7750 or 6850

[seldNofSparta]

Torn between the two of these, must order today so any input is much appreciated.

I have an i5 3570k and a Z77 Motherboard. Gaming at 1680x1050.

I would like to pick up two more of my current monitor model to use eyefinity. Would any of these two cards be suitable? I want to try out the latest games.

 

[Rusty0611]

Neither - 6870.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Sapphire 7750 at £69.95 on weekend deals is a very good deal here at OcUK.

 

[Marine-RX179]

7750 is slower than 5770 and 6770. The only benefit it got is it doesn't require additional power. For that price range, you best pick up a 6850.

 

[seldNofSparta]

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm definitely keen on the 7750, does having pci-e 3.0 help at all with anything?

On a very different note, a friend of mine offered me a GTX295 for a decent price. I only have a 500w OCZ PSU, the one that is just over £30 here on OCUK, would that suffice?

Thanks!

 

[greenpanda]

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm definitely keen on the 7750, does having pci-e 3.0 help at all with anything?

On a very different note, a friend of mine offered me a GTX295 for a decent price. I only have a 500w OCZ PSU, the one that is just over £30 here on OCUK, would that suffice?

Thanks!

No, that 7750 will not stretch even PCI-E 2.0 (no current card fully utilise the bandwidth of the PCI-E 3.0) so its just a marketing gimmick.

 

[greenpanda]

Forgot to mention about the PSU; 500W is not really enough for the GTX295.

The recommendation is 650W.

 

[seldNofSparta]

Yeh, I'll give the GTX295 a miss greenpanda, thanks for the reply!

 

[Marine-RX179]

Forgot to mention about the PSU; 500W is not really enough for the GTX295.

The recommendation is 650W.

Is your 500W a decent brand one though? If it is some generic PSU with **** 12v rail output, then you'd probably have to go for the 7750 (due to it being bus-powered), and the 6850 might be too much for the PSU.

 

[synixx]

If it's the ocz core xtreme 500w then it will run a 6850 without issue (12v1 25a 12v2 20a and it has 2 pci-e 6 pin's for reference). I wouldn't try the gtx295 on it though.

 

[Orcvader]

6850 beats the 7750 by a good fair bit: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/614?vs=539

 

[Marine-RX179]

6850 beats the 7750 by a good fair bit: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/614?vs=539

Yea...consider he got a branded 500W PSU, I'd got for a 6850 as well. But the problem is 6850 prices on OcUK has just rised to £100.

 

[Orcvader]

Yea...consider he got a branded 500W PSU, I'd got for a 6850 as well. But the problem is 6850 prices on OcUK has just rised to £100.

So it has . It was such a steal for under £85 before!

 

[seldNofSparta]

Hook me up OCUK!