Looking for a new GPU.

Sarz91

As the title states I'm looking around for a new GPU. I had to sell my Gainward GTX 670 to fund college material, by college material I mean an Ansys License. I have about €300ish to spend on a GPU and I've been looking at a 7950. I like the look of this one but there are people on here who are far more educated in the matter than me so I decided to ask.

I'll only be using a single 1080p monitor but I would like to play most games on ultra at around 50-60 fps, bar Crysis 3 of course.

Thanks in advance for any help.

BloodBath

I'd go with the gigabyte one myself.

Higher base clocks, a better cooler and will overclock better.

http://lb.hardwareversand.de/3072+MB/55042/Gigabyte+Radeon+HD+7950%2C+3GB+GDDR5%2C+PCI-Express.article

SpannerMonkey

I have a Asus Gtx 670 direct CU II Top for sale if your interested ?. Its the.top version . Same performance as a gtx680 .
Pm if interested

Moon54

I'm kinda partial to the Sapphires. I've had good experiences with my last few
graphics cards and all have been Sapphires.

Currently I'd really like this Sapphire HD 7950 3GB Vapox-X Graphics Card which
is on my wish list at Amazon at the moment.
It runs very quiet and relatively cool which are important for me.
But it's about €315 on Amazon atm so I'm waiting for a price drop before getting it,
but worth looking out for.

BloodBath

I have a sapphire myself. They are great cards.

You can get the vapor-x for a little more than the gigabyte.

http://lb.hardwareversand.de/3072+MB/67817/Sapphire+Vapor-X+Radeon+HD+7950+OC+Boost%2C+3GB+GDDR5%2C+Full+Retail.article

The performance of the coolers is about the same.

I'm not a fan of that boost feature though. It interferes with normal overclocks.

The gigabyte is a significantly smaller card as well.

Sarz91

So the consensus would be getting the Gigabyte?

BloodBath

Either/or. You can't go wrong with either.

The sapphire is slightly quieter but the gigabyte only takes 2 slots and is not as long as that vapor-x.

Both cool around the same.