7850 or?o

jongeeone · 8 Jul 2012 at 12:38

Looking at putting a new card in my newest pc. I have a 6950 in my 2500k system, but what to put in my new ivy?

Specs are

3570k
Z77 extreme4
8Gb xms3
OCZ 550w zt
OCZ 120gb ssd

It runs really well so looking to treat it to a new gfx card, the 7850 seems good bang for buck. Is there any alternatives I should look at? What card would you recommend for that price.

Tonester0011 · 8 Jul 2012 at 12:42

Will this replace your current system? Or is this a standalone? If the latter, 7850, if former another 6950 for crossfire.

I doubt a heavy overclock on the 7850 could get anywhere near Xfire6950's.

Marine-RX179 · 8 Jul 2012 at 12:44

jongeeone said:
Looking at putting a new card in my newest pc. I have a 6950 in my 2500k system, but what to put in my new ivy?

Specs are

3570k
Z77 extreme4
8Gb xms3
OCZ 550w zt
OCZ 120gb ssd

It runs really well so looking to treat it to a new gfx card, the 7850 seems good bang for buck. Is there any alternatives I should look at? What card would you recommend for that price.

There's not better alternative for that price range...at least not until GTX660Ti is available (don't know when), which may or may not be better than the 7850.

Putting that side, 7850 is not much if an upgrade from a 6950...in my opinion, the minimum you should consider upgrading to is a GTX580 or GTX670/7950...personally the latter two would be better choice.

jongeeone · 8 Jul 2012 at 12:50

This is a standalone system so the 6950 is staying in the other pc. Ill take a look at the 7950.

Rusty0611 · 8 Jul 2012 at 12:55

670 is better at a similar ish price point.

jongeeone · 8 Jul 2012 at 13:03

7950 for £265 seems like a good price

Pazz · 8 Jul 2012 at 15:08

Rusty0611 said:
670 is better at a similar ish price point.

Another £120 more tho.

jongeeone · 8 Jul 2012 at 16:14

670 is a bit too much. What does the 7950 clock like? Seems good in benchmarks and at a reasonable price.

arc@css · 8 Jul 2012 at 16:20

If you can't go to a 670, then a 7950 is a very good choice. They overclock well, and you can use this guide to compare performance :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/372

Rusty0611 · 8 Jul 2012 at 18:57

Pazz said:
Another £120 more tho.

Don't know where you've pulled that figure from.

I make it give or take £20-30.

Pazz · 8 Jul 2012 at 20:17

The OP is considering a 7850, is he not?

Rusty0611 · 8 Jul 2012 at 20:19

Pazz said:
The OP is considering a 7850, is he not?

jongeeone said:
This is a standalone system so the 6950 is staying in the other pc. Ill take a look at the 7950.

Was.

Suggest you read the whole thread.

Tonester0011 · 8 Jul 2012 at 20:32

You could always save a few quid, buy a 7850 and clock to near 7950 performance.

jimhaumman · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:59

i would buy hd7870,and oc it to run like hd7970,i've seen some going for 231£

Davedree · 9 Jul 2012 at 01:50

Jim if the 7870 was £200 yeah but it's still too pricey.

jimhaumman · 9 Jul 2012 at 08:44

cheaper than hd7950

Rusty0611 · 9 Jul 2012 at 14:20

No point in the 7870 at the moment. It sits nowhere interesting between a stock/oc 7850.

psychodil · 9 Jul 2012 at 15:23

Yeah the 7870 is a bit out of place really in the market, far better to find a few more quid for a 7950, which overclock like demons. Hopefully the 660 cards will be released soon which will shake up the prices of the mid range cards.

Cant believe nvidia have given AMD a free run at the mid range market this gen so far :mad:

Kapp · 9 Jul 2012 at 18:15

In a similar situation myself actually. I've been looking at the 7850/70 since there isnt really anything on Nividia's side within that price range just yet. 7850 sounds like the best shout for what I want to pay.

I was running a GTX 260 before it died on me, so anything will be a nice upgrade for me.

jimhaumman · 10 Jul 2012 at 01:18

psychodil said:
Yeah the 7870 is a bit out of place really in the market, far better to find a few more quid for a 7950, which overclock like demons. Hopefully the 660 cards will be released soon which will shake up the prices of the mid range cards.

Cant believe nvidia have given AMD a free run at the mid range market this gen so far

yeah,and they will have free run for at least month or two