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Sapphire HD7870 Overclock Edition Review

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The discrete solution averages 148 frames per second, identical to the more expensive, reference clocked HD7950.

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10 comments

  1. Another good card from the Sapphire team 🙂

  2. Great cards. My friend bought one and its really quiet. the coolers are great this year.

  3. Bought the 7970 last week 🙂

  4. Quality cards, but its a tough decision id have to base on price right now. as they all overclock much the same.

  5. Its XFX or Sapphire usually, but that gigabyte card is a solid buy,

    Only one problem. YOU CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE !!!”

  6. nice specs. good performance sapphire coolers seem a bit better than XFX coolers in regards to tempeatures.