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Finally... => Life Advice => Topic started by: Dwarf on January 06, 2011, 07:31:19 pm

Title: HD5970 and such.
Post by: Dwarf on January 06, 2011, 07:31:19 pm

So, there are like a bazillion builders of HD5970s. Sapphire, XFX, Club 3D, Gigabyte etc. come to mind.
Is there any actual difference between them?

Title: Re: HD5970 and such.
Post by: Tellemurius on January 06, 2011, 08:09:30 pm

Usually its company branding for distribution but usually they'll tweak the card like XFX overclocks some of their cards and Sapphire uses slower memory for cheaper prices.

Title: Re: HD5970 and such.
Post by: Tilla on January 15, 2011, 03:21:04 am

Fun fact: with a simple hack and a good cooling solution, an HD6950 can become an HD6970 due to laziness at AMD! May be something to consider.


For my Radeon I bought a PowerColor but that was mostly due to a supply shortage, although they did also provide an extra game with it. Go for whatever sounds best at the time with all with prices to settings comparison.