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Perfect card for silent gaming - 7850 with no fans.

Caporegime
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http://videocardz.com/41344/powercolor-announces-radeon-hd-7850-scs3-edition

If you have been looking for that silent (or near as damn it) PC, this card looks a good start.

PowerColor-Radeon-HD-7850-SCS3-Edition-2.jpg


Ideal as a bedroom gaming system or you just want silence when gaming/working. I am very interested in one of these and could be in a computer near me soon :)
 
I think a lot of it is rubbish anyway. I been playing at 1.5gb and 1.28gb fine at 1080 for ages before I got my 670.
 
Why was the 7770 passives skipped? Sapphire announced one but was never released.

Tbh I think the 7850 might be too much for a completely passive cooler to handle. With the arctic s1 you need to use a fan in conjunction.
 
That cooler is huge though Spixel. It takes up over 2 slots (looks close to 2.5 slots) and I am sure it will not get close to the overclocking room of the fan cooled 7850. I have no idea why the 7770 wasn't released with a passive cooler (I thought it was) but for modern gaming in a library, these would be ideal. Big shame about 1GB VRAM but still fine for most settings.
 
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