7850 enough for 1920x1080 for 2 years?

[IC3]

Since this GPU or this GPU is on offer I might consider it.
I thought that this might be enough for 1920x1080 gaming, but the question is for how long will this card play most games?
Not the highest, but not the lowest.

 

[arc@css]

From what you've said, it should be enough for that kind of time span.

 

[Tonester0011]

Depends on the games you'll be playing and at which settings you're happy with...

Not the highest, but not the lowest.

With that in mind, it will easily last 2 years.

 

[iBSOD]

460 was released 2 years ago, and can run new games medium, 1080p.

7850 will prob be the same

 

[mranderson]

Did not expect the card to be so overclockable so will easily last for 2 years for that sort of gaming.

 

[IC3]

I posted a thread in MM, got a reply evga gtx 670 for 210.
I'll buy it. 7 positive comments so should be ok.

 

[tommybhoy]

A used 670 when you can get a brand new 7950 for £5 extra today with full OcUK warranty.

A ~£230 7950 is a better bet imo, free games, full warranty, piece of mind it's never been thrashed, if it breaks you have zero guarantee the seller will help you out, game performance improvements keep coming with almost every new driver.

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

A used 670 when you can get a brand new 7950 for £5 extra today with full OcUK warranty.

A ~£230 7950 is a better bet imo, free games, full warranty, piece of mind it's never been thrashed, if it breaks you have zero guarantee the seller will help you out, game performance improvements keep coming with almost every new driver.

+1 for this. Spending a little extra on a brand new 7950 with the peace of mind it comes with is worth it. They are roughly the same performance at 1080p, with the 7950 winning at max overclocks and also at high resolutions.

 

[weehamish]

Yup 7950 beats it in most games anyways and the Evga have noisy coolers

 

[tommybhoy]

Yup 7950 beats it in most games anyways and the Evga have noisy coolers

Scratch the warranty help from the seller from my post if it's an Evga, still doesn't make sense though.

Is the seller going AMD perchance?

A lot of high end users in this forum are making the move from Nvidia to AMD right now-might not be the case though.

 

[IC3]

I will buy new, any way the gtx 670 is gone now.
Still thinking of that 7850 msi power edition.

 

[chris-82]

A used 670 when you can get a brand new 7950 for £5 extra today with full OcUK warranty.

A ~£230 7950 is a better bet imo, free games, full warranty, piece of mind it's never been thrashed, if it breaks you have zero guarantee the seller will help you out, game performance improvements keep coming with almost every new driver.

+1 for this. Spending a little extra on a brand new 7950 with the peace of mind it comes with is worth it. They are roughly the same performance at 1080p, with the 7950 winning at max overclocks and also at high resolutions.

+2

 

[IC3]

Than I will just buy 7950, wrote on cs if theres any news about his 7950 iceq x2.
But 5UB said he doesnt know.
If the HIS 7970 IceQ x2 be at price 260 than I might consider it, but its not going to happen...