7970 or R9 280X?

Anthony Frandi · Dec 25, 2013

which of this vga is better?
Gigabyte Radeon HD7970 3GB DDR5 GV-R797OC-3GD
or
Power Color Radeon R9 280X 3GB DDR5 384 Bit
they both offer a very cheap price between the others
which is better and y i should choose it?

TheoneandonlyMrK · Dec 25, 2013

they are essentially the same chip and will perform similar so go with the cheapest or the one with the best cooler if you want to Oc

DarkOCean · Dec 25, 2013

Get the cheaper card, they are mostly the same.

Chetkigaming · Dec 25, 2013

280x= 7970 GHZ edition. 280x only

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7970 or R9 280X?

Anthony Frandi

TheoneandonlyMrK

DarkOCean

Chetkigaming