Pros: While I bought this card from another retailer, I think it should be known what this card is actually running under the hood, especially since people are probably looking for this exact card on Newegg, but aren't finding anything because of poor labeling choices. This is built off of the "new" Tahiti LE architecture, as opposed to the Pitcairn cards that all other 7870's are, meaning it's essentially a stripped-down 7950 that almost matches the performance. This is a pretty important designation, but the Powercolor version of the Tahiti LE is the only one on Newegg that actually has it in the title

Cons: This is hidden within the other Ghz Edition cards, with zero indicators on what sets it apart, and makes it look like an unassuming revision of the 7870 with a higher price tag. The Tahiti LE cards really need their own category in the guided menu to help people find them better. The fact they were all given a quiet launch doesn't help them stand out much either

Overall Review: As for the actual card, you'd be crazy to buy a normal Ghz Edition card while this is out, especially since it's a $30 difference at most. The performance gap between the LE 7870 and 7950 is pretty surprising, and that gap gets smaller if you OC. Keeps relatively cool at stock on load, and have yet to have any major performance problems at 1920x1200

Pros: I purchased 2 of these for a crossfire setup. Number one pro for me is the wicked high frame rates I'm getting. I.E. (ALL FPS are avg FPS and at max setting 1920x1080) Metro 2033 - DX11 and everything maxed 90FPS Witcher2 - Ubersampling enabled 48FPS Batman Arkam City - 85FPS Crysis 2 DX11 High Res pack - 70FPS Bioshock 1 - 300 FPS Half Life 2 - 300 FPS Number 2 pro is overall operation... I have a large THOR-2 case that helps keep components cool, but these numbers are good for me. 33c idle and 55c under load. Also it should be noted, these cards draw very little power in idle.

Cons: These should not be in the Radeon HD 7870 series of AMD cards. in Fact, AMD doesn't even make a reference edition of this card.. Reason I say it's a con, this 7870 XT has a different GPU than most other 7870's and it will nto crossfire with Radeon HD 7870's. If you want to crossfire you must use another 7870 XT (Joker Club 3D, P.C. - Myst et 'al) or you must crossfire with a 7950/7970. This was not a con for me as I knew what I was buying. To be clear, the naming issue aside, the 7870 XT lineup with the extra stream processors beat all 7870Ghz eidtions. The card should have been labeled a 7930. Only other con is there is no quad fire.

Overall Review: Over all I am very pleased with my purchase from NewEgg and the quality of the products from sapphire. I've owned many Sapphire cards and never had a bad one.... In other thoughts, I see on review websites that the 7870 XT can handle over clocking to 1200+Mhz, so if you're into that, you may want to check out those reviews. However, these cards are performing so well for me, I have no intention of going outside stock clocks... I didn't use the drivers on the disk... Didn't even open the disk package. Went to AMD's website and downloaded the newest drivers (Catalyst 13.1). Upgraded from crossfired Sapphire HD 6770's. Couldn't be happier! Make sure to uninstall your old drivers properly. Add/remove programs or use the catalyst package you installed your drivers from as there's an unistall package in there as well. - Next reboot and go to device manager and verify theres only a standard VGA adapter under display adapter. - Then shut down PC, remove old video card and install new one. Start PC then install new catalyst package and you should be golden ;)- My system is: Intel 3930K core i-7 Gigabyte UP4 X79 chipset board 32GB Kingston (8 x 4GB) DDR3 1066 Sapphire 7870 XT (x2 in crossfire) SeaSonic X-1250 Thank you Sapphire for making a great product and thank you NewEgg for shipping fast, great price and reliable service!

Pros: Excellent power Excellent value Superior Sapphire cooling system

Cons: Big Power hungry, especially if overclocked Stock is perennially low

Overall Review: The Tahiti LE (I refuse to call it a 7870; it's just not. It's a Tahiti chip, not a Pitcairn) is right on the money for price versus performance. Yes, a 670 or a 7950 Boost is better, but not by much, and certainly not by $150 or more. For single-monitor gaming at 1920, this can't be beat. It's got the memory bandwidth to far outstrip a 660ti, it's closest competitor, and the Tahiti chip is powerful, if nowhere near as efficient as a Kepler GPU. This model has Sapphire's far-superior cooling solution compared to PowerColor's model. The dual fans run quiet and keep things cool. Look around if Newegg doesn't have it in stock; you can usually find it online. I am a loyal Newegg customer, but if you have to cheat on Newegg, do it for this card. It's OK. Newegg will understand; this card is worth it. AMD's drivers have not given my any trouble (13.3 beta) and seem rather more mature than the last time I owned a Radeon (HD 5850). In terms of performance, I have my frames locked at 60 with vsync on in Tomb Raider, with everything turned up. Turning on TressFX does give me a performance hit to around 45 or so, which is noticeable with vsync on. Avoid TressFX, however, and both Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite can be played at maximum settings at well over 50 FPS. Other Specs: Intel i5-3570k Asrock Extreme 4 z77 8GB Corsair DDR3 PC-1600 RAM Corsair Force 3 SSD Corsair 650w PSU Cooler Master HAF-922

