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Twice as quick as a 7850?
When I had my HD 7850 @1080p it was fine, if you can overvolt it and get it to 1.2Ghz it starts knocking on the door of the HD 7950. I wouldn't want to pair anything more powerful with a i3, BTW is the HD 7850 2GB or 1GB? 1GB would be bad.