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7850 oced vs 660 oced
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Not to mention there is a lot of B grade 7850's for sale at £130, considerably cheaper than the retail/GTX660.
However a 7870 is apparently a poor mans 7950, so get one of those, clock it and you have pretty much a 7950. You can do the same with the 7850 but I beleive the 7870 runs of the same core chip as the 7950 while the 7850 doesen't
I thought the 7870xt was the card that was similar hardware-wise to the 7950. The 7850 and 7870 are similar hardware-wise. You can hit stock 7950 performance with either the 7850 or 7870, of course easier with the 7870.
If the fan fails you will know, for a start silence. Secondly artifacts, thirdly the PC will most likely shut down due to irregular temperatures on the sesnsors.
Seems like you are just beating around the same question over and over, he has said volts effect heat, obviously the more current you put through something the hotter it gets...makes sense?
I know one of the 7870 models, possibly the xt version runs of the Tahiti (spelling) core, either way it is going to be a ton easier to reach 7950 clock speeds on a card that is already faster at stock.
Regardless the 7870, if you are not buying a B grade 7850 is a much better buy for the extra £20 smackers.
Definitely. The 7870 will get you there easier. I have the 7850 and at 1200 core and 1450 memory it is hitting stock 7950 performance.
The XT is a bit like the 660 in that it's only worth buying when it's priced well. At it's normal £199 not so much as a 7950 can be had for £20-30 more but occasionally it's down at ~£180 if you shop around and well worthwhile. Just like the 660 currently being at £170 isn't worthwhile but was a few weeks ago when it was £155.
Ive hung me keyboard up after yesterday me head was mashed, didn't matter how many times an different ways he was told it was going in one ear an out another.
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So if you give 1.25v will you achieve the same overclock irrespective of cooling?
Everything clocks differently. My CPU will clock more than some, less than others all being 3770Ks that is. Some 3770K CPUs will hit the same clock as me with lower voltages/temps, some will need higher volts than mine to run at the same clocks. It's same with the GPU. You will get some lemons but on average most will hit a certain range. For anyone to know the certain range is, it takes users to report their findings and for us to remember.
Learn about overclocking somewhere by reading a guide and following it. There are thousands of articles and pictured guides on what to do so I'd suggest before asking any more questions, educate yourself so you understand the process better. Your questions don't seem like you're taking in what people are telling you here. If you can't be bothered reading, I'd bet there is an overclocking guide or two on YouTube
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You realize that we are talking about the SAME CPU/GPU with different cooling.
