Curious About Two Different Sapphire HD 7870's

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Right I've been looking into a new graphics card. And i was thinking of getting a MSI HD 7850 for £120. But then i saw this on amazon...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11199-19-20G-CrossFireX-Multi-GPU-Technology/dp/B00A1572FK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1383044645&sr=8-2&keywords=hd+7870

Now is this a good upgrade on the hd 7850 I'm guessing it is seeming as its a hd 7870 OC.

But I cant seem to find a review for this particular card... all the sapphire hd 7870 reviews are of this card:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11199-20-20G-CrossFireX-Multi-GPU-Technology/dp/B00AX2ONI0/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1383044762&sr=8-5&keywords=sapphire+hd+7870

So is it worth going for the first 7870? It seems awfully cheap what difference is there in between the two cards? And how much of a performance increase will I have?

I mainly play World of Warcraft, Borderlands 2, League of Legends, DotA 2, Black Mesa, HalfLife 2, Portal 2 to name a few, and my steam library is constantly growing :)

I also play at 1440p. Will the 7870 max out Borderlands 2?

 

Thanks

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Firstly a 7850 to 7870 is hardly an upgrade. You will likely not experience much gain, especially with the games you are playing.

The difference between is the second is the Tahiti LE version of the 7870. Basically it is half way between the 7870 and the 7950.

The 7870 has 1280 stream processors, the 7950 has 1792. The XT version, which is basically a cut down 7950 has 1536 stream processors.

If you feel the need to upgrade, go for the XT version of the 7870 or the 7950.