PowerColor AX7850 2GBD5-DH Radeon HD 7850 2GB with Bioshock Inf. &Tomb Raider $165 after $20 MIR(Free shipping with shoprunner)
 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6814131473

This deal deserved its own thread.
The lowest Black Friday price of a 2GB 7850 was $140 and it didn't include any games.

Can it go cheaper?

You may be able to use the NEWCUSTOMER code and shave off $10 but this is going to be YMMV.

Yea... I'm not a new customer... I doubt an SDer is (longtime at least)...

Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinity are the only 2 new games I cannot wait to play. Good price.

Sure it is powercolor but reviews are good and they seem to be getting better.

I'm on a Powercolor 6870 so it wouldn't be too big an upgrade so I'll pass though.

People have had mixed results from creating a new account to redeem the coupon code.

I'm on a Sapphire 4850 512 MB. Anything is an upgrade, although all games play on High + 1920x1080 with no slowdown... and I only paid $100 for the card... that is what makes these $150 prices to hard to deal with D:

The NEWCUSTOMER promo code doesn't work with products that have bonus items.

how are these rebates? never purchased powercolor

Never had a problem with a PowerColor rebate.

7850 is a good deal, overclocks up to 1200-1400 on core and 6000 on memory at 1.3 volts, although YMMV with how well it overclocks. 1.3 volts requires a bios flash though

Neither have I.

My last PowerColor card outlived its cooling fan :) Still ran fine but overheated on load :(
The fan going bad was ultimately my fault for not blowing out the dust routinely.

I pulled the trigger on this. Thanks!

I love Sapphire too but I don't believe your 4850 plays all games on high settings with 1920x1080 resolution considering my 6870 is far from being able to do the same.

Every single one of his games


minesweeper, peggle, angry birds, solitaire, BattleField (1942), etc....

a little weird, offering two games that aren't even out for a couple months yet, no?
Might make for a heck of a bargain if the game cert. goes for a decent resale amount...

Your system is bottlenecking somewhere other then your graphics card, or you have one of the worst 6870's i've ever seen. I'm running one right now, can run any game out there on high/ultra @ 1920x1080.

LOL. Sorry nice try but no. Even a highly overclocked 6970 cannot play battlefield 3 multiplayer at 1080p on ultra with 60+ fps constant.. so yeah, your 6870 while a good card is not going to play everything at ultra. Then we could talk about metro 2033 which not even a 7970 can play on highest at 60fps.

Sources: I own both a 6970 and a 7970 (3 of the former, 2 of the latter).

What's a 7850 comparable to in terms of Nvidia cards?

I'm thinking about building a mid-range PC in the future. This seems to be a good buy, yes? With these AMD promos, is it possible to sell the codes on say, eBay?

is it worth the upgrade from my powercolor 5770?

OP, thanks for pimping this deal all over SD :) Bought and repped.

I just upgraded my machine and was looking for GPU value. Given the tiny power consumption of the 7850, it's actually made me consider CrossFire for the first time. I'm gonna roll with one for a bit, and then pop in a second one later. Two of these babies will compete with/beat pretty much any single GPU solution out there.

around the 570/660 level

Two of these overclocked to max are faster than almost any single GPU card save for cards like 7970 Matrix

But then you have to deal with the issues that come with Crossfire/SLI

CrossFire isn't worth it. Just too many issues (incompatibilities, graphical bugs/flickering, bad performance scaling, microstuttering, etc). AMD drivers are bad enough even without Crossfire thrown into the mix.

Can I run BF3 if I plug this in my i5-2310 (2.90GHZ) + 8GB RAM?

Ditto. They never worked the bugs out, IMO. PC gaming is still too fragile to mess with the hardware this much.

Stick with one video card.

/crossfire user

Nice find OP. I'm upgrading from a 6870. Curious to see if it makes a noticeable difference, but I'm looking forward to the new games.

shouldn't really tug on people's hope like that. highest stable overclock i can get is 1130 on core, but im at 1450 for memory.

Yes. It would run it pretty decently too. I think High with 4xAA at 1080P would be no problem for it.

you forgot to mention what resolution, but 1080p it will play it on high. I have mine on ultra with i5 3570k OC'd to 4.3 and a 2gb 7850 OC'd to 1150 and its deff playble, I think I have AA off though?

You may be better off with a 7870 or 7950 deal listed in my other thread:

http://slickdeals.net/f/5834870-P...ter-20-MIR

I rarely respond to posts but this one...wow. are you trolling or just stupid

Wow thanks OP! Sell the games at $40-50 each and after rebate, your looking at a $85 (if you sell at $40) 7850 2, not 1, GB card, slick! Upgrading from a 4870 1GB to this and about time.

Here's a chart showing benchmarks for various video cards:

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net..._gpus.html

Probably, but I doubt the cost would be worth it. I have a fairly cheap MOBO. It works fine, but I have a feeling pushing to a 7900 series wouldn't do much. Thanks though!

Oh, you don't have to believe me, I don't need you too. I just need a good price on a newer card so I can give this one to my sister.

I'm not sure why you are being like that. I'm not trolling, and I'm certainly not stupid. We are probably playing different games here; there are more out there besides BF3.

