7870 Tahiti vs 7950

[pete123edgar]

Hey guys, I am looking to buy a new graphic cards, and currently looking at the PCs 7870 tahiti le and the 7950 pcs boost, right now I can get the 7870 le at $249.99 with a $30 MIR while the 7950 goes for $299.99, so is it worth it to pay an extra $80 for the 7950 or just get the 7870 le? Note: This is for a while only, I am going to use this for probably till the end of this year and upgrade to the nvidia 700/amd 8000 series. Thank you! Any help is appreciated.

 

[babernet_1]

Pretty obvious, for a place holder, get the 7870 LE.

 

[AirForceBrat]

I'm going with a sapphire 7950, it's $290 and it comes with Crysis 3, which I was going to buy with my own money. So instead of spending $250 + $60/$50, I saved myself $10/$20.

 

[pete123edgar]

Yeah the tahiti le comes with tomb raider and bioshock and I like tomb raider too and crysis 3 too so the free gifts don't really matters to me, I just want to know that will the tahiti le plays at a good fps at max settings until the end of the year, if not I will be going for the 7950. Any suggestions?

 

[CaptainTom]

Yeah the tahiti le comes with tomb raider and bioshock and I like tomb raider too and crysis 3 too so the free gifts don't really matters to me, I just want to know that will the tahiti le plays at a good fps at max settings until the end of the year, if not I will be going for the 7950. Any suggestions?

If it's a place holder, then yeah the 7870 LE is perfect. The extra Vram won't be needed until right around when you are upgrading...

 

[stickmansam]

7950 boost > 7950 > 7870XT > 7870

 

[AirForceBrat]

7950 boost > 7950 > 7870XT > 7870

I think he's aware where they fall in the hierarchy of graphics cards, i think he just wants to know if it's really worth spending more on the 7950. I'd presume you already saw the Crysis 3 benchmarks OP

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-6.html

They're extremely close. But the 3gb vram on the 7950 is probably more future proof.

 

[stickmansam]

3gb is nice if you plan to use the card for a long time/mutliscreen/cfx

 

[pete123edgar]

Well thank you everyone, I think I am going to buy the 7870 LE, crysis 3 maxed would be more or less ~10% with the 7950, wouldn't count on playing it max anyway. Thanks again!

 

[pete123edgar]

Best answer selected by pete123edgar.

 

[AirForceBrat]

Well thank you everyone, I think I am going to buy the 7870 LE, crysis 3 maxed would be more or less ~10% with the 7950, wouldn't count on playing it max anyway. Thanks again!

If you will be buying Crysis 3 then you might as well get the 7950. It will cost the same as a 7870 le + Crysis 3.