7870 ghz edition 2gb

[Ron Burgundy]

is this a good card? how will blizzard games run on it?

[Toffie]

What's your current system?

[JakeSteel]

I've got a 7870 (not sure if it's a GHz edition, though) and it runs games pretty well. I noticed a frame rate improvement playing The Witcher 2 using it instead of my previous card, so I imagine it would handle WoW well. I've been playing Neverwinter recently and the only noticeable frame rate drop occurs in the main city.

[Asera]

I just got one today, and the stupid thing will not post.

As far as I can tell from scouring posts around the interwebs, these cards hate running on PCIe 2.0 (almost every 7870 won't post thread involves an AMD system, or an old P67/Z68 board) If you don't have a 3.0 motherboard, it might be a risky endeavour.

[blargh312]

You'd be better off with an XT at that price point.

[Ron Burgundy]

What's your current system?

i have no system

[chazus]

i have no system

It might be better listing what you're planning on doing then, for us better to help you out. Taking a video card and setting it on your desk obviously won't run wow :P

[Deleted]

makes for a good conversation starter, though!

i can confirm the 7870 XT is good at doing it's job~

Just be careful: some of the GHZ editions are actually XTs with a funny name (see also: Powercolor MYST edition, Club3D Joker Edition).

[kvakvs]

If speaking about WoW, its not very graphic demanding, maybe 25-men raids on high spell detail might be heavy a little bit.
What really hits WoW FPS is CPU activity, namely addons like Skada or Recount, and nameplate addons like Tidyplates.
For that you should throw away a 4-8-weak-core CPU and get 2 (or 4) more powerful cores CPU.

[Ripox]

How can I tell if a card is an XT edition without it explicitly stating 'XT'?

[vesseblah]

Just be careful: some of the GHZ editions are actually XTs with a funny name (see also: Powercolor MYST edition, Club3D Joker Edition).

XT is actually better than the GHz edition. GHz edition is overclocked 7870 while XT is gimped 7950. Isn't the naming great on these cards?

[Bsod]

ive had a gtx 480 and upgraded to a 7950 (1ghz OC) and all games except wow are now running better.
WoW seems to run better with nvidia.

As far as I can tell from scouring posts around the interwebs, these cards hate running on PCIe 2.0 (almost every 7870 won't post thread involves an AMD system, or an old P67/Z68 board) If you don't have a 3.0 motherboard, it might be a risky endeavour.

even the 7970 ghz has no real advantage of pci 3.0 to 2.0 (1-3% at top).
so i dont think that the 7870 will have a problem with that.

[chazus]

Easiest way to determine if its a 7870, or 7870 XT... 7870 = 1280 Stream Processors, 7870 XT = 1536

[Ripox]

Easiest way to determine if its a 7870, or 7870 XT... 7870 = 1280 Stream Processors, 7870 XT = 1536

How big of a difference is there? Price-wise there really isn't any o.o
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...irtualParent=1
vs.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...irtualParent=1

[vesseblah]

How big of a difference is there? Price-wise there really isn't any o.o

Around 15-20% assuming you overclock the 7870XT, remember that GHz edition is pre-overclocked.

With 1920x1080 or smaller screen 7870XT overclocked to max will match 7950 at stock clock, but when you go to higher resolutions 7870XT loses clearly to 7950.

[blargh312]

Keep in mind the Sapphire is the "expensive" XT. The cheapest Powercolor 7870 XT goes for I believe $215 after rebate, which is about the same price as the cheapest 7870 GE. The only difference between the Sapphire and the Powercolor is the cooler, and the Powercolor cooler is fine.

[Deleted]

This:

XFX Double D HD 7870 GHz

Should be $188 after MIR soon (I just got the email so it isn't updated yet), I know it's not the XT but $188 is a really good deal. Still recommend the XT but this is an option.

[slasher0161]

If he was in aus I would sell my powercolor to him (looking at a gtx780 while ordering parts for a few other projects) but by the time shipping was paid for the thing to get state side you may as well buy a new one. Bloody good card though i'll give them that.