Soldato
True, you didn'tis it up and running? The Gigabyte's looking like the best option tbh
Yep, had a few issues with it being stuck in PCI-E X1 at first but after reseating the card all is good now.
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Yep, had a few issues with it being stuck in PCI-E X1 at first but after reseating the card all is good now.
Caporegime
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I suggested it as he gave me a limit of £150.
And I suggested the 2GB brother for the price/games that came with it
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But someone has to be crazy to buy a 7850 for nearly £170, when 7870 is only around £180...
The 7850 has to be at around £150 mark to worth buying...
The 7850 has to be at around £150 mark to worth buying...
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Soldato
How close are highly clocked 7870's to highly clocked 7850's though?
A decent custom cooled 7870 is more than 180 isn't it?
More chance of getting a decent balance between performance and heat/noise with a custom cooled 7850 then a cheapo reference 7870.
Edit: Checked. A decent 7870 is a fair bit north of £200.
A decent custom cooled 7870 is more than 180 isn't it?
More chance of getting a decent balance between performance and heat/noise with a custom cooled 7850 then a cheapo reference 7870.
Edit: Checked. A decent 7870 is a fair bit north of £200.
Caporegime
Thats true, the usual OC for a 7850 is 1100'ish, a 7870 is ~1200'ish
The 7870 has 25% more cores than the 7850, max 7850 vs max 7870 realistically is about + 20% (ish)
And yes, one with a good cooler, one that should do 1200Mhz is just north of £200.
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There are 7870 with custom cooler for £180 elsewhere, but unfortunately I cannot say where.
Caporegime
You will be shoot at dawn!
Seriously though, will OCuk do you a deal in light of that? they can only say no.
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Soldato
I've seen many fair heftier OC's than 1100 on the 7850 thread humbug. Not sure if that is the norm though.
Caporegime
Yeah, same with 7870, a good one will do 1350Mhz.
Its the Volts, the 7850 is limited to less volts than the 7870 because of the PCB, but one with a 7870 PCB should do it. likewise a 7870 with a 7950 PCB does very well to.
Soldato
1350? Really, where?
Caporegime
here... http://www.overclockers.com/msi-r7870-hawk-review
Ironic that no one seems to have bought one, probably for the same reason i didn't. MSI don't have a very good rep on AMD, that card was and still is an unknown. i did not know about it until it was to late.
You get a good card with level up PCB, or Custom PCB and they overclock like nothing else, even the 7970 on a good custom PCB will do ~1400Mhz on the stock cooler.
Ironic that no one seems to have bought one, probably for the same reason i didn't. MSI don't have a very good rep on AMD, that card was and still is an unknown. i did not know about it until it was to late.
You get a good card with level up PCB, or Custom PCB and they overclock like nothing else, even the 7970 on a good custom PCB will do ~1400Mhz on the stock cooler.
1200 is easily obtainable on a decent branded non reference 7850. There is no evidence at all that 7870's clock higher on average than the 7850's, I think you just made that up to justify your purchase a little.
At the same clocks the 7870 is around 5% faster than the 7850, just as the 7970 is about 5% faster than the 7950 at the same clocks.
All the 7xxx cards top out at around 1200-1300MHz with good air coolers and added voltage. ( usual silicon lottery disclaimer applies)
At the same clocks the 7870 is around 5% faster than the 7850, just as the 7970 is about 5% faster than the 7950 at the same clocks.
All the 7xxx cards top out at around 1200-1300MHz with good air coolers and added voltage. ( usual silicon lottery disclaimer applies)
Soldato
Fair enough but I kind of meant end users getting to that level of overclock.
lmao! that has to be mistype
Caporegime
On that card 24/7. 1250Mhz / 1300Mhz, if they get it and it does like that one did on the stock cooler there is no reason why you could not run it like that 24/7. He did that without extream volts unlock on its own cooler.
Soldato
Sorry I don't follow. Who is this directed at? Me or psycho?
