I purchased the MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC in 2013. It has recently acted up on me, I get random black screens in League of Legends and StarCraft II when everything else on my system is still running; I still get game audio. I ran GPU-Z for temperature logs to when it happens and it ranges from 52 to 67 degree celsius when it happens (ambient temp is 27).
I played a game of League of Legends just fine using the Intel HD3000 GPU and also on an old GTX 460.The 7950 gave me vertical stripes within 2 minutes of a game launching and it was on medium settings with a 7950!
I'm merely looking for an equivalent replacement or so because I haven't purchased a more demanding game (bought it to improve my Skyrim experience) since the time I bought the GPU. Currently running 1080p, may upgrade to 1440p but I asked around and it seems the 7950 would have been able to handle it. The rest of my system is
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4 GHZ
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
RAM: 2 x 4GB G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage
PSU: Seasonic X750
Looking for options <$225.