GPU for this week

[fAED11]

Hoii !

Help me with this choice: HD 7950 vs HD 7970. I live in The Netherlands and I'll put a link refer to the cards so you can see which brand they are and which one should I take on 3 October!

 

HD 7950: https://www.mycom.nl/componenten/videokaarten/45876/sapphire-hd7950-with-boost3gb

 

HD 7970: http://www.alternate.nl/MSI/MSI+R7970_TF_3GD5-OC_BE/html/product/1077654/

 

I need to know because that price on the HD 7970 leads me to think if that is a good choice of brand, because it is the cheapest HD 7970 that I see in the EU market. Also, the 7950 is the overclocked version and the prices are almost the same.

 

Thanks

 

[WoodenMarker]

Get the 7970. It's not much more for a good deal of more power.

[Blackterror25]

I'd go for the HD7970, It will get about the same preformance when both fully overclocked.
But it comes with a twin frozer 3 and a black PCB

[HutchisonSorbo]

I have that exact 7950 and can say that it's a fantastic card, but because the price is so close just stick with the 7970 even though I believe the 7950 version of that MSI card had some minor issues. I would check online for reviews just to double check! Have fun. 

[coen113]

7950, much lower priced. look at tweakers.net

[fAED11]

I'ld grab the 7950, it will overclock just as far as a 7970 in most cases and will perform within 2 percent of one at the same clock speeds.

 

You can't really go wrong with either of those cards though

 

 

Get the 7970. It's not much more for a good deal of more power.

 

 

I'd go for the HD7970, It will get about the same preformance when both fully overclocked.

But it comes with a twin frozer 3 and a black PCB

 

 

I have that exact 7950 and can say that it's a fantastic card, but because the price is so close just stick with the 7970 even though I believe the 7950 version of that MSI card had some minor issues. I would check online for reviews just to double check! Have fun. 

 

 

7950, much lower priced. look at tweakers.net

 

I am really confused atm

I am looking forward to play games like BF4, FIFA 14, League of Legends, Diablo 3. Also watch movies in Full HD (1080p). And all this stuff in a single-monitor.

I don't know if it's more valuable to get the Sapphire 7950 3GB boost edition, or spend more 30Eur and get the MSI R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE. I know that in 99% of the benchmarks, the 7970 is way better than the 7950, but that exat version ( MSI 7970 ) is actually better than the Sapphire 7950 Boost Edition ?

 

[D3MON]

7970, sapphire have horrible blue pcbs and so long as they do i will never buy 1!.

msi are pretty nice looking and most people agree, and for the price difference its going to be about 5% faster (read comparisons) which is close to the actual price difference, plus you get bragging rights...

[D3MON]

I am really confused atm

I am looking forward to play games like BF4, FIFA 14, League of Legends, Diablo 3. Also watch movies in Full HD (1080p). And all this stuff in a single-monitor.

I don't know if it's more valuable to get the Sapphire 7950 3GB boost edition, or spend more 30Eur and get the MSI R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE. I know that in 99% of the benchmarks, the 7970 is way better than the 7950, but that exat version ( MSI 7970 ) is actually better than the Sapphire 7950 Boost Edition ?

 

learn to overclock, when you overclock it doesnt matter what the factory overclock is.

mosts 7970's hit 1100mhz core (give or take) and while the 7970 might be 5% faster in some games and 10% faster in others, it costs 9% more, but..

1#you can brag to your friends for the time being that you have the top amd card

2#you can be proud about the black PCB and nice dust-free fans and aluminium shroud. the sapphire is a weird blue and plastic

3#msi are regarded slightly better i think.

hallo to the netherlands btw, i have a dutch friend in groningen   im suprised how well i can navigate that page lol

[WoodenMarker]

I am really confused atm

I am looking forward to play games like BF4, FIFA 14, League of Legends, Diablo 3. Also watch movies in Full HD (1080p). And all this stuff in a single-monitor.

I don't know if it's more valuable to get the Sapphire 7950 3GB boost edition, or spend more 30Eur and get the MSI R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE. I know that in 99% of the benchmarks, the 7970 is way better than the 7950, but that exat version ( MSI 7970 ) is actually better than the Sapphire 7950 Boost Edition ?

Don't worry about how the card performs at stock. You should be oc'ing it yourself anyway.

Here in the states, the 7950 is ~$200 and the ~$300 and that's why it's not a good value for us. For you, the prices are much closer and the 7950 isn't really better than the 7970 in value.

The benchmarks are done at stock clocks. Hence the differences in performance. But in the real world, if you have a 7950 and can overclock it to the same clocks as a 7970, which is very possible, then a 7950 will perform nearly incidental to a 7970.

The 7970 can oc as well.