Check this out for ranking.
http://www.tomshardware.com/revie...107-7.html

assuming I am selling bundled games, can anyone recommend buying between this and
ASUS 660ti (it comes with AC3 and BL2 game coupons, fry's deal priced at $240 AR)?

660ti : 260 - 20 (mir) - 35 (games) = 205
7950: 340 - 90 (games) = 250

(It looks the only 7950 that has TWO dual link dvi is ASUS's .. )

I am running 2560 x 1440 monitor (and can't go over $300 budget).

thanks!

the motherboard only makes a tiny difference.

A 7850 may still be OK for you but you should do some research to see if you should upgrade at all. Here is one example:


http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/540?vs=549

I was able to score an ASUS 7850 2GB + Far Cry 3 for $149.99 on 12/28/2012.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6814121651
http://slickdeals.net/f/5754420-S...st56464826

There was also a SAPPHIRE 7870 2GB + Far Cry 3 for $174.99 even earlier.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6814202010
http://slickdeals.net/f/5756204-S...9-AC-AR-FS

Thanks OP now I just need to get almost every other part of system. Im planning on putting this in the Antec NSK2480 matx case [amazon.com] with something along the lines of this config [pcpartpicker.com]. Do you guys think this card will fit the case? The card says it is 4.4"ish wide while the case says it is 5ish. I have a microcenter kinda close so I was thinking of getting the amd cpu there or maybe the one of the two intel bundles that they have right now. It is a pain looking for a matx mobo that doesnt suck and doesnt cost an arm or leg. Anyone have any input on any other parts I might have missed.

The Bioshock Inf. & Tomb Raider vouchers are resellable?
I'm looking to put together a new rig, and this might be the cheapest deal for a decent card I'll find for a while.

Does newegg still have a new customer promo code? I couldn't get any of them to work, and I haven't bought from them before.

People resell the AMD bundles all the time. The value may be less as they are both on the same certificate (it looks that way at least).

The promo code doesn't work if there are bundled games.

For those that know these cards - is the 2Gb really worth the extra money over the 1Gb? They also have a Sapphire 1Gb 7850 with the same bundle for $155 AR & free shipping. I trust Sapphire more as a brand but wonder if I'll kick myself for not spending the extra $15 (assuming no Shoprunner discount).

Can someone provide the link to amazon? I can't seem to find this video card. I am pulling the trigger on this deal but I want amazon to price match.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/...PDKIKX0DER

The direct sale from Amazon.com indicates it will take 1-3 months to ship the card.

The 2gb is only useful for higher resolution, multi-monitor setups, and select newer games.

But for $10 more, its a sold choice.

When you guys are looking at these GPU rankings, and reviews, remember that most of them are dated BEFORE 12.11 AMD drivers which gave like an 8% FPS boost on 7970 card, and brought it above the 680 in most cases.

It's powercolor though, as far as I know their reputation isn't as good as Sapphire's.

For those who don't care for the games: This XFX 7850 is $160 AR AC AF(after filler). I chose this headset as a filler. The coupon comes from their friend referral program.

Not sure why you would go with that for practically the same price after rebate, except in the Powercolor deal you get 2 un-released games that you can still sell off if you don't care about games.

Some people want a physical object rather than software as a bonus. I needed the headphones.

The XFX is the superior card to the PowerColor. Sapphire is preferable to both.

PowerColor is the worst brand you can buy, alongside probably Diamond.

That's a strong opinion posing as fact. Sapphire and XFX do the most marketing, but that doesn't make them superior. They make some cards that hold up great, some that don't. There's not much difference across most card vendors, in my opinion.

Most people own several video cards in their life, and they fall in love with some and hate others. But for every card that you hate, there's plenty of other owners who love it, and vice versa.

XFX and Sapphire have more marketing but doesn't make than better. PowerColor generally is more reliable and has good RMA service

They do have a better brand but as you said brands aren't always an indicator of quality. I have also never had any issues with PowerColor. They were kinda bad about 10 years ago but their quality has improved substantially over the last decade.

PowerColor has the worst, loudest fan of the group.

And every RMA experience I've read about them has been negative.

Just my two cents. There are brands that literally don't respond to RMA requests or give run-arounds. Big risk for a small difference in price, in my opinion. VGA's fail like hotcakes.

If I have a corsair 430W PSU will it work with this card? i can't find the info, it just says recommended 500W PSU

I have a powercolor 5850 OC. Dead silent.. has run without a single issue for years even with me pushing the OC further. They are a well respected brand. However, this will be my last ATI card because despite what people will tell you.. their drivers never seem to work as well as Nvidias.
Too many compatibility issues. Yes most are fixable.. but I would much rather just not have them.

They are resellable, but maybe only as a pair. New customer vouchers apparently do not work when games are included.

It needs 25 amps on the 12 volt rail. Check the power supply. If it does and total system power is less than 430 when the card is under load then it should be OK.

hmm this or [http://slickdeals.net/f/5838324-M...0AR-Newegg

$215 after AR.

