Which 7950 to get?

[thdarkshadow]

I bought a 660 the other day and I am going to return it because I get Crysis 3 free if I buy a 7950 from amazon. Crysis makes up the difference in cost so it is (except for like $10) basically a free upgrade. my budget is 300 or a few dollars more (up to 320 if its good) and I WILL overclock so cooling needs to be good and it needs to relatively easy to overclock. I was going to get a gigabyte but was reading that it had some issues with voltage or something like that so overclocking wouldnt work to well. is that true? I was having trouble figuring that out. also looking at the xfx:
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-FX795ATDFC/dp/B00713RT62/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1362770381&sr=8-4&keywords=7950
idk if that is a good one. I'm open to any sugestions yall have. I have to order from Amazon because Newegg wasn't charging my credit card right and I don't feel like going through the hassle to get that fixed

core i3 3220
8gb 1600 ram
cx750w corsair psu

I doubt it matters but I play all kinds of games like crysis 2, soon crysis 3, assassins creed series, battlefield, ghost recon and just about any other shooter
thanks,
Shadow

 

[Norlag]

I personally don't like xfx. Good brands are asus, sapphire, gigabyte, and msi. I have seen people having problems with sapphire's vapor-x 7950, but the 7970 vapor-x is awesome. Anyways, most of them will perform similarly, so go for what is the cheapest out of those listed brands.

If you don't plan on overclocking you should get a factory overclocked card.

There will be a slight bottleneck with that cpu, so if you want maximum performance, you will need to upgrade it, perhaps to a 3570k.

 

[thdarkshadow]

yeah I will be getting that CPU or 3550p but probably 3570k so I can overclock, later on. ok i just thought xfx looked kinda cool and it was the right price. gigabyte is what i may get then

 

[SublimeOrange]

I have 2 XFX HD 7770's in Crossfire and have absolutely no complaints, both cards are overclocked and stay cool enough

 

[DannyGerard]

i have the gigabyte one and its working amazing
my openin
gigabyte
saphaire
msi

 

[DannyGerard]

and yes i think u should get a better cpu like 3570K

 

[thdarkshadow]

do to price changes and stuff (msi jumped $20 and gigabyte is not available) I am leaning towards the xfx or maybe the sapphire. as far as the cpu goes I WILL upgrade I just don't have the money right now to go spend 230 since I just bought the i3 recently.

 

[thdarkshadow]

Best answer selected by thdarkshadow.

 

[Guest]

Sapphire seems to glop prices alot i got my 2nd sapphire boost editiong to crossfire for $289 plus 2 free games from newegg.Weird within 5 minutes after buying it the prices went back up to $319.99

 

[thdarkshadow]

I bought the sapphire For 289 @ amazon a few hours ago. Thanks for the help