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***HD7800 Series Reviews***
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Looks like a great card for those not quite willing to stump up the extra for the 7950.
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When do these cards get released?
edit* 19th of march, my bad...
edit* 19th of march, my bad...
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AMD did the same thing with previous generations as far as CrossFire is concerned.
With the 5 series only the 58xx and 5970 cards could use more than 2 GPU's in Crossfire.
With the 6 series only the 69xx cards could use more than 2 GPU's in Crossfire.
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You're quite right.
And I think you could also QuadFire them.
How soon we forget
It's the 6 series where Tri or QuadFire was limited to the upper end 69XX cards.
So they have done it before.
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Yeah you could quadfire the 57XX, it's only since the 6XXX that AMD started limiting Crossfire.
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Because of the 1GHZ clock.
But the shader difference quite a fair amount, diminishing returns on AMD's GCN architecture came ridiculously soon maybe?
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According to TPU,there is a 9% to 11% difference at 1920X1080 and 2560X1600:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7850_HD_7870/26.html
The HD7870 1GB has a 25% higher base clockspeed over the HD7950 3GB and 29% less shaders too.
Performance isn't overwhelming but it's priced right in the middle as everyone thought and that will make it attractive to people not wanting to stump up for a 7950 (like me) with the option of a relatively cheap crossfire option later down the line.
Right...
HD 7970
GTX 580
GTX 480
GTX 280/285
8800GTX
X1950XTX/7900GTX
X1800XT/7800GTX
X850XT/6800Ultra
Which was £260?
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In 1999?
Because ever since then it's been super expensive. Infact, even in 1999 you could spend £1500 on a GPU (3Dlabs Wildcat).
In 2003ish or whenever it was launched I got a FX5950 Ultra in a pricing error for $180. But I clearly remember it being a $450+ card.
Indeed, i just refuse to buy overpriced cards. £250+ for a 7870 is, well, disappointing to say the least.
Personally, i'll wait until i can get a card for £150 that's on par with a 580. The 7870 is nothing more than a current gen card (and performance) with a next gen price tag.
Yeh bit of a strange one. The 6970 can be had for 250 if you look hard enough, OcUK even have one for 257 at the moment.
The 7870 will come in at around 270 but from what I am seeing it isn't all that much faster than a 6970, it just feels like there was no point in releasing them when the 6970's do pretty much the same for a bit less money.
Of course there is the whole power consumption thing, but I couldn't give a toss about that.
The 7870 will come in at around 270 but from what I am seeing it isn't all that much faster than a 6970, it just feels like there was no point in releasing them when the 6970's do pretty much the same for a bit less money.
Of course there is the whole power consumption thing, but I couldn't give a toss about that.