7970 or 7950

[theloveablemoose]

Looking for a GPU upgrade probably a 7970 or 7950 looked at some nvidia cards but they seem to be too expensive for the performance they give budget is around £200 or $340 can probably stretch for a bit more but yeah 

Main system specs 

955 Be oced to 3.6 no vcore increase 

OCZ zs 550w 1x8pin and 1x6pin

MSI 560ti 448 core  

2 hard drives 

and a pretty crappy msi motherboard

TY in advance

[nixproducer]

i would get a 770 for that price range

[Profquast]

The difference is about ~5fps. The 7950 is the same as the R9 280 and the 7970 is rebranded as the R9 280x. A GTX 770 is about inbetween I believe.

[Jumper118]

Looking for a GPU upgrade probably a 7970 or 7950 looked at some nvidia cards but they seem to be too expensive for the performance they give budget is around £200 or $340 can probably stretch for a bit more but yeah 

Main system specs 

955 Be oced to 3.6 no vcore increase 

OCZ zs 550w 1x8pin and 1x6pin

MSI 560ti 448 core  

2 hard drives 

and a pretty crappy msi motherboard

TY in advance

7950 anyday. they are one of the best gpu's ever made.

[theloveablemoose]

The difference is about ~5fps. The 7950 is the same as the R9 280 and the 7970 is rebranded as the R9 280x. A GTX 770 is about inbetween I believe.

Radeon 7970s go for about £150 - £200 seems like a better price to performance ratio these are ebay prices btw 

[SkilledRebuilds]

7950 anyday. they are one of the best gpu's ever made.

@thelovablemoose

Especially when you can find some for $200-220!!!

[wtfxmitchell]

7950 anyday. they are one of the best gpu's ever made.

 

Looking for a GPU upgrade probably a 7970 or 7950 looked at some nvidia cards but they seem to be too expensive for the performance they give budget is around £200 or $340 can probably stretch for a bit more but yeah 

Main system specs 

955 Be oced to 3.6 no vcore increase 

OCZ zs 550w 1x8pin and 1x6pin

MSI 560ti 448 core  

2 hard drives 

and a pretty crappy msi motherboard

TY in advance

i use a 7950, once they are overclocked they are beastly and can still run most games on ultra, on normal clockspeeds they are okay and can still run most games on ultra at a descent fps

[theloveablemoose]

7950 anyday. they are one of the best gpu's ever made.

are MSIs warranties transferable if they arent registered theres a MSI twin frozr version going for £140

[The_Ginger_spoon]

EPIC PRICE!!!!

 

click me

[Jumper118]

@thelovablemoose

Especially when you can find some for $200-220!!!

yes indeed.

 

i use a 7950, once they are overclocked they are beastly and can still run most games on ultra, on normal clockspeeds they are okay and can still run most games on ultra at a descent fps

the key to the 7950 was overclocking. it was just an overclocking monster and they were really really good value. at one point they were the top end card to go for. nothing even came close price/performance wise.

 

are MSIs warranties transferable if they arent registered theres a MSI twin frozr version going for £140

i don't think so, but msi are pretty rubbish with rma'ing cards anyway so i wouldn't worry about that.

 

EPIC PRICE!!!!

 

click me

worst 7950 cooler ever though

[Tacitus]

Aria is selling a Sapphire r9 280x for under £200 at the moment brand new of course. As far as I know it's the same card in essence as the 7970.

[theloveablemoose]

yes indeed.

 

the key to the 7950 was overclocking. it was just an overclocking monster and they were really really good value. at one point they were the top end card to go for. nothing even came close price/performance wise.

 

i don't think so, but msi are pretty rubbish with rma'ing cards anyway so i wouldn't worry about that.

 

worst 7950 cooler ever though

Why are there so many MSI cards for sale barely found any other brands like XFX or saphire

[Jumper118]

Why are there so many MSI cards for sale barely found any other brands like XFX or saphire

there was a big problem with the twin frozr cards. the his, sapphire and asus were all ok. the gigabytes were voltage locked though 

[theloveablemoose]

there was a big problem with the twin frozr cards. the his, sapphire and asus were all ok. the gigabytes were voltage locked though 

Oh so avoid MSI then?

[Jumper118]

Oh so avoid MSI then?

yeah

[theloveablemoose]

yeah

Mkay thank you

[hal9001]

Try and find a 290 on sale. They are everywhere. If not, go with a 7950 as they have a ridiculous amount of OC room!

[xAcid9]

What is the price difference between those 2?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Early revisions of the Gigabyte models were unlocked. I had one.

You could also bios flash to unlock the others in 5 mins or less also.

[harrynowl]

there was a big problem with the twin frozr cards. the his, sapphire and asus were all ok. the gigabytes were voltage locked though 

What problems?

 

Mines fine and it's an early revision with a reference 7970 PCB

 

OC with sliders max stock voltage:)

[DavidTheWin]

I'd also recommend steering clear of the XFX 7950/7970's, they looked good and were cheap but that was about it. You got what you paid for, barely adequate cooling and locked voltage and shitty binned chips meaning you couldn't overclock them at all, along with XFX's customer service generally being regarded as fairly crap.

[Jumper118]

What problems?

 

Mines fine and it's an early revision with a reference 7970 PCB

 

OC with sliders max stock voltage:)

there were a couple of revs with faulty diodes somewhere, but you could snap them off and the card would be fine. the only problem was that you would loose your warranty. 

[harrynowl]

there were a couple of revs with faulty diodes somewhere, but you could snap them off and the card would be fine. the only problem was that you would loose your warranty. 

Odd, well I don't have any issues and hopefully none develop.

[XtremeTechGaming]

Go for the GTX 770!

But if you don't want geforce, then go for 7970