7870 or 7870 Tahiti LE? Witch do you suggest?? I can get the standard 7870 for £158 or the LE for £167.99? I think its a no brainer really!
Should be OK. From what I have read the cards are fine. Its the coolers that are a bit crap. I have my own cooler I can use so that is no issue for me.
The XT is a pretty solid card, but you will likely want to change the cooler - even the Sapphire one was not as good as i expected,since the one of the 6950 was quiet calm. Mine is running with 1175/1500mhz @ 60°c max. never seen it above with the prolimatech and bitfenix 120mm fans running at ~1200rpm The Sapphire stock cooler was usually running at 70-75°c @ 2200rpm which is pretty noisy Tomb Raider maxed out runs with ~50fps avg.
Card is here. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6681031 That score is with 1175 Core and 6760Mhz Mem. Max temp during run was 76c. Thing I dont like so far is this card squeals like a pig under load!
Coil Whine? Ouch. Is that with the stock cooler or with your aftermarket? I'm a little surprised you're not pushing over 9k.
That's better. Great score, you're matching a bunch of OC'd 7950's with that. Although I think most of us on guru are capable of pushing past the 10k mark For the price of the card it's amazing, though.
wow.. just wow. The stock cooler really is pants! Latest run http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6683179 Temps with stock cooler, 33c Ilde - 76c Load Temps with Gelid Icey Vision, 28c Ilde - 51c Load
