hd7790 vs hd7870

[Kuroshiro]

Currently own a sapphire hd7790 gpu. Someone offered to sell me his 2nd hand hd7870 for 85$. Is there a big difference between the 2 cards? Is it a big step up from the 7790 to 7870? Not sure if i should get it.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Currently own a sapphire hd7790 gpu. Someone offered to sell me his 2nd hand hd7870 for 85$. Is there a big difference between the 2 cards? Is it a big step up from the 7790 to 7870? Not sure if i should get it.

$85 = 7870, Ooo YES!

 

If your overclocking the 7870 then YES, you'll get close to just under 7950 performance for $85, then sell your 7790 afterwards and recoup some moneys.

Google HD 7870 review, and in between the 7870 and 7950 is where the Overclocked performance will most likely be, compare that to your existing 7790, and you'll be shocked how much better an overclocked 7870 is compared to an overclocked 7790.

 

The internals of both the 7790 and 7870 are hugely different,7870 has a good amount of shader units for newer games, and memory bandwidth speeds to cope in heavy demanding scenes or high resolutions.

and with modest overclocking, for $85, its your best bet.

@Kuroshiro

Just go and google 7870 reviews, beating a 7850, beating a 7790, a really great card.

[madscientist56]

Get it

[Joshua Ondangan]

grab it

 

it's like upgrading from a bike with 2 side wheels to a motor bike.

[SkilledRebuilds]

grab it

 

it's like upgrading from a bike with 2 side wheels to a motor bike.

^THIS @Kuroshiro

[Kuroshiro]

^THIS @Kuroshiro

Haha yeah but its a 2nd hand one so theres no warranty and i dont know if its gonna blow the moment i plug it in. I mean. 85$ sounds too good to be true.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Haha yeah but its a 2nd hand one so theres no warranty and i dont know if its gonna blow the moment i plug it in. I mean. 85$ sounds too good to be true.

Just do it, its worth the risk, 7870's performance isnt cheap, and you can get it for cheaper than anyone else..

Do it, if it works fine, its a good investment, if it works for 6 months or less, bad investment, but great power for the price for as long as it lasted.

For $85, you couldn't do much better internally as its architecture and numbers are awesome to anything on the market near that price.

 

Take the risk

[Joshua Ondangan]

Just do it, its worth the risk, 7870's performance isnt cheap, and you can get it for cheaper than anyone else..

Do it, if it works fine, its a good investment, if it works for 6 months or less, bad investment, but great power for the price for as long as it lasted.

For $85, you couldn't do much better internally as its architecture and numbers are awesome to anything on the market near that price.

 

Take the risk

I agree with this ^

 

if it last you a year it is still a good investment. even 6 months is fine although not a good invenst but hey for 85 bucks it's worth it.

 

It's hard to come by a deal like that.

[Monti]

Currently own a sapphire hd7790 gpu. Someone offered to sell me his 2nd hand hd7870 for 85$. Is there a big difference between the 2 cards? Is it a big step up from the 7790 to 7870? Not sure if i should get it.

I love my 7870. It can play BF4 on high @ 40 fps. I haven't tried it on other games but you will not regret this choice (unless the card doesn't work). As everyone said GO FOR IT!

[ariceneo]

7870 for 85 and it all working , pick it up way better then the 7790