280x and 7970

[Glaith]

Right now i have sitting infront of me a saphire 280x duel x edition and a asus direct cu 2 7970, and in my rig i have a duel x 7970 saphire.

I am awaiting a PSU to run both cards but for now I want to chuck one of them in to replace my current 7970 and out of curiosity would like to know what you guys think would give more ooomf being that there all the same card pretty much.

The Asus Direct CU 2 7970

or the Saphire 280x Duel x.

[Tedster]

Dual 280xs will probably give a slight boost in performance but I wouldn't say it would be worth it.

[Glaith]

Duel x is the name of the saphire branding for the card i have only one 280x one asus 7970 direct cu 2 and one duel x 7970

1x Saphire 280 x Duel X

1x Saphire 7970 Duel X

1x Asus Direct CU 2 7970

[Cazzer505]

I'd go for the 7970 mainly due to it being cooler and quieter

[dragoon20005]

the 280X is just a rebrand of a HD7970

 

you can just flash the vBIOS of the HD7970 to be 280X

 

and you get the same GPU

[itachipirate]

You might actually be able to crossfire the 280x and 7970. I think they're the same chip but AMD is really lenient about crossfire. Basically take all the graphics cards you have and shove them in your computer until it goes faster

[Glaith]

I know all this i am planning to xfire them but atm i am awaiting for a PSU to arrive to be able to xfire the 280x with either the 7970 i have or the asus one I am benchmarking them as i speak, the asus one beat the 7970 saphire duel x by a little bit so now im going to single run the 280x and see what it is against the 2 7970's i will post results when im done

[Glaith]

Alright scores on Heaven were as follows

 

Saphire Duel X 7970 got : 863 with a min FPS of 7.5 and max of 74.9

 

Asus Direct CU 2 7970 got : 872 with min FPS of 16.5 and max of 75.7

 

Saphire Duel X 280x got : 900 with min FPS of 17.6 and max of 78.3

 

So conclusion I will be CF'ing the 280x with the Asus Direct cu 2.