AMD 7970 for $219 after $20 rebate (free ship) - Newegg

[KingFatty]

Anyone know more about this Sapphire 7970 GHz card? They mention the Vapor-X cooler, but the reviews mention lots of issues.

I'm very curious, because I think this is the lowest price I've seen on a 7970 so far, and it's a reputable brand?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001

The rebate form: http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/Sapphire30mirsJul16Nov3013yh62.pdf

My issue is how will pricing of the new R9 cards behave over the next several months, and black Friday? This would have performance around the R9 280X, but that AMD card is behind the 290 and 290x, so I'm guessing the prices of the 280X should drop pretty fast? No idea, but I'm very tempted by this Sapphire card...

 

[RussianSensation]

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[RussianSensation]

Smoking hot. This card has solid state chokes from the Vapor-X 6GB which should eliminate coil whine. The only negative seems to be the fan speed because Sapphire chose an aggressive fan profile to keep temperatures lower. I would just set up a custom profile fan curve in MSI AB or Sapphire Trixx.

HardOCP Review

On Oct 18, 2012, this card was $449.99!
LegitReviews Review

You might want to change the title to reflect Sapphire Vapor-X 7970Ghz Edition for $220 instead of a "reference AMD 7970"

Overclockers Club Review

At $220 this is as fast as 770 for $330-390. The value here is staggering.
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/...geforce-gtx-780-ti-gegen-gtx-titan-im-test/4/

I can't see 280X dropping to $220 any time at all since 280X easily competes with $330-380 770 2-4GB. AMD has no incentive to lower the price on 280Xs whatsoever.

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HardOCP just did 280X OC vs. 770 OC review:

"In our overclocked apples-to-apples performance testing we overclocked the GIGABYTE R9 280X OC Edition to 1.140GHz/6.56GHz, the GeForce GTX 770 to 1.24GHz/7.8GHz, and the GeForce GTX 760 to 1.23GHz/6.6GHz. There were 8 apples-to-apples tests run. The OC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 performed faster than the OC GIGABYTE R9 280X OC Edition in 4 of them. The OC GIGABYTE R9 280X OC Edition was faster in 3 tests, and they tied in one test. Now of the 4 run-throughs that the OC GeForce GTX 770 was faster, one was by .3 FPS, and one was by .2 FPS. So now ask yourself, is paying $30 extra dollars worth splitting performance with the GIGABYTE R9 280X OC Edition, or should it be enough to provide the faster performance each time?"

$220 7970Ghz vs. $330 770? No contest.

 

[Harrod]

I have the same card minus the cooler, it's been pretty stable since I picked it up near the release date.

 

[Kenmitch]

Showing out of stock....Good bang for the buck if you can get in on the deal.

 

[SithSolo1]

I wasn't buying but its OOS now for those interested.


Edit: and beaten to the punch by a nanosecond.

 

[blastingcap]

edit: never mind