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7970 or 7970 GHz

BigChimp97
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Need help deciding whether its worth the extra £ to get the GHz edition. Ill be buying from Overclockers.co.uk

 

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Some Ghz edition 7970s are worth it, some are not.

The MSI lightning, Asus Matrix & HIS X Turbo are really worth the extra.

The Gigabyte Windforce 3X Ghz edition isn't worth it.

I would also avoid the regular Gigabyte 7970 because it's voltage locked.

I'd get either the HIS IceQ or the Sapphire Dual-X.

Both can achieve very good overclocks, however if you don't want to manually overclock the card yourself, get the Sapphire Dual-X as it is factory overclocked to 1Ghz

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-297-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

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Some Ghz edition 7970s are worth it, some are not.

The MSI lightning, Asus Matrix & HIS X Turbo are really worth the extra.

The Gigabyte Windforce 3X Ghz edition isn't worth it.

I would also avoid the regular Gigabyte 7970 because it's voltage locked.

I'd get either the HIS IceQ or the Sapphire Dual-X.

Both can achieve very good overclocks, however if you don't want to manually overclock the card yourself, get the Sapphire Dual-X as it is factory overclocked to 1Ghz

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-297-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

Ok thanks :)
 

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Some Ghz edition 7970s are worth it, some are not.

The MSI lightning, Asus Matrix & HIS X Turbo are really worth the extra.

The Gigabyte Windforce 3X Ghz edition isn't worth it.

I would also avoid the regular Gigabyte 7970 because it's voltage locked.

I'd get either the HIS IceQ or the Sapphire Dual-X.

Both can achieve very good overclocks, however if you don't want to manually overclock the card yourself, get the Sapphire Dual-X as it is factory overclocked to 1Ghz

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-297-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

No problem.

My build : Glamor Shot.  Intel & AMD, Architectural Discussion.

 

 

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I have Sapphire 7970 Dual X Card which comes stock at 925 mhz but i have it on a constant overclock @ 1140mhz and 1550mhz on the ram. Great card and you can get it from www.scan.co.uk if you are able to shop there. [url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-sapphire-radeon-hd-7970-dual-x-5500mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-925mhz-2048-cores-dp-dvi-hdmipluscrossfire]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-sapphire-radeon-hd-7970-dual-x-5500mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-925mhz-2048-cores-dp-dvi-hdmipluscrossfire[/url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-sapphire-radeon-hd-7970-dual-x-5500mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-925mhz-2048-cores-dp-dvi-hdmipluscrossfire]

XYPHER AMD FX8350 @ 4.6Ghz ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AMD RADEON HD 7970 @ 1140Mhz 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE 1600Mhz OCZ VERTEX 3 240GB SSD Corsair H100i 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA FRACTAL DESIGN DEFINE R4 CORSAIR K90 MADCATZ RAT 3 iiyama ProLite B2480HS 24"

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Thanks man :) im just not one for overclocking, but ill give it a look
 

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are you sure because with something like asus gpu tweak it is really easy hnestly

XYPHER AMD FX8350 @ 4.6Ghz ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AMD RADEON HD 7970 @ 1140Mhz 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE 1600Mhz OCZ VERTEX 3 240GB SSD Corsair H100i 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA FRACTAL DESIGN DEFINE R4 CORSAIR K90 MADCATZ RAT 3 iiyama ProLite B2480HS 24"

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I've been giving MSI Afterburner a go on my 560ti but I just dont feel confident when im using it, I just dont know whats too much for my GPU
 

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That's why we test, OC then test using 3DMark Vantage, if it can pass Vantage with no issues, it's 100% stable .

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ye msi afterburner comes with msi kombustor which can validate an overclock. Just run it and if it stays cool enough and there are no artifacts on the screen you are fine. Whenever I run my overclocking tests I run the whole system at 100%. Prime 95 custom with 14gb of ram (FX8350@4.55GHZ) AMD Radeon HD 7970 Dual-X and Crystal Disk Mark on my 1TB HDD and my 240gb SSD. Got to ensure that in the most power hungry circumstances that GPU will be ok.

XYPHER AMD FX8350 @ 4.6Ghz ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AMD RADEON HD 7970 @ 1140Mhz 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE 1600Mhz OCZ VERTEX 3 240GB SSD Corsair H100i 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA FRACTAL DESIGN DEFINE R4 CORSAIR K90 MADCATZ RAT 3 iiyama ProLite B2480HS 24"

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