Which Radeon HD 7970 Ghz Edition is best?

[twistedtoaster]

Hello,

I was originally going to purchase the Sapphire Vapor-X version of this card, but it has recently gone out of stock (and I cannot purchase this card from other retailers, as I live in Canada, and they all charge upwards of $500 for it, or don't ship internationally 🙁 ) and was wondering out of the remaining choices that Newegg sells, which would be the best choice.

There is the Gigabyte Version, an HIS one, and the XFX version, though this last one I have heard that it suffers from higher temps and is louder than the others.

I have considered getting the non-Ghz edition and over clocking it to Ghz speeds, but I'd be happier not over clocking to get the same speed from the get go, and then later down the road over clocking the Ghz edition to obtain even more from it.

Thanks in advance


Oh, if it is likely that Newegg will restock relatively quickly then let me know and I'll just purchase it once it becomes available again; I just don't know how long on average this takes.

 

[Norlag]

The gigabyte and his cards are pretty good, but I would wait for the vapor-x to restock. It's really the best, and would be worth the wait in my opinion.