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Tahiti LE

Wasn't the VTX3D 7870 quite a special card? It was a 'cut down' 7950 rather than a ramped up 7850. On boost this 7870 would perform similar to a non-boost 7950.

I posted a thread about it a while ago, when I was shopping for a new card. I ended up buying a new MSI 7950 OC BE on special for £163 ;)

cheesyboy said:
I would get new 270X's over the 2 7870LEs you've been offered, personally, for the extra £7 each
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Or buy a second hand 7950/7970 for £150-£200.
 
Roady said:
Wasn't the VTX3D 7870 quite a special card? It was a 'cut down' 7950 rather than a ramped up 7850. On boost this 7870 would perform similar to a non-boost 7950.
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That is what the Tahiti LE chip is, rather than being based on pitcairn it was based on a cut down Tahiti (7950)

Regardless the second hand 7950's I posted are much better value.
 
Good choice, they are insanely good cards for the money. The extra RAM will come in handy soon enough. Will you be putting some after market cooling on it or keeping the reference?
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Good choice, they are insanely good cards for the money. The extra RAM will come in handy soon enough. Will you be putting some after market cooling on it or keeping the reference?
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it depends on the temps when installed in my rig , I know my 6970 would hit 90c at times in certain games .
but then again I only have 1 1080p monitor and my system is getting old now lol but I wish I could get a 7990 cheap
 
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Before putting custom watercooling on my 290x, it stayed under 90 max load and was quieter than my GTs at 1500rpm. The mk26 seems to perform like magic if you have the room for it in your case, if you don't watercool.
 
cheesyboy said:
270x beats 7870 LE;
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/amd-r9-270x-review/7/

7970LE gets a marginal win in Tomb Raider, 270x either wins or ties in everything else. Uses less power too (important for heat in Xfire), and you would get your own warranty.

I would get new 270X's over the 2 7870LEs you've been offered, personally, for the extra £7 each
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Something not right with that :)

3DMark11 GPU score:

R9 270X, 1280 SP's @ 1050Mhz (stock) = 8222

7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 7882

Even with a 75Mhz higher clock speed there is no way it beats the 7870XT.


My own test

3DMark11 GPU score: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7489870

7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 8368 (+6%)

Fire Strike: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1630275

R9 270X, 1280 SP's @ 1050Mhz (stock) = 6031

Their test.
7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 6013

My test.
7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 6221 (+4%)

@ 1200 / 1550 (24/7 clocks)

3DMark11

9870 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373531

Firestrike

7126 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/149855
 
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the 7870xt's are great value but i wouldn't want them for a crossfire set up. they run hot/noisy and a single xt's performance really starts to drop off at higher res and multiple screen setups so i assume you'd get a fair bit more performance from the 7950 in crossfire. you can still find new 7950's for £170-180 and I think they really would offer more for you money in that kind of set up.

7870xt's are great value if u want to game on a single 1050 or 1080 res but that's their niche imo
 
humbug said:
Something not right with that :)

3DMark11 GPU score:

R9 270X, 1280 SP's @ 1050Mhz (stock) = 8222

7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 7882

Even with a 75Mhz higher clock speed there is no way it beats the 7870XT.


My own test

3DMark11 GPU score: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7489870

7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 8368 (+6%)

Fire Strike: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1630275

R9 270X, 1280 SP's @ 1050Mhz (stock) = 6031

Their test.
7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 6013

My test.
7870XT, 1536 SP's @ 975Mhz (stock) = 6221 (+4%)

@ 1200 / 1550 (24/7 clocks)

3DMark11

9870 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373531

Firestrike

7126 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/149855
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Platform differences, probably,

Guru3d has the 270x beating the 7870 LE too;
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260x_r9_270x_280x_review_benchmarks,21.html
 
cheesyboy said:
Platform differences, probably,

Guru3d has the 270x beating the 7870 LE too;
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260x_r9_270x_280x_review_benchmarks,21.html
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The R9 270X is a standard Pitcairn 7870, they are all but by name: identical.
Tahiti LE is a solid chunk faster.

chaotic_uk said:
not using the same driver so you cannot really compare the 2 tbh
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This, they probably haven't even retested the Tahiti LE since it was launched, unfortunately some reviewers have a habit of testing once, selling the GPU and then use the same figures over and over again....
 
humbug said:
The R9 270X is a standard Pitcairn 7870, they are all but by name: identical.
Tahiti LE is a solid chunk faster.



This, they probably haven't even retested the Tahiti LE since it was launched, unfortunately some reviewers have a habit of testing once, selling the GPU and then use the same figures over and over again....
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The Kitguru review was a retest. I suspect Guru3d do recycle, though.
 
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