SAPPHIRE 100352-3L Radeon HD 7950 3GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026
MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC Radeon HD 7950 3GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667
I will not be overclocking now, but i may in the next year or so. I specifically want to choose between these 2 GPUs and i want to know why you choose it. Here is my building plans. I have everything except the GPU.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NuPk
Sapphire one from me. Has a higher boost clock and better cooler than the MSI so why not?
Both should perform about the Same, id go Sapphire as KnightNight said, Cheaper,Free shipping and Sapphire is know to make good cards (not saying MSI is bad)
The Night is always right.
Does it really have a better cooler?
The Sapphire card is better simply because it's cheaper with the rebate. They both run about the same.
I'll still prefer MSI, but that is mainly from an aesthetic point of view. I just can't seem to like the blue-green PCB on the Sapphire cards. Both cards will still wind up performing about the same.
my 7950 twin frozr hits 71c under full load overclocked at 1.2ghz core and 1.5ghz memory
I forgot the voltage tweak stuff
msi ftw