Which is better?
Which one should I buy?
1. Sapphire radeon HD7950 OC = 327,78€
2. XFX radeon HD7950 Black DD = 322,45€
The Sapphire, ive heard some not so nice things about the XFX cards and there Cooling Solutions not working well.
plus Sapphire is known to be Great for OC'ng
yea that is why I wrote this post cuz Ive heard something about XFX too
Personally, I'd go for XFX. They offer a life time warranty. And the cooling seems solid.
http://youtu.be/GZ8aYmx4PGU?t=4m2s
I warmly recommend the Sapphire version and let me tell you why :
I had a case of badly applied thermal paste, where a part of the gpu die would hit 115 *C after 5 seconds of furmark at 640 X 480 even though the normal gpu temp was 60*C. I had far cry 3 run at normal temp 80*C making the smaller part of the gpu go over 130-140*C and it has been like this for half a year. I replied the paste and it works like a charm, it can take heavy oc at stock voltage and it is basically as good as the day I bought it.
I will continue to buy AMD, especially from sapphire (unless nvidia really comes with better price/perf ratio)
Other than this, the performance should be the same between brands. The lifetime warranty is awesome but if you are going to oc, it will not be of very much use if they can proove you did overclock. Good luck choosing the best that fits you.
Now im not a pro at overclocking or anything. But when ive been looking around at OC and GHZ versions of cards it really seems like they are over charging you maybe they have better cooling on those cards. But i think if you find non overclocked card you can easily push it past the clocks that the Oc versions are sold at thus saving money.
As an XFX owner, the cooling on my 6850 sucked ass and I wish I went with another brand. Lifetime warranty and good cooling was why I decided to try XFX, ended up hating the cooler but I guess it's only mine that sucks since I haven't heard anything bad about the XFX Radeon 7000 series. Maybe I'll give XFX another try on my next card.
ty all for help