Pros: Great Value, excellent performance, quiet dual fan heat pipe cooler. It consumes on average 130 watts less in continuous power draw than my old PC at idle or under full load. In it's price range in a single card setup this is hands down best bang for the buck. Easy install, no windows issues, no monitor/ HDTV compatibility issues. It runs Bioshock Infinite and FarCy 3 on ultra settings at 1080P on a 42 TV smooth as it can be. With vsync off avg is 79-105 FPS on stock system settings and Turbo Enabled running ASUS EPU on Auto. I am VERY satisfied with my purchase. Came with 2 free games, Bioshock by it self is worth 2 free games. It isn't setting records but is obviously the best a 7870 labled chip will get.

Cons: The card is long but not too long for most ATX cases, it will flex a bit, find a way to give it some support at the end. This is typical of most video cards at 10+ inches, even ones that have a support rail. Otherwise there are none yet and I have put many many hours in gaming everything I have on the highest settings

Overall Review: The card runs warm, as do most AMD cards under sustained load, mine never gets above 69c well within its operating range. Reference design AMD cooolers usually run 72-77c the high end of the safe range The rest of my build AMD8350 ASUS M5A99XPRO R2.0 G.SKILL Ripjaws X 16gb PC3 14900 CL8 Sasumg 840 Pro 256gb SSD Raid10 Quad Seagate Baracuda 7200.12 500gbStorage XFi Fatality PlatimunPro PC Power & Cooling Silencer 600w MKIII MSI mid tower ATX case 22inch LG Flatron 42 inch Visio HD TV WIN7 64 Pro

Pros: I've kept putting off buying a new video card for ages. I'm glad that I finally pulled the trigger for my birthday. This card is absolutely amazing! I had a Sapphire 5770 and it was definitely feeling its age. After seeing how well it reviewed on Tom's Hardware, I knew it was time. When I first turned my machine on, I had to check all the fans because I thought maybe something wasn't working. It's just that quiet! I installed AMD's reference drivers, since they're usually more stable. Last night I installed one of the two, FREE, games that I got with this purchase: Tomb Raider. I figured I'd just start out on Ultra settings (1680x1050) but after seeing Vsync results of a consistent 60 FPS, I just threw it up to max and it's still incredibly smooth and the game looks amazing. I haven't run in to any issues at all with this card. No artifacting and no crashes. Temperatures are low under load (64C is the highest I've seen) and the highest the fans have gone are 40%.

Cons: The only slight con (not worth any ding to the rating) is that the card is long. I knew this going in and was already prepared to move a couple hard drives down a bay.

Pros: - Used for 1080p TV 24/7 - Runs practically any game at that res. on ultra with min. 50fps - Very quiet and VERY cool (great dual fan system) - Easily overclocked to 1200-1500 on stock voltage in CCC - Tahiti architecture - About 50$ less than a ref. 7950 here in Canada and performs close to it.

Cons: - Artifact stripes across screen on deep blacks - (not really a con) Fairly big, needs roomy case - Heard the 78-- were hard to CrossFire

Overall Review: Was waiting for Tomb Raider to come out before I post my review; wanted to see if the card held up to the games it came with! Turns out I can play on Ultra with 60fps. Same for games like Borderlands 2, Hitman Absolution, SC2, and many more. Only game that was hard to get to 60fps without tweaking around was Far Cry 3, but as it stands I believe this is with any card.

Pros: The card runs silently and cool. Even at 100% fan speed ot isnt that loud. Plays any game on high graphics. You get what you pay for!

Cons: Only a con if you have a small case, but the card is huge! I love it though!

Overall Review: Get this card seriously it is the best card I have ever ran and I can tell you over the years I have bought several high end cards. This one has yet to go over 60c when ran on high graphics sucking games. This thing ran Far Cry 3 on high even when my browser and other apps like photoshop were open.

Pros: In case you haven't heard, this runs on the 7900 series' Tahiti architecture, which is an upgrade over the 7870s. Basically it's a 7930. A decent card for a decent price. Some say there is little difference between the 7870XTL and the 7950, but I say there is a rather significant one. The 7950 sports ~17% more stream processors, 50% video memory bus, and an extra gigabyte of video RAM. So, if you've got the extra money, fork it out for the 7950. In my opinion that is the better choice. But, I understand money problems, and if you're working on a budget, with GPU prices as they are, then this is an excellent choice.

Cons: I won't lie. If you're looking for 60+ frames on the highest settings of a new, demanding game (i.e. Tomb Raider) you won't get it. Even overclocked I can only get 30~35 for TR on everything ultra. But then again, CPU power matters as well, and mine is a little lackluster. For me I need at least 45~50 frames to see smooth motion, and so just turning everything down a notch (ultra to high) as well as

Overall Review: At least it's an AMD card so you can experience the beautiful TressFX of Tomb Raider without destroying your GPU.