**AMD GPU PRICE DROP: AWESOME CARDS @ AWESOME PRICES!!**

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Guys the AMD GPU price drop on 7850, 7870 and 7950 is now active at OcUK.

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HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games @ £164.99 inc VAT

Thanks to the 9.2cm silent fan, massive amount of cool air is drawn from the central fan to cool down the GPU and graphics card directly. 2 heatpipes optimize cooling performance by removing heat from the core area, providing ultimate solution for professional gamers and HTCP users.

IceQ X is one of the quietest coolers. The card is below 28dB when watching movies, surfing Facebook, working. The card is quiet in 2D mode and remains quiet whether you are gaming, online socializing, entertaining or working.

The new architecture of the card gets more usable processing power for your money, enabling better frame rates in the latest games at high resolutions. In addition, with AMD PowerPlay™ & AMD PowerTune technologies, you can optimize the balance between performance and power consumption of your system by adjusting the engine clock during runtime of the card. Manage the power and keep your wallet loaded!

Features:-
- Core Clock: 860MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4800MHz (Effective)
- Processing Cores: 1024
- ROPS: 32
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.1
- Display Connectors: 1 Dual Link DVI-I, 1 HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- Shader Model 5.0 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- ATI CrossFire Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- ATI HD3D Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years
- Supplied with Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games


Only £164.99 inc VAT.

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VTX3D HD 7870 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games @ £199.99 inc VAT

With continued demand for increased graphics horsepower to support more visually intensive games, the AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series is set to power the next generation of games and applications. And for those looking to upgrade to a next-generation graphics card, the AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series is the ideal choice.

- Core Clock: 1000MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4800MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 256-Bit
- Processing Cores: 1280
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 3.0
- Display Connectors: 1x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11.1 Support
- OpenGL 4.2 Support
- ATI CrossFire Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- ATI HD3D Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years
- Supplied with Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games


Only £199.99 inc VAT.

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HIS HD 7950 IceQ 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion (H795Q3G2M) @ £239.99 inc VAT

The World's first 28nm GPU. The revolutionary new GCN Architecture. Ready for DirectX 11.1. PCI Express 3.0. The AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 is your personal checklist for ground-breaking technology. The next generation of AMD Eyefinity technology is here, featuring all-new support for stereo 3D, universal bezel compensation and brand new display configurations. Face it: the best just got better. Armed with the new PCI Express 3.0 standard, multi-GPU configurations with AMD CrossFire™ technology are just another way to obliterate the competition with the revolutionary AMD Radeon™ HD 7950. Leave no performance behind. Get higher clocks and faster gaming with AMD PowerTune technology on AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 Graphics. Fold and mine faster than ever with AMD App Acceleration powered by the unprecedented 28nm GCN Architecture. The market isn't ready for 4K video, but Radeon™ is. With full support for 3GHz HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2 HBR2, the AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 is set for Quad HD.

- Core Clock: 800MHz
- Memory: 3072MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 5000MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 384-Bit
- Processing Cores: 1792
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 3.0
- Display Connectors: 1x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 3.2 Support
- ATI CrossFire Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- ATI HD3D Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years
- AMD 3 for FREE Promotion including Dirt 3 Showdown, Nexuiz, Deus Ex Games (Subject to availability)


Only £239.99 inc VAT.

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[Gregster]

The HIS 7850 and 7950 are great prices.

 

[pgi947]

Wow, now just a drop on the 7970's required

Makes the 660 even less appealing at it's current price.

 

[J.D]

Is the 7970 £60 better than the 7950 though?. If not, then I hope the 7970s will follow suit .

 

[RavenXXX2]

Is the 7970 £60 better than the 7950 though?. If not, then I hope the 7970s will follow suit .

I would say no going by the below results with the 7950 at 7970 speeds, 7950 is a bargain for the performance it gives, especially when clocked.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/34761-amd-hd-7950-vs-hd-7970-clocks/?page=10

 

[psychodil]

Is the 7970 £60 better than the 7950 though?. If not, then I hope the 7970s will follow suit .

Don't think they will just yet. Thats just the premium you pay for having the top card, same with the 680. And are really turning the screw on nvidia, its good to see

 

[Rusty0611]

Wow, now just a drop on the 7970's required

Makes the 660 even less appealing at it's current price.

Not sure that's possible. It was already pretty undesirable. AMD are choking the life out of the 660Ti's with these cuts

 

[Laher]

It seems I was spot on with the price cuts

This should be interesting, I wonder how nvidia will respond

 

[psychodil]

Not sure that's possible. It was already pretty undesirable. AMD are choking the life out of the 660Ti's with these cuts

Its funny because its true Great news for us consumers, lets hope nvidia follow suit quickly.

