Sapphire Radeon Vapor-X HD 7970 GHz Or Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 WF 3X GHz

[buk laou]

I am not sure which one to go for. Both cards seem good. Both are pretty ugly but which would most prefer. I am thinking of going for sapphire. I am new to Radeon cards and this will be my first time purchasing one of these so cut me slack. Also I do not know what the WF stands for on the Gigabyte.. I would enjoy an extra HDMI cable.
Links to the cards-
Sapphire- http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-PCI-Express-11197-12-40G/dp/B008PQAE98/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1368069845&sr=1-1&keywords=sapphire+7970+ghz

Gigabyte- http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-PCI-Express-Crossfire-Graphics-GV-R797TO-3GD/dp/B008WAMV3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1368070890&sr=1-1&keywords=gigabyte+7970+

 

[ksham]

I also pick the Sapphire Vapor-X one. And both cards are beautiful to me. Ugly would be the furthest adjective from my book to describe them.

 

[caydn12]

Go with Sapphire. It is the best GPU manufacturer on AMD's side.

 

[buk laou]

I also pick the Sapphire Vapor-X one. And both cards are beautiful to me. Ugly would be the furthest adjective from my book to describe them.

I don't know the vapor x looks like some kind of bat mobile. They aren't horrible looking but don't look that great. but looks mean nothing really. just performance I was also thinking about the HIS but all I saw was bad reviews on it.

 

[aonor]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150632

XFX kinda looks better, but logo on the side is red... Also life-time warranty.

 

[caydn12]

Ive heard really bad things about XFX coolers though. I wouldn't go there.

How could you not want your GPU to look like a batmobile?????
Its a batmobile!!! hahaha (thats why I bought mine)
<.<
>.>

 

[buk laou]

Ive heard really bad things about XFX coolers though. I wouldn't go there.

How could you not want your GPU to look like a batmobile?????
Its a batmobile!!! hahaha (thats why I bought mine)
<.<
>.>

Egh personal view I guess. I heard nothing good about the XFX as well. I meant XFX instead of HIS. But there is usually a catch from one card to the other. The xfx does look better. Kinda like the 680 signiture 2. But the side is red which is ugly and has bad reviews.

 

[caydn12]

Yeah. The HIS cards I think look pretty sleek though

 

[buk laou]

Yeah. The HIS cards I think look pretty sleek though

They sure do )=

 

[caydn12]

Yeah. The HIS cards I think look pretty sleek though

They sure do )=

Do you plan on bitcoin mining?
If not, then I would remove the gigabyte completely from you ideas of which card to pick.
for some reason they tend to mine faster, but they dont game as well and run hotter

 

[aonor]

Doesn't really matter for Sapphire or Gigabyte because the only thing you are going to see is the "top" of the GPUs which don't look too bad.

 

[caydn12]

Yeah but the Gigabyte doesnt cool very well despite its 3 fans.

 

[buk laou]

So the Sapphire should be the way to go. What I was planning on getting from the beginning was the MSi 7970 but I could not find a GHZ edition.

 

[caydn12]

Whoa whoa whoa.. Hold up cowboy.. Do you plan on overclocking yourself?

 

[ksham]

I wouldn't say Gigabyte's WindForce 7970 doesn't cool very well. It just doesn't cool as well as the Sapphire Vapor-X 7970.

Edit: LOL @ overclocking yourself.

 

[buk laou]

Whoa whoa whoa.. Hold up cowboy.. Do you plan on overclocking yourself?

Never overclocked a card. I only know how to overclock a CPU

 

[caydn12]

I wouldn't say Gigabyte's WindForce 7970 doesn't cool very well. It just doesn't cool as well as the Sapphire Vapor-X 7970.

Edit: LOL @ overclocking yourself.

You know what I meant

Whoa whoa whoa.. Hold up cowboy.. Do you plan on overclocking yourself?

Never overclocked a card. I only know how to overclock a CPU

Well, if you are willing to look into overclocking, you could buy a regular 7970 and save some money. All a ghz edition is they take the core clock and mem clock and overclock it for you and you a premium so you have this speed guaranteed. However, if you are willing to risk overclocking it yourself, then you might just buy a regular one.
Just another thing to think about

 

[buk laou]

I wouldn't say Gigabyte's WindForce 7970 doesn't cool very well. It just doesn't cool as well as the Sapphire Vapor-X 7970.

Edit: LOL @ overclocking yourself.

You know what I meant

Whoa whoa whoa.. Hold up cowboy.. Do you plan on overclocking yourself?

Never overclocked a card. I only know how to overclock a CPU

Well, if you are willing to look into overclocking, you could buy a regular 7970 and save some money. All a ghz edition is they take the core clock and mem clock and overclock it for you and you a premium so you have this speed guaranteed. However, if you are willing to risk overclocking it yourself, then you might just buy a regular one.
Just another thing to think about

I thought about a couple of times. But I wouldn't know what I am doing. It does look simple. But I have the money to cash out. It's at least cheaper then the 680 I was planning on getting.

 

[aonor]

Gigabyte's three fans allow the fans to run slower but produce the same fan speed as 2 fans running faster.