Hello World,
I'm looking to upgrade my rig and I was hoping to get some help on deciding. I currently can get an Asus 7870 for ~214$ or an XFX 7970 for ~350$. My question is the performance difference worth 140$?
As per the sticky, here is my current status:
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USAGE: Gaming. Relatively demanding games such as Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, The Witcher 2, etc.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: BFG GTX 285. 800w Corsair PSU
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
Mobo - Asus P8Z77-V LX
CPU - I5 3570k
Ram - 8 gigs
PARTS PREFERENCES: I prefer cards that run cooler and quieter, but in this case it's really only between Asus and XFX as they have the deals
OVERCLOCKING: Yes
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The XFX card is Voltage Locked
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ASUS HD7870-DC2-2GD5-V2 Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
XFX Radeon HD 7970 FX797ATDFC Video Card - 3GB, DDR5, 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 2x mini DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, DirectX 11, CrossFire Ready, HD4K Support
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Thanks ahead of time
I'm looking to upgrade my rig and I was hoping to get some help on deciding. I currently can get an Asus 7870 for ~214$ or an XFX 7970 for ~350$. My question is the performance difference worth 140$?
As per the sticky, here is my current status:
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USAGE: Gaming. Relatively demanding games such as Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, The Witcher 2, etc.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: BFG GTX 285. 800w Corsair PSU
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
Mobo - Asus P8Z77-V LX
CPU - I5 3570k
Ram - 8 gigs
PARTS PREFERENCES: I prefer cards that run cooler and quieter, but in this case it's really only between Asus and XFX as they have the deals
OVERCLOCKING: Yes
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The XFX card is Voltage Locked
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ASUS HD7870-DC2-2GD5-V2 Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
XFX Radeon HD 7970 FX797ATDFC Video Card - 3GB, DDR5, 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 2x mini DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, DirectX 11, CrossFire Ready, HD4K Support
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Thanks ahead of time