Which should I get a sapphire 7870 xt for ~150 or a power color 7950 for 209. Both of these are used. I assume the sapphire card would have better cooling and be quieter but how does that compare to the power color cooling.
the sapphire would probably have a better cooling and would also be more quiet indeed.and its also a great card, and cheap. for that price 150 bucks its not beatable.
the powercolor 7950 will be a better performing card. so yeah its a difficult decission. but pure to performance, the 7950 wil be a better card.
its a bit depending on which games you play, but i think that i would go with the 7870XT. for that price and play a bit with overclocking. ☺you can allways upgrade it later on, wenn the new HD9xxx series are out, and then sell that 7870XT again.