Is it Worth It

[Classrobbie]

Hi,

 

Just wanted peoples opinions. Is it worth the extra £100 for the 7970 or shall i just buy the 7950?

 

Thanks

 

Class

[joelthezombie15]

no, 7950 is marginally worse than a 7970

[Classrobbie]

What 7970 should I go for? or would I be better off with nvidia?

[hiyayhi]

Go for the 7950, pretty much all of them are the same, buy one you like the look of.

[WoodenMarker]

It's not worth the extra money for the 7970.

Get the 7950.

[ANIMAL_ORIGIN]

7950 is a BEAST overclocker!
XFX makes one of the sexiest 7950s I've ever seen but unfortunately according to a lot of people it's quite loud! :(

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DXmvlRJFDu4/TzmqAKGjyvI/AAAAAAAAAuI/IjT2-3YgbAU/s1600/xfx+double+dissipation+black+7950+-+01.jpg

[Classrobbie]

What would be the best 7950 to buy that goes with a blue rig? Thanks for the answers by the way :)

[Classrobbie]

I was looking at XFX too be honest.. I dont care about how loud they are as long as it doesnt sound like a jets taking off lol

[ANIMAL_ORIGIN]

Well for a blue themed build all I can think of right now are these two

Gigabyte 7950:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414

 

HIS 7950:
http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-693.shtml

[Woodypc]

Yep get the 7950 and OC

[Lukiose]

Get the 7950, great overclocker @ a great price.

My 7950 is running at 1020MHz(Pretty bad chip i think) core clock and 1575MHz memory clock without any voltage tweaking, pretty sure you can achieve beastly freqs in excess of 1100MHz if you're willing to up the volts

[911^NEmeSis]

Yeah save the extra money and OC the 7950 if it's that much of a price difference.

[david cassar]

Not worth it. An hd 7950 once ocd can easily reach an hd 7970.

[mgsstar]

I would go with something like a MSI Twin Frozr 3 7950 or a HIS IceQ X2 7950 because these cards can be overclocked to beat the reference 7970 and you can save some money.

[Classrobbie]

I can get the XFX 7950 Black edition for £211 so thats a good option and the sapphire vapour x 7950 for £250.....what to get ?

[iSuzak]

I can get the XFX 7950 Black edition for £211 so thats a good option and the sapphire vapour x 7950 for £250.....what to get ?

 

if your xfx card have just one dvi port and 6+6 pcie pins, take it, it's the unlocked voltage version, if not... take the vapor X or the Dual X from sapphire

[Classrobbie]

Just also throwing the gigabyte Windforce 7950 oc version into the mix as well lol too much choice

[ERSCreeper]

HD 7950. Powercolor AX7950 is awesome. Blue and black.

[Siddhesh]

The 7950 is slower than the 7970, but if you get a good GPU & you overclock the 7950, it will reach the performance of a stock 7970. But the 7970 can be overclocked as well.

If you want the best bang for buck, get the 7950.

 

The Sapphire 7950 has a good cooler. Bur the PCB color annoys me.

[mgsstar]

if your xfx card have just one dvi port and 6+6 pcie pins, take it, it's the unlocked voltage version, if not... take the vapor X or the Dual X from sapphire

I would go with the Dual X instead of the Vapor X card because people reported that this card that this had high VRM temps so I would stay away from this card because you won't be able to overclock it because of this.