Really dont know why AMD want to cut the 7850 price though, perhaps its just a knock-on of the 7870 price cut

 

[Rusty0611]

It seems I was spot on with the price cuts

This should be interesting, I wonder how nvidia will respond

Didn't you say prices are determined by forum speculation as well? I get one out of ten right while guessing away as well...

 

[ubersonic]

Really dont know why AMD want to cut the 7850 price though, perhaps its just a knock-on of the 7870 price cut

Heading the 660 non-ti or the 650 off at the pass?

 

[nitram100]

Ok, just about to order the 7950 HIS. Only issue I have is that I contacted OcUK and asked them about warranty.

I read that they handled the warranty for the entire 2 years but the response from OcUK informed me that they now only handle it for the first year, leaving me with having to deal with HIS for the final year and I have read that they are awful for warranty issues!

 

[benj0145]

incredibly tempting this...

only thing about the HIS ones is reports of those coolers being quite noisy under load, dont know how true this is.. sounds like the Sapphire HD 7950 OC 3072MB is quieter?

 

[Laher]

Didn't you say prices are determined by forum speculation as well? I get one out of ten right while guessing away as well...

I didn't literally mean forum speculation, although that plays a big part, along with biased reviews !

It's usual supply and demand. AMD are using a smaller die, so their manufacturing process is going smoothly, creating larger supplies than nvidia !

AMD know a lot of buyers will be swayed to purchase a 660 over a 7870 in the same price bracket [£200-£250], thus the demand will go down for the 7870 inparticularly. AMD have pre-emptively stopped this in a bold move by cutting price.

This will force nvidia to respond. If they don't it's going to be another bad year for nvidia, in terms of mid-range sales and getting the right product out at the right time.

 

[nitram100]

incredibly tempting this...

only thing about the HIS ones is reports of those coolers being quite noisy under load, dont know how true this is.. sounds like the Sapphire HD 7950 OC 3072MB is quieter?

Well I've just ordered, so will let you know tomorrow!

 

[andybird123]

I didn't literally mean forum speculation, although that plays a big part, along with biased reviews !

It's usual supply and demand. AMD are using a smaller die, so their manufacturing process is going smoothly, creating larger supplies than nvidia !

AMD know a lot of buyers will be swayed to purchase a 660 over a 7870 in the same price bracket [£200-£250], thus the demand will go down for the 7870 inparticularly. AMD have pre-emptively stopped this in a bold move by cutting price.

This will force nvidia to respond. If they don't it's going to be another bad year for nvidia, in terms of mid-range sales and getting the right product out at the right time.

almost nothing you say makes sense

Die size and manufacturing process have got nothing to do with each other... 680's were in short supply at 295mm vs. 7970 at 352mm

also... 660ti is the 3rd grade down of GK104, so if anything there should be loads of 660's available as they are chips that can't be made in to 670's or 680's
AMD has no 3rd binning on tahiti so chips that fail testing as 7950's are currently going in the bin

both AMD and Nvidia have plenty of stock of all their cards available, the rate at which they are selling (demand) governs pricing but at this point it's not a lack of supply keeping prices high (check around, all the major retailers have plenty of stock) (no lack of supply)

 

[Laher]

almost nothing you say makes sense

Die size and manufacturing process have got nothing to do with each other... 680's were in short supply at 295mm vs. 7970 at 352mm

also... 660ti is the 3rd grade down of GK104, so if anything there should be loads of 660's available as they are chips that can't be made in to 670's or 680's
AMD has no 3rd binning on tahiti so chips that fail testing as 7950's are currently going in the bin

both AMD and Nvidia have plenty of stock of all their cards available, the rate at which they are selling (demand) governs pricing but at this point it's not a lack of supply keeping prices high (check around, all the major retailers have plenty of stock) (no lack of supply)

So the whole '28nm process is creating shorter supplies' is all baloney ?

You're probably right

Forum speculation, and biased reviews it is then, that's causing downfall in demand [Especially of the 660ti, as most people now know its pants].

There is still a sizeable part of the gaming community, I bet, who still don't do any research and buy a card that's supposedly faster than a 7950

 

[flopper]

7900 series no issues with yeilds.
however 680/670 series have had and are having yield issues due to more complicated manufacturing even though it is going better for them, was a reason Nvidia complaiend about TMSC.

prices here for the 7900 series are pretty good IMO.

 

[psychodil]

So the whole '28nm process is creating shorter supplies' is all baloney ?

You're probably right

Forum speculation, and biased reviews it is then, that's causing downfall in demand [Especially of the 660ti, as most people now know its pants].

There is still a sizeable part of the gaming community, I bet, who still don't do any research and buy a card that's supposedly faster than a 7950

Nvidias CEO recently said that chip supply is low and that it is expected to increase supply by december, or words to that effect.

Im sure there are plenty of 660TI's going into dells and plenty of other OEM computers