7850 sub £100 by Xmas ?

mranderson · 25 Oct 2012 at 17:55

They are getting close to the £120 mark but this was after some generous reductions from AMD. Will it happen again before Xmas?

Defy Belief · 25 Oct 2012 at 19:09

I doubt it. That's as low as they'll probably go as it'll have to make the 7770's etc about £80 and even less for the lower models.

FoxEye · 25 Oct 2012 at 22:25

Not a chance.

Gregster · 27 Oct 2012 at 11:13

That was a 1GB 7850 that was £120. I doubt very much you will see the 2GB at -£100

FoxEye · 27 Oct 2012 at 12:14

gregster said:
That was a 1GB 7850 that was £120. I doubt very much you will see the 2GB at -£100

Exactly. And I wouldn't buy a 1gb card going forwards. 3gb might be overkill for many users, but 2gb is the accepted minimum these days (for 1080p, high in-game settings).

Darujhistan · 27 Oct 2012 at 13:42

You'd have to be nuts to be a 1GB card now. My next card won't be less than 3GB.

arknor · 27 Oct 2012 at 13:57

FoxEye said:
Exactly. And I wouldn't buy a 1gb card going forwards. 3gb might be overkill for many users, but 2gb is the accepted minimum these days (for 1080p, high in-game settings).

minimum? at 1080p i can think only less than a handful of games that use 1.5gb of memory

Surveyor · 27 Oct 2012 at 14:15

arknor said:
minimum? at 1080p i can think only less than a handful of games that use 1.5gb of memory

There are probably a fair few more that use more than 1GB so 2GB as a minimum would seem to be the best option as that's the next step up.

humbug · 28 Oct 2012 at 00:39

Not by Xmas. when the 8### series starts hitting the shops yes, but not before then i would have thought.

delta0 · 28 Oct 2012 at 07:37

I would be surprised even with the 8 series release. The older cards tend not to change too much in price.

arknor · 28 Oct 2012 at 16:07

Surveyor said:
There are probably a fair few more that use more than 1GB so 2GB as a minimum would seem to be the best option as that's the next step up.

minimum suggests thats the lowest you can get away with, where as really its the optimal amount which is what i meant.

obviously 1gb doesnt cut it anymore but i dont see games using close to 2gb for along time yet (unless your using higher than 1920x1080/triple screen)

FoxEye · 28 Oct 2012 at 17:41

arknor said:
minimum suggests thats the lowest you can get away with, where as really its the optimal amount which is what i meant.

obviously 1gb doesnt cut it anymore but i dont see games using close to 2gb for along time yet (unless your using higher than 1920x1080/triple screen)

If you wouldn't recommend buying a new card with less than 2gb (it sounds like you wouldn't), then effectively 2gb is the minimum for new cards.

Yes I'm still playing games on a 1gb card myself, but there's no way I'd upgrade to a card with less than 2gb going forwards.

Surveyor · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:02

arknor said:
minimum suggests thats the lowest you can get away with, where as really its the optimal amount which is what i meant.

obviously 1gb doesnt cut it anymore but i dont see games using close to 2gb for along time yet (unless your using higher than 1920x1080/triple screen)

What FoxEye said.

If 1GB doesn't cut it any more then there doesn't seem any point in buying a new card with that amount.

2GB has to be the new recommended minimum when buying a current generation card.

arknor · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:03

but saying 2gb minimum makes people who dont know better assume they would be better off with a 3gb+ card when they wouldnt because right now unless your running triple monitors you wont be anywhere near 2gb.

Surveyor · 29 Oct 2012 at 00:02

Phrase it however you like but you can't really recommend buying a half decent current gen card with 1GB.

Gregster · 29 Oct 2012 at 00:24

Even for 720P monitors, I would find it very difficult to recommend a 1GB card unless the OP had a very strict budget.

I agree with Surveyor in the fact that 2GB is the minimum going forward.

mranderson · 31 Oct 2012 at 23:36

Running Heaven 2.5 with a 1GB 6950 and frame rates are not different to the ones from my 2GB card.

Davedree · 31 Oct 2012 at 23:47

mranderson said:
Running Heaven 2.5 with a 1GB 6950 and frame rates are not different to the ones from my 2GB card.

now run bf3 at ultra or high on multiplayer @1080p and monitor your ram usage.
Report your findings between the 2 cards

Methanoid · 1 Nov 2012 at 07:43

Davedree said:
now run bf3 at ultra or high on multiplayer @1080p and monitor your ram usage.
Report your findings between the 2 cards

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Email me (see sig)?

eddyr · 1 Nov 2012 at 09:30

On a 1680x1050 screen the last 2 games I've played, BF3 (high) and Witcher 2 (most on/max cept ubersmapling) easily hit the 950mb + range. Performance wasn't adversely affected from the feel of playing but anything more powerful I would want and reccomend at least 2GB going forward. The 7850 is the highest card that I think 1GB would be acceptable but barely.