[fAED11]

Oppinions are realy divided :wacko:
Probably I would go for the 7970. But I would like to know what is the big diference between this one ( MSI 7970, the one that I put the link) and the others 7970's, because the prices are really high and nothing compares to the actual 250Eur. Other's 7970's are like 320Eur, 350Eur. It is actually a big of  diference :unsure:

 

The benchmarks are done at stock clocks. Hence the differences in performance. But in the real world, if you have a 7950 and can overclock it to the same clocks as a 7970, which is very possible, then a 7950 will perform nearly incidental to a 7970.

 

 

7970, sapphire have horrible blue pcbs and so long as they do i will never buy 1!.

msi are pretty nice looking and most people agree, and for the price difference its going to be about 5% faster (read comparisons) which is close to the actual price difference, plus you get bragging rights...

[WoodenMarker]

I know, but a 7950 can quite easily hit the same top clocks as a 7970 can on 95 percent of cards.

The 7970 will still perform quite a good chunk better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGWyAyO9mc

Check the description for graphs.

[WoodenMarker]

Identical clocks, 5 percent in it

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/34761-amd-hd-7950-vs-hd-7970-clocks/?page=10

It's around 5-10% at identical clocks. The 7970 on average clocks higher with 7970's generally around 1.2ghz and 7950's averaging 1.15ghz.

[fAED11]

Identical clocks, 5 percent in it

 

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/34761-amd-hd-7950-vs-hd-7970-clocks/?page=10

 

 

Also the two cards are pretty damn close in Linus' video too

So what I can conclude is: Actually the 7970 overcloked performs better than a 7950 overclocked (ok, this was obvious). But since the Linus review of both GPU's have in mind that the 7970 is more expensive, which in my case it is not, where the differences between 7950 and 7970 are only 30Eur, I would say that perhaps I should go for the MSI R7970 for 250Eur. Than I could overclock it and have like more 5% of performance, perhaps 10%. I must say that I have a OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W PSU, so I think it wouldn't be hard to overclock it. Though I have a Intel Core i5-4670K and a Gigabyte Z87-HD3. Yes, I already build my gaming desktop ( last saturday btw ), but the only thing that I did not buy was the GPU, and that's the reason why I am asking with so urgent because I really want to see how my rig performs in games

Also, Thankyou all for your quick replys!

[D3MON]

So what I can conclude is: Actually the 7970 overcloked performs better than a 7950 overclocked (ok, this was obvious). But since the Linus review of both GPU's have in mind that the 7970 is more expensive, which in my case it is not, where the differences between 7950 and 7970 are only 30Eur, I would say that perhaps I should go for the MSI R7970 for 250Eur. Than I could overclock it and have like more 5% of performance, perhaps 10%. I must say that I have a OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W PSU, so I think it wouldn't be hard to overclock it. Though I have a Intel Core i5-4670K and a Gigabyte Z87-HD3. Yes, I already build my gaming desktop ( last saturday btw ), but the only thing that I did not buy was the GPU, and that's the reason why I am asking with so urgent because I really want to see how my rig performs in games

Also, Thankyou all for your quick replys!

actually the difference is 22Eur, they are very close (7%) but youll feel better with an MSI instead of the sapphire.

[Stonep11]

Hoii !

Help me with this choice: HD 7950 vs HD 7970. I live in The Netherlands and I'll put a link refer to the cards so you can see which brand they are and which one should I take on 3 October!

 

HD 7950: https://www.mycom.nl/componenten/videokaarten/45876/sapphire-hd7950-with-boost3gb

 

HD 7970: http://www.alternate.nl/MSI/MSI+R7970_TF_3GD5-OC_BE/html/product/1077654/

 

I need to know because that price on the HD 7970 leads me to think if that is a good choice of brand, because it is the cheapest HD 7970 that I see in the EU market. Also, the 7950 is the overclocked version and the prices are almost the same.

 

Thanks

Hell $599 for an HD7990

[xAcid9]

The price is too close together, get the 7970.

[fAED11]

Ok, I really might go for the MSI 7970

Btw, I never done an Overclock to GPU ( my last card was a Radeon HD 5770 ).

Can you guys give me a hand, I mean, ofc I'll try to google it and youtube it, but do you know any programs maybe from AMD itself in order to do those overclock in a safe way for that 7970 ?

Thankyou all once again, I really appreciated your help

[xAcid9]

Ok, I really might go for the MSI 7970

Btw, I never done an Overclock to GPU ( my last card was a Radeon HD 5770 ).

Can you guys give me a hand, I mean, ofc I'll try to google it and youtube it, but do you know any programs maybe from AMD itself in order to do those overclock in a safe way for that 7970 ?

Thankyou all once again, I really appreciated your help

 

MSI Afterburner is a great overclocking tool. I'm using it for my Sapphire card. You can use AMD Overdrive in Catalyst Control Center to overclock too but it is not that great.