i was looking at different benchmarks. i saw logans benchmarks on the 7850 but they are the same so similar to the 7870. and i just saw neweggs benchmarks and it shows that the 7850 does better in almost all the cases. i am so scared on which one i should get. i need help!
If you have the money for a 7870, get it. The only thing is you should get one with an aftermarket cooler so that you can overclock it. Sure the 7850 can get close to the perfomance of a 7870 when overclocked but if you overclock the 7870 to its max performance it will still perform better.
Yeah. Get the 7870. If you OC a 7850, it can reach stock 7870 speeds. But you can still OC a 7870, while a 7850 is already has an OC.
But if you don't have the money, a 7850 is plenty good