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=...omoid=1292

I just ordered that myself. OC's to 7950 levels.

listen to this man!

ya in for the ncix deal ty

Looks like NCIX also has the games:

Get the following FREE GIFT(s) when you buy this product!
Free Gifts and Bonus Offers are while supplies last.
1. Never Settle Bundle Free Bioshock Infinite & Tomb Raider Digital Download Coupon *AMD Promo Only* (a $129.99 value!)

So...can anyone knowledgeable speak to whether the XFX or Powercolor is the better card? I've owned a long string of Nvidia based cards and there appears to be a different set of mfrs for AMD based cards.

Also, if I buy this I'd like to sell the games. How much can I expect to receive?

I no longer have time to play games but I did put together a ~$800 build in preparation for Simcity. The gpu will complete it. Yes, I am out of my mind, it costs $800 to play a $40 game, lol.

I completely disagree that XFX is superior than PowerColor, that is more 'to each their own' and yes XFX is a good reputable manufacture and their warranties are great as well but PowerColor is definitely not the worst brand you could buy.
I'd say, go for a card that you like based on the reviews. The games are un-released yet so they should fetch a good amount because they'll be new, hypothetically, if you sold it at $40 and after fees/shipping we'll say you netted $30 each, then the PC card would have come out to $105. Besides one game though, I'm sure you'll find other useful things to do with an $800 computer and maybe it'll be able to run SimCity 2 in the future very smoothly, so could be $800 to play 2 games :nod:

Thanks Music. I will review the reviews. :lol: It's amazing that you could potentially pay a net ~$105 for this card.
In actuality, there were a couple of other reasons for the upgrade: Windows 8, 3 yr refresh cycle...so I was only half joking...:P

No problema! I'm right there with you, I'm coming from a 4870 1GB from 2009, so this was my 3+ year upgrade for me, installed it already and I have no problems running BF3 on Ultra.

Currently on a 6850 1gb, how well would this card do with Mediumish Modded Skyrim?
My Skyrim kinda lags which is acceptable atm but would this run it well?

FYI it's back in stock.

I also have a 4870, but most cards in the price range I'd consider just aren't much of an upgrade when you look at the raw specs, particular memory bandwidth. Many newer cards are rebadges of earlier generations with a few tweaks at that level. I could run everything I wanted when I had a monitor at 1680x1050. Now I have a 1920x1200 monitor and it's a different story in Far Cry 3, etc.

PowerColor produces the worst version of this card, second to Diamond. It has the loudest fan (which is one of the the only things the mfr. has control over!). Any roundup demonstrates that. It also has one of the weakest warranty responses based on what I've read, but there's no means of quantifying that. Most hardware/enthusiast/tech support forums substantiate that, though.

I don't care, it's not skin off my back, but let's not pretend that every 2-3 year warranty is made equal. Asus, MSI, XFX, etc actually fulfill warranties in a timely way. Cheapo brands like PowerColor and Diamond give you the runaround because they operate at the margins and can't afford to actually fulfill the warranties they promise.

I'm not TDing this - but there's cost savings here for good reason. Inferior warranty, inferior fan.

I would say the best upgrade is at least every 2 tiers from what you have no less, because you're right on the re-badges, it's now turning into the '1 new release and the following year is a re-badge' tactic. The 8xxx series is adding a few lower end cards but aside from that it's practically a 7xxx series (check anandtech). But I'll tell you this, from a 4870 to a 7850, I'm glad I upgraded because I can now at least run BF3 on Ultra (not in Eyefinity) on a 1920x1200 monitor and at the same time I now have a card that outputs less watts. Different games will require different cards, that's a given, but maybe you're looking to venture into the x870 or x950 series for more power?

I probably won't be doing anything right now, but I had decided a while ago that anything below a 6950 wouldn't be worth it. It's also a tricky upgrade for me because my videocard is custom watercooled and changing it is a major project that I try to time for a cleanout, which is every other year or so.

You sure you play all games in high with 4850....and no slowdown?...............:confused::confused: like black ops 2, hitman???

Something's not right with that chart. How's the GTX570 still way up there, *above* the GTX590? :confused:

I'm looking to replace my GTX570. Looking for a card that I know supports UEFI GOP for ultra fast Windows 8 boot. So far the only card I can find that lists UEFI support is the Powercolor 7870 Tahiti LE card.

I'm not a big gamer so the 7850 will do just fine for me, but I would very much like to buy one with UEFI GOP support. Anyone knows what other cards out there that support it?

Ah, not all games, just the games I play. I've never played Black Ops 2... or Hitman.

I should mention is a 4850 in crossfire... I'm getting a lot of flack here.

It's back in stock... really good deal if you were looking at picking up both of these games when they come out.

Just stop.. this is a blatant threadcrap. Read Tom's Hardware review. They just reviewed Powercolor 7870 le and it looks great.

I know I own the 7870 le. Is this thread about that?

I don't see how informing people about the downsides of a product is thread crapping? Read any review of 7850s and you'll see this is a bottom performer. It's also bottom price so do with that what you will.

This is back in stock.

Still available at this price.

People REALLY need to stop linking that chart.

It's nothing but a disservice as it's just a horrible list of synthetics.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU/88