disolitude on 29 July 2013
| Baalzamon said: Ok, I got everything ordered. Only thing changed from above is the PSU which is now a Corsair 650HX for $110. I really didn't intend on spending this much on a power supply, but further thinking made me realize this will prevent the need for a new power supply on the next computer down the road. My other question I have for you guys, what is the GHz edition of the 7870? Cause the one I ordered is the Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz edition, and I don't know if that is just the normal one or what. |
7870 GHz edition is the normal 7870 that AMD released. Since initial release, some of the vendors released cards called 7870 PCS+, "MYST" edition or 7870 XT. These cards were actually 7950s with some cores disabled, but clocked much higher. This card is a good 20-30% faster than the 7870 Ghz.
They are usually listed toegether so they are hard to spot. For example:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007708%20600100181%20600286767%20600298540&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon%20HD%207870%20GHz%20Edition
Out of those cards, "PowerColor PCS+ AX7870" is faster then all of the rest. It's quite confusing to someone that doesn't follow this...
