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Also wondering about this. I am putting together a new gaming rig and have no real graphics card at the moment. What's the better way to go? Is the 7850 worth the 43 bucks more?
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California tax kills it for me :(
Still looking for a new card for Diablo3. I have a gtx560, and it lags pretty bad in beta, thinking cheapest card I can run lag free is probably a gtx560 448...
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Who said anything about selling Dirt? :P
Also the HIS 7850 is default overclocked as well, its really a matter of which brand is more reliable I guess. Newegg shipped my order though so Ill have...
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Just want to let people know that just because this guy was not able to overclock his 6950 it may not be relevant for yours. My 6950 (2gb reference MSI) was not only able to unlock to a full 6970...
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Thank you for the insight.
Found some more info on power consumption, with benchmarks for this specific card, for those interested:
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Wow nice find. Still thinking between ASUS vs this one but this about $20 cheaper
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You may want to wait for the Nvidia GTX 660ti to come out, it will probably trigger a price drop on the 7850s.
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Right, but when will that be? D3 rigs need to start happening very, very soon.
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whats the likelihood of a real price drop before may 15th?
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Trades back and forth pre over clock, depending on the title
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/509?vs=549
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Wonder if I should bother cancelling my Newegg order for HIS 7850 for this instead? Although the HIS version was $239 plus it comes with Dirt 3 so its hard to say
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I'm waiting on a 7950 or 7870 deal that's too good to pass up. Currently own a 5850 and it still holds it's own pretty well. Hopefully May will bring about another drop in 7xxx series pricing.
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Hope it's not like the 680 release. Not everyone enjoys hit refresh over and over to find one in stock, just to have someone get the order in first.
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Well, then you're definitely covered. Maxed settings in the last open beta on my 5850 and it was silky smooth. Same settings on my g/fs 550 Ti and same results. :look:
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it's 258$-ish elsewhere. so, yeah... 15$ less :) we'll split the difference.
still, it's ~6% off... not great.
just noticed this was the 78xx series... sure is a bunch of money for something...
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Rocking a 4850. Woo! I was in the beta as well. If I turned too many things too high, I definitely got slowdown. Would like to eliminate that.
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If you're wondering about performance and overclocking potential on this card, read this: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760&page=1
This card has a perfectly stable 50%...
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hmm this vs a 6950 at $200
LOL i ran D3 maxxed out at 1920x1080 using a $100 radeon 6850....
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Also vis a vi reference versus non reference amd has recently been allowing two types of reference cards an A) and B) model. the A model is what the use themselves for testing and is semi decent. It...
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Thats a UK forum.
Here's something more recent and more for stateside....
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7850:
7000 latest model (2012)
0800 < 0900
0050 < 0070 or 0090 but
0050 > 0030
Now the differences between each of these levels are relative (some cards differ in performance than others) and...
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Buyers may enjoy/want to bookmark this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2239216
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How much better is this than the 6850? I just picked that up for 119. and it is a beast core OC to 1000 from 775.
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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=549
Looks like about 20%-30%, plus whatever the extra vram and lower power usage is worth. These generally seem to go from 860 stock to 1200 ish,...
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17 off msrp, Newegg is out of stock on this particular model, amazon has it for 300, and i don't see any other non reference ones going for less then 260. .Meh, it is what it is.
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Its more performance plus some other features (lower power) for more cost. Value proposition is probably the sameish.
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how does this compare to the saphire 6950 for $200 with dirt 3 that is FP right now?
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true that...newer cards wont pose a threat if they're never in stock.
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well said.
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Hrm, so I guess I'll be skipping an overclocked Gigabyte 7770 deal for $110 after rebate for now then. $250 suggested price for 7850s should really mean lower prices by etailers though... Because...
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Diablo 3 isn't a demanding game though.
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This is the first time an OC 7850 card has gone on sale. And it's actually $20 off but I understand why you want to misquote a the actual discount amount by 50%.
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I paid $200 for mine, I bought second hand though
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Would someone give an overview of this 'reference' vs. 'non-reference' stuff? I am out of the loop.
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How is this card playing BF3?
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Finger is on the trigger.... going to think about it a little bit.
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I just purchased this card. Thanks for the link and I can finally rest my ocd over finding a Diablo 3 card that's future proof :)
The youtube reviews and the 5 star 25/25 rating on newegg pushed...
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I think that chart is extremely misleading. I know its based on performance per watt but its obvious every new card wit the new 28nm chips will beat the older 40nm in that graph.
This graph is...
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Look around on the overclockers forums; there are ways to get around the 1050MHz limit. Once you get around it you can get to a very stable 1200-1250 core clock easily with some testing (1300MHz is...
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I'm not so sure. I played D3 beta (if its any indication) on my laptop at nearly all full settings and it has a 5770 mobility @ 1600x900. If the full game is the same graphically as beta y ou could...
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