Sapphire HD 7950 Cards

[glenquagmire]

Here is the question, which is the card to buy from Sapphire?

There are four I have been looking at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&PropertyCodeValue=679%3A266449&bop=And&CompareItemList=48%7C14-202-003%5E14-202-003-07%23%2C14-202-026%5E14-202-026-TS%2C14-202-007%5E14-202-007-TS%2C14-125-414%5E14-125-414-TS&percm=14-202-003%3A%24%24%24%2438%24%24%24%3B14-202-026%3A%24%24%24%2438%24%24%24%3B14-202-007%3A%24%24%24%2438%24%24%24%3B14-125-414%3A%24%24%24%2438%24%24%24

100352-3L (11196-19-20G)
100352-2L (11196-16-20G)
100352FLEX-2
100352VXSR Vapor X

Something to consider:
"SAPPHIRE 100352-2L . this card's model no is 11196-16-20G. uses a reference AMD HD 7950 PCB design. there is a AMD marking above the PCI- express connector which is found on all reference AMD cards. compatible with full cover waterblocks. card is 29 cm long. dual link dvi, hdmi, 2 mini displayports. unlocked voltage.

SAPPHIRE 100352-3L . This card's model no is 11196-19-20G . custom PCB design. incompatible with full cover waterblocks. card is 27 cm long. shorter PCB with different set of ports. dual link dvi-i, single link dvi-d, hdmi, displayport. could have locked voltage. need feedback from users who have this card. its a new sku by sapphire."

 

[shamsmu]

Vapor x is the absolute best of the 4 models you listed, its actually the revised model of the flex

Gigabyte does offer you better value/performance but personally I'd go for the vapor x cause its that much better and a tahiti gpu with boost feature

 

[glenquagmire]

Vapor x is the absolute best of the 4 models you listed, its actually the revised model of the flex

Gigabyte does offer you better value/performance but personally I'd go for the vapor x cause its that much better

I hear the voltage is locked on Vapor. Do you Overclock the GPU?

 

[shamsmu]

I hear the voltage is locked on Vapor. Do you Overclock the GPU?

Even then the card overclocks higher than most hd7950s. So high in fact, it actually beats a gtx680. Check out this link.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7950_Vapor-X/31.html

 

[glenquagmire]

are those the same vapor-x cards?

 

[shamsmu]

are those the same vapor-x cards?

yes there is only one version of the sapphire hd 7950 vaporx

 

[glenquagmire]

are those the same vapor-x cards?

yes there is only one version of the sapphire hd 7950 vaporx

I ask because there were some confusion about the OC aspect of Vapor. I found this http://www.overclock.net/t/1398285/sapphire-vapor-x-7950-some-specific-questions

I am either going with Vapor-X, Gigabyte 7950 or MSI GTX 760