Which GPU will work better? Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition or Radeon HD 7950

[Boy_314]

Hi everyone, I'm just starting to build my first own custom PC, and I was wondering if any of you GPU Experts out there knew which of these GPU's would work better for my core: i5-4570 Haswell.

Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025

Radeon HD 7950
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202003

 

[Munchbot]

Both would work fine, it's a question of how much you want to spend/ what performance you want. If you want more performance, buy the 7950, if you want to save money, get the 7870 GHz Edition.

 

[rolli59]

The HD7950 is more powerful and therefore will work better. Here you can see the performance difference http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7950_Vapor-X/28.html

 

[06yfz450ridr]

7950 hands down. you can find the 7950 on salev for 200 after rebates. the vapor x is sweet a have a 7970 vapor x and it stays really cool and you can overclock way higher than the normal cards but if you are going to buy a 7950 vapor x might as well get a sapphire 7970 oc for the same price

 

[Boy_314]

Both would work fine, it's a question of how much you want to spend/ what performance you want. If you want more performance, buy the 7950, if you want to save money, get the 7870 GHz Edition.

Cool. I was just not sure if the clock speed made a difference in the 7870. I'll probably stick with the 7950 then. Thanks

 

[06yfz450ridr]

actually this one is the same exact price as the 7950 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413 the sapphire isnt on the good sale anymore for the 7970


what psu are you planning to get as well?

 

[Boy_314]

actually this one is the same exact price as the 7950 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413 the sapphire isnt on the good sale anymore for the 7970


what psu are you planning to get as well?

probably a corsair cx600m

 

[rolli59]

Good deal on quality PSU http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

 

[Boy_314]

actually this one is the same exact price as the 7950 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413 the sapphire isnt on the good sale anymore for the 7970


what psu are you planning to get as well?

Also, do you know if the sapphire 7950 will fit in the cooler master haf 912 case? i.e. do i have to remove one of the hard drive bays?

 

[rolli59]

It fits fine. I had an XFX one in smaller Rosewill case.

 

[Boy_314]

It fits fine. I had an XFX one in smaller Rosewill case.

All right. cool.