Alright I have had it with low-quality, pathetic-overclocking GPUs. My XFX 6950 sucked at overclocking. I heard Sapphire had a good rep so then I bought a Sapphire 7970 Vapor-X. It sucked at overclocking too, hitting only 1175 even though it was a premium, custom card that cost another $70 more than a normal 7970. ASIC rating of 63.4. It died and I got a replacement. The 2nd one was even worse. OC ceiling of 1150 and ASIC of 53.6. To make things worse, it squeals like a pig at high frame rates and rattles like a jackhammer at normal frame rates with heavy load (at stock clocks!!). The thing just sounds like it's about to explode!
I've had enough. I'm going to try to get what I can out of this thing on ebay, and I'm buying my next GPU from Newegg (not SuperBiiz) so I have a 30-day "return for any reason" warranty. I will not settle for a 7970 that clocks less than 1250-1300.
So I need to know, what brand and what model 7970 is known for being the best overclocker?
I've had enough. I'm going to try to get what I can out of this thing on ebay, and I'm buying my next GPU from Newegg (not SuperBiiz) so I have a 30-day "return for any reason" warranty. I will not settle for a 7970 that clocks less than 1250-1300.
So I need to know, what brand and what model 7970 is known for being the best overclocker?