HD 7950 Any Good?

[Jayhawk]

I'm continuing in building a mid-ish end gaming PC for a friend and I have a question. Since he already had a lower end system to begin with before it died, would a HD 7950 be a decent card to use? It's cheap, works, and used to be high end so it can't really be all that bad. I hear it's just about head to head with a r9 280. Since I'll be buying him a gtx 960 or gtx 970 later on as a gift, it'll only be used for about four months. So, will it suffice or should I see if we can budget something a little bit more spendy?

[ERSCreeper]

The HD 7950 is still a very good card, From what I understand he already has it?

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

go for it. should run modern titles at 1080p without a struggle, and could probably do 1440p with a few settings turned down

[Samfisher]

A 280 IS a 7950, just with a different name.  The 7950 does great for a mid range card.  Although an overclocked 970 is slightly more than double the performance of a 7950.  I went from 2x 7950's to a Gigabyte 970.

[Jayhawk]

The HD 7950 is still a very good card, From what I understand he already has it?

He doesn't have it, but we can pick up a working one for $100 USD. We know a guy.

[iPhoenix]

I'm continuing in building a mid-ish end gaming PC for a friend and I have a question. Since he already had a lower end system to begin with before it died, would a HD 7950 be a decent card to use? It's cheap, works, and used to be high end so it can't really be all that bad. I hear it's just about head to head with a r9 280. Since I'll be buying him a gtx 960 or gtx 970 later on as a gift, it'll only be used for about four months. So, will it suffice or should I see if we can budget something a little bit more spendy?

 

It's not just "head to head" the 280 is a rebadge of the 7950 with the 280X being the rebadge of 7950OC.  

 

If you're looking for reviews and performance numbers, just look up the 280. 

[SkilledRebuilds]

Pretty sure the rebrands also have better stock and turbo clocks than the 7000 series they were bios flashed from.

[Samfisher]

It's not just "head to head" the 280 is a rebadge of the 7950 with the 280X being the rebadge of 7950OC.  

 

If you're looking for reviews and performance numbers, just look up the 280. 

 

The 280X is actually the 7970 GHz edition.