Which card is better?

[Gundog48]

These are two different Gigabyte custom cards, one is a super overclocked 6870 with a higher core clock and the other is an overclocked 6950 with a lower memory clock than the 6870 but a higher memory clock.

Which one would you go for and which would be worth more second hand?

http://gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3744#sp

http://gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3693#ov

Cheers!

 

[Aedus]

SOC Gigabyte cards are generally cherry picked, so they test loads of cards, and only the ones which have higher clocking potential and lower temps make it through to be part of the SOC series. You're basically getting a card which is guaranteed to clock half decently and run at good temps, the other is give or take, could be good, could be bad.

 

[TheRealDeal]

Personally i would go for the 6870 as i have one and love it. I would only go for a 6870 if the price was around 160-170 tops though because atm there is some really nice deals floating around. The 6850 would have to be around the 130 mark for it to be a decent option also.