX card.

Remember to take into account other things such as warranty and price .

 

[mohit9206]

msi is much better or so have i heard. people complain about xfx cards not having proper cooling and the fail rate is much higher i dont know whether all this is true

 

[siddharthmukul007]

MSI Twin Frozr is better

it has better headroom for oc and better cooling

 

[Edu GT]

Does it make any difference that the xfx black edition has higher stock OC?

 

[plasmastorm]

My last card and current one are both XFX and still working fine, nothign wrong with them imo.
Im still rocking a Radeon 5850 black edition thats been on 24/7 since new.

black edition will have a higher clock rate and therefore be faster. I would consider the Double D version with the 2 fans for better cooling if going with a 7950 though

 

[siddharthmukul007]

well the xfx is only 20hz oc d.....with the better cooler that the twin frozr,you can easily oc it to that speeds and much beyond it.

all the best

 

[MC_K7]

Both brands have good reputation. I guess the difference between the two are minimal. But I would have a tendency to go with MSI because I heard a lot of good things about their new coolers, but not that XFX have cooling problems... It could also come down to price, if you get a better deal with one of them it could be an incentive or tie breaker.