Which is better (7870 Gigabyte vs 7870 Sapphire)

Enzomag

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Well, people, i have a really bad english but its the best site on the internet to ask about hardware, so well...
I am from Mendoza, Argentina....
I have the next pc:
>Case Thermaltake Commander USB 3.0
>Motherborard ASUS P8H77-M
>Intel i5-3470 Ivy bridge
>AMD HD 6770 1Gb
>2x 4Gb Kingston 1333Mhz RAM
>HDD Caviar Black 1Tb

Well, i will change my gpu, cause when i ensambled my computer (last december) i dont had much money, and i cant get another gpu....
i want an AMD 7870, cause its really god for its price, but i got two options:
The gigabyte version, with 3 fans (really cool!), for $2800 argentinian...

http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-473447139-vga-gigabyte-ati-radeon-hd-7870-oc-2gb-gddr5-pci-ex-3-hdmi-_JM

And the Sapphire version, with 2 fans, but i listened tht sapphire is simply the best, i really liked to got one of these...

http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-470123177-sapphire-radeon-hd-7870-oc-edition-2gb-pcie-30-todopcweb-_JM

The specifications from the sapphire are in english,so you wont have problems reading those...
The links are from the bussines from im going to buy this....
I am better reading english than speaking it, so i can read you without problem....Thanks a lot...
 


Hi - both good brands - but generally most folks agree that Sapphire is the better brand on AMD based cards.
I have the Sapphire 7870ghz & really like it, but I only game once in a while.
 

Enzomag

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I am reading some forums in english, and there are some peple that says that the 7850 and 7870 got a lot of problems and crashes.... now im fking scared....

I know both are really goods, but what will be better, in special seein that the gigabyte use 3 fans vs 2 from sapphire, but at the cost of $400 (40 dollars at the actual change)
 


You can see crashes with any vid card (just check this forum often, I've seen gtx780 & hd7970), usually
it's not the card, it's drivers, PSU, etc.

Anyway, I've had my 7870 for 11 months, not a hint of a problem.