Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Cards w/ Dirt Showdown Game Download: (11200-07-20G) $205, (11200-14-20G) $209, (11200-01-20G) $209 & More

Two TDs for "poor merchant reputation"? I've bought from this place many times and never had a problem.

no comments? looks pretty good

2 questions:

1) Is this worth upgrading from a 6950 2GB version for gaming?

2) Can this do two or three 27" monitors each 2560x1440 resolution?

i would upgrade from 6950 to 7850 if i have enough money more efficient, less power draw, and faster also.


anyone know how easy it is to return stuff to this merchant?

Quote from deelseaker : Two TDs for "poor merchant reputation"? I've bought from this place many times and never had a problem.

I've boughten from this place about 5 separate times and have had 0 issues. Great site!

boughten lol

Which is better in your opinion: Sapphire or MSI?

wait for 660ti.. i can see these dropping to $150-170 in a week

Quote from teaberry : 2 questions: 1) Is this worth upgrading from a 6950 2GB version for gaming? 2) Can this do two or three 27" monitors each 2560x1440 resolution?

All the ATI cards I've looked at have only one dual DVI which can handle up 2560x res and one single DVI which can only handle up to 1920x, this one included. You won't be able to use both DVI's at those resolutions.

You could hook up a 2560x monitor to the DP interface if the monitor has built-in displayport.

If your monitors are DVI-D only , there are Displayport to DVI-D adapters but the ones than are able to output 2560x1600 are almost $100 and require a USB port for extra power. Many reviewers complain about the adapters having screen flicker issues so YMMV on such adapters.

Nvidia cards do not have eyefinity, of course, but many do come with dual DVI-D... I'm using a Nvidia 560 right now running two 30" monitors at 2560x1600 each and a third monitor at 1920x1200 running off the motherboard's onboard DVI interface (which is single DVI). When I first tried to run 3 monitors, I got blue screens, but recent driver updates are stable enough to run my Nvidia/Intel combo now. I'm waiting impatiently for the 660ti

Quote from OP : boughten lol

And? http://grammarist.com/usage/boughten/

doh..

Yeah, right now I'm using the DP for my main 2560x1440 monitor and two side portrait in 1200x1600 using two DVI. I'm happy with the single monitor gaming ability of my 6950 card, but it it'll net me say 15-20% more fps for games w/ a 7850, AND if it can handle three 2560x1600 monitors, I may get it to future proof while my 6950 is still worth something.

Quote from groundhogdaze : All the ATI cards I've looked at have only one dual DVI which can handle up 2560x res and one single DVI which can only handle up to 1920x, this one included. You won't be able to use both DVI's at those resolutions. You could hook up a 2560x monitor to the DP interface if the monitor has built-in displayport. If your monitors are DVI-D only , there are Displayport to DVI-D adapters but the ones than are able to output 2560x1600 are almost $100 and require a USB port for extra power. Many reviewers complain about the adapters having screen flicker issues so YMMV on such adapters. Nvidia cards do not have eyefinity, of course, but many do come with dual DVI-D... I'm using a Nvidia 560 right now running two 30" monitors at 2560x1600 each and a third monitor at 1920x1200 running off the motherboard's onboard DVI interface (which is single DVI). I'm waiting impatiently for the 660ti

Quote from teaberry : 2 questions: 1) Is this worth upgrading from a 6950 2GB version for gaming?

The 7850 is better than the 6950, but you probably wouldn't notice any worthwhile difference in performance.