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XFX 7870 DD edition vs Core edition?

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I was just wondering whether it would be worth paying the few extra £ on buying the double dissipation edition of the XFX 7870, compared to the core edition?

Thanks
 
I would avoid XFX if I am honest. Poor company and nothing but problems if you need to RMA a card.

I would look for a 660Ti or even a 670 from EVGA. The best company to deal with bar none should you have any issues.
 
Intel i3 3220. But that's just to begin with, I will be upgrading to an i5 or i7 at a later date.

I was recommended the XFX 7870 so was just looking into it.
 
No issue with xfx here used couple there products over the years. But I never had to deal with there RMA witch is were they get most bad rep from.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £191.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £173.99
Total : £365.98 (includes shipping : FREE).



Here is a comparison between the two cards. Both can be overclocked for a couple more fps :)

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/660?vs=549

and here is the 7870 against a 7850

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=549

Both EVGA and Gigabyte are reputable companies.
 
I like most here would kind of avoid XFX, their stuff kind of tends to be made cheaper than the rest and people have only ever had complaints about their RMA service!

You said you were looking at 7870 and that was pushing your budget a little. So I kind of guess your budget is like £160-£170 tops.

EVGA are indeed known to be a good company, often offering long warranties and good service but are Geforce only.

If you had you mind set on a Radeon Card I would definitely go with either Sapphire or MSI, both are known well the make very decent cards.

But you could also consider the EVGA geforce. A quick search on google shopping shows:

eVGA GeForce GTX 660 Graphics card - 2 GB - Available for £160 delivered from decent companies.

Sapphire Technology Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition - Available for £155 delivered from decent companies or

MSI ATI Radeon HD 7870 Graphics Card 2GB - Available for £167 delivered.


Personally I wouldn't go for the MSI 7850 someone linked up there ^ you can find the 7870 version of the exact same card for the same price.

I just very recently upgraded my card, managed to find a Sapphire Radeon 7850 2gb for £120. I went with the 7850 as it didn't stretch my budget at all, can be overclocked to surpass Geforce 660 stock and 7870 stock and overall price for performance wise is porbably the best value in Graphics Cards available on the market at the moment.

To answer your Original question, most Graphics cards that are sold factory overclocked are usually the exact same chips however with a bios that tells them to run faster, so I would never pay a huge overhead for a factory overclocked card unless it came with some really good custom cooler.

Hope this all helps!
 
XFX is actually very good, I think it's just their Euro division that sucks.

Anyway the double-d cooler really isn't very good but it's sufficient. I have the 7850 double D and it clocks to 1260Mhz but temps are in the 80s and reviews have shown it to leave hot spots around the card.
 
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