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7850 vs 660
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Edit 2- i was pretty sure others had benched the scaling, i have gone back 10 pages and could not find anything, all i have is this http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18454552
my 12.8 to 12.11 would have been a good thread for it but that got ruined within 3 or 4 posts, so it got ignored and that was that.
my 12.8 to 12.11 would have been a good thread for it but that got ruined within 3 or 4 posts, so it got ignored and that was that.
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Well I made my choice for sure!
Just bought this baby!
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with SIX FREE PC GAMES £239.99
Total : £250.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).
Will OC this beast!
Just bought this baby!
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with SIX FREE PC GAMES £239.99
Total : £250.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).
Will OC this beast!
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Tbh what humbug is posting is pretty much backed up from what review sites were saying and the gains that 7900 series users were reporting. I think one review site mentioned that the 7800 or at least the 7870 was the biggest winner in term's of gains.
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Well I made my choice for sure!
Just bought this baby!
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with SIX FREE PC GAMES £239.99
Total : £250.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).
Will OC this beast!
Hope you have better success then I did.
What do you mean?
Is that you who had to RMA that MSI card? 2 or 3 times?
Anyway thanks, i will try my best to go as high as i can.
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Yes it's me.
Good luck, hope they work good for you
I hope everything will work smoothly!
I missed that in the origional post. In that case If he really doesnt want to overclock then 660 is the better card. Getting a 7850 is pointless to leave at stock imo.
Actually where did the OP say he wasnt overclocking?
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The 660 seems to be more power efficient too. I would get however the one with the better cooler and warranty/
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Received my 7850 on saturday! Love it, everything maxed out, tempos in battlefield dont got over 56 degree. Overclocked to 1050/1450, no problems there!
*Thumbs up*
I got a MSI 660 after reading reviews that the equivalent 7850 MSI wasn't as quiet. Essentially I am after a front room gaming machine with it and I'd prefer near silence.
Great little unit but I'm not an overclocker.
It is a smidge more expensive than the 7850, but there are some miniscule gains in stock speed that tipped me over paying a bit more.
Great little unit but I'm not an overclocker.
It is a smidge more expensive than the 7850, but there are some miniscule gains in stock speed that tipped me over paying a bit more.
You won't regret it. A week or two ago a 7850 2gb would have been the obvious choice but with prices now so close it's 6 and half a dozen really.