New Build - Which 7950 card?

[Dookie]

Hi, I'm currently in the process of weighing up a few options for my build, one concern I have is for the graphics card. I'm settled on a Radeon 7950 but I am unsure of which one to get, it boils down to these three:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-x...i-dvi-hdmi-mdp

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-x...dmi-2x-mini-dp

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-m...dmi-2x-mini-dp

I'm just wondering the main differences between the first two, and also I have heard that the XFX warranties arent that great. Could anyone explain why? I don't really want to spend the extra ££ for the MSI but I will if it's a huge issue.

Any advice is much appreciated.

[c12038]

Read this http://forums.hexus.net/graphics-car...ally-look.html explains better than anyone can explain to you

Just go straight for a HD7970 if your PSU will take it.....

or a 680GTX

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Its a shame that XFX are supposed to not be great for warranties, as they are one of the few companies to have UK based RMA. However,from I gather what retailer you use also plays a part too.

I would go for these cards:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-m...ni-displayport

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-m...dmi-2x-mini-di

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/c...95wf3-3gd.html

[Dookie]

Is there any difference between those and the MSI that I posted a link to? I see that they're overclocked but I also heard that some 7950's use the same chipsets as 7970's.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Is there any difference between those and the MSI that I posted a link to? I see that they're overclocked but I also heard that some 7950's use the same chipsets as 7970's.

The latter one might be the boost edition,although it does not appear on the MSI website but it does come with a copy of Sleeping Dogs.

I also added a third link to the post now,for the Gigabyte HD7950 which also has a good cooler AFAIK.

[Dookie]

Thanks for that. I'm wondering with the XFX one, is the warranty then provided by Scan themselves because XFX don't do warranties in the UK. The second XFX one has a 2 year warranty.