7870 Vs 7870 Le

[brownninja97]

I cant for the life of me understand the difference as one more powerful. The le is better but is there some small print as its £5 more (normal is £174 and le is £178) is there some small print that im missing

[Mr. Brovahkiin]

The LE is basically a 7950 that didn't make it up to 7950 standards so the binned it at a lower level. There's no real "small print", just that I've heard the LE doesn't overclock quite as well as Tahiti is generally known for. If it's a 5 euro more I see no reason to not get that over a normal 7870

[killerx525]

It's a no brainer deal :)

[brownninja97]

well on that note im off to get a gtx 660 lol. Thanks for the feedback

[mvitkun]

I just got mind*****d.

 

everything above suggests that your going with the 7870 LE

 I see no reason to not get that over a normal 7870

It's a no brainer deal

 

then as if the universe just played some twisted joke on me

 

im off to get a gtx 660

 

jokes aside though,why go for the 660?not that it's a bad card but at best it falls between a 7850 and a 7870.

the 7870 Le is more or less on par with the stock 7950/gtx 660 ti/gtx 670

[Mr. Brovahkiin]

I just got mind*****d.

 

everything above suggests that your going with the 7870 LE

 

 

 

 

 

then as if the universe just played some twisted joke on me

 

 

 

 

jokes aside though,why go for the 660?not that it's a bad card but at best it falls between a 7850 and a 7870.

the 7870 Le is more or less on par with the stock 7950/gtx 660 ti/gtx 670

Yeah I wasn't even gonna touch it lol

[GTX590]

HD 7870 LE VS HD 7950

 

Not binned as well as an HD 7950, uses the Tahiti architecture IE 7900 series PCB, has fast clocks 1000MHz core/1500MHz memory, only thing is, it has 2GB Vram and 256bit bus.  In most games is close to an HD 7950 and beats a GTX 660 ti.