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7870 or 7950?

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I am building a mid range gaming rig for games such as GTA and Fallout.

The  MSI AMD R7950 3GB Twin Frozer is currently on Amazon for £152.99

And the MSI AMD Radeon 7870 HD 1050MHz 2GB PCI-E 3.0 HDMI Twin Frozr is cheapest at Dabs.com for £180.64

Looking at benchmarks the 7950 usually seems to be more powerful, is this true or not?

Which one should I buy?

 

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The 7950 is definitely better than the 7870 and with that price, wow!

Good enough.

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The 7950 can be overclocked to be faster than a 7970 and is a high end card. And at that price, I would get 2!!

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7950 destroys. Why the hell is it cheaper?

 

Buy that shiz.

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I just looke at the picture on Amazon and it says 650Ti but I contacted Amazon and they will look into it for me.

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I have bought it I just hope that Amazon will honour it. The worse that can happen is that I get a refund and the best would be to actually get the graphics card.

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Yes, the 7950 is faster than a 7870, but it is only one level higher on Tom's heirarchy chard. That is not so much difference that you would notice it outside of a synthetic benchmark. 
If you have the funds go ahead and buy the 7950, otherwise you will always wonder if you should have.
It is the same rationale for those picking a GTX680 vs. a GTX670.

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7950, better price/performance, and if your going amd im guessing that's what you want

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7950, hands down!

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holy fuck the 7950 is dirt cheap  :o

....i kinda want to return my 7870 tahiti-le now...

can you buy at amazon uk without a credit card?

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The 7970 can be overclocked to be faster than a 7970 and is a high end card. And at that price, I would get 2!!

u may want to edit this -_-

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u may want to edit this -_-

What do you suggest to edit? :D
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7950 is insanely cheap at that. :O

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I made a thread on that super cheap hd 7950. It seems to be a gtx 650 ti boost . I will be looking forward to see what card you will be getting.

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What do you suggest to edit? :D

overclocked 7970 is faster than a 7970. thats like saying a darker red is darker than the original red 

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7950 cards like the one you suggested above and HIS IceQ X2 7950 can be overclocked to beat the reference 7970 card so I would get the 7950 because it has the better bang for the buck.

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overclocked 7970 is faster than a 7970. thats like saying a darker red is darker than the original red

Haha I just noticed :p edited :)
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Anyone else notice the box for the 7950?I wonder if they made a mistake and that is the real card for that price..

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7950 cards like the one you suggested above and HIS IceQ X2 7950 can be overclocked to beat the reference 7970 card so I would get the 7950 because it has the better bang for the buck.

I have two His ICEQ X2s and they are running at 1200/1500..I will own a 7990 with these..

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7950 deffinetly and at that price 110% 7950

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