Should i change it ? GTX 480 FTW 1.5Gb GDDR5 to HD 7870 2Gb vrs. ??

StanMen · Dec 27, 2012, 02:13 PM

Hello guys so i have one quastion to you all, i riceantly put my GTX for sail on web and today i recive one intresting proposal the guy want my GTX 480 FTW 1.5 Gb GDDR5 and he want give me hes new AMD HD 7870 2Gb version, my GTX 480 is iqual or beter than GTX 580, and i dno if i should change my gtx for amd, i know one thing my sistem is AMD as you can see on my profile of my sistem i got AMD Phenom II x4 960T with OC for 3.2Ghz and my memory is 4Gb 1600 1.65v but is ocd to 1720Mhz and runing at 1.5v , guys pls help me know what is beter to do ?

Best regards Stan

Mindweaver · Dec 27, 2012, 02:28 PM

I really like my GTX480, but I would trade for the 7870 because they are all GHz editions, and you should be able to overclock it some as well. The GTX480 is a great card and your FTW should be great as well, but the 7870 is newer and should sale better down the road and have better performance or the same in some games.

Wrigleyvillain · Dec 27, 2012, 02:37 PM

It will also save you some cash on the power bill. Not major but it adds up.

DarkOCean · Dec 27, 2012, 02:53 PM

i would do the change in a heartbeat, gtx 480 IS the most power hungry single gpu in the history wile 7850 uses at max 100w according to wizz revievs + its an oc monster.
edit : i tought is about 7850, taking about 7870, no brainer - do the deal right now until the other one changes his mind.

MxPhenom 216 · Dec 27, 2012, 03:01 PM

7870 for sure. Less power consumption, but more performance in every game.

AlienIsGOD · Dec 27, 2012, 03:13 PM

just got a Sapphire 7870 OC and its a superb card.

StanMen · Dec 27, 2012, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindweaver

I really like my GTX480, but I would trade for the 7870 because they are all GHz editions, and you should be able to overclock it some as well. The GTX480 is a great card and your FTW should be great as well, but the 7870 is newer and should sale better down the road and have better performance or the same in some games.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrigleyvillain

It will also save you some cash on the power bill. Not major but it adds up.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkOCean

i would do the change in a heartbeat, gtx 480 IS the most power hungry single gpu in the history wile 7850 uses at max 100w according to wizz revievs + its an oc monster.
edit : i tought is about 7850, taking about 7870, no brainer - do the deal right now until the other one changes his mind.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

7870 for sure. Less power consumption, but more performance in every game.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienIsGOD

just got a Sapphire 7870 OC and its a superb card.

Oky guys thank you so so so so much !!! oky now i have a exact model of this card 7870 the guy told me that hes card is an AMD HD 7870 2Gb Vr Vtx3d

now i wold like to know if this card is good ? thanks guys ! realy !

Wrigleyvillain · Dec 27, 2012, 05:19 PM

Not familiar with that manufacturer (being here in the States I guess) but all looks fine at a glance.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/VTX3D-Graphi...KM?ref=prid-20

MxPhenom 216 · Dec 27, 2012, 05:23 PM

Looks to be a normal reference card.

StanMen · Dec 28, 2012, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

Looks to be a normal reference card.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrigleyvillain

Not familiar with that manufacturer (being here in the States I guess) but all looks fine at a glance.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/VTX3D-Graphi...KM?ref=prid-20

Thnks guys ! for help is in and working fine and is reference design card, with standart amd cooler, now prity soon i'm changing to FX 6300 3.5Ghz BE, now the guy that is have now my GTX 480 FTW he will do a SLI two GTX 480 and one is normal version and FTW i belive he will have more more perfomance since i saw that two GTX 480 perfome beter and have more power than one 7970 i live you here some bench.

and lets don't forget that GTX 480 in SLI is a Beast is monster and GTX 480 not so long time a go was the fastest single gpu on the market and stil beat many new GPUs from AMD and Nvidia.

here benchmarck GTX 480 :

3870x2 · Dec 28, 2012, 04:48 PM

Why exactly is this guy wanting to downgrade?

BTW that benchmark is 2x GTX 480.

AlienIsGOD · Dec 28, 2012, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3870x2

Why exactly is this guy wanting to downgrade?

i wouldn't say downgrade, a 7870 is more on par with a 580 or 660Ti. Plus the power consumption is def lower.

DarkOCean · Dec 28, 2012, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienIsGOD

i wouldn't say downgrade, a 7870 is more on par with a 580 or 660Ti. Plus the power consumption is def lower.

the other guy.

Zubasa · Dec 28, 2012, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StanMen

Thnks guys ! for help is in and working fine and is reference design card, with standart amd cooler, now prity soon i'm changing to FX 6300 3.5Ghz BE, now the guy that is have now my GTX 480 FTW he will do a SLI two GTX 480 and one is normal version and FTW i belive he will have more more perfomance since i saw that two GTX 480 perfome beter and have more power than one 7970 i live you here some bench.

and lets don't forget that GTX 480 in SLI is a Beast is monster and GTX 480 not so long time a go was the fastest single gpu on the market and stil beat many new GPUs from AMD and Nvidia.

here benchmarck GTX 480 :

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/at...1&d=1356716376

Well then you could go for CF 7870 and slaughter that with better scaling

3870x2 · Dec 28, 2012, 06:34 PM

You need to be worried about what might be wrong with the 7870.

AsRock · Dec 28, 2012, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3870x2

You need to be worried about what might be wrong with the 7870.

Some shit just sounds to good. But if you can trust him hell yeah and think some quustions need to be ask in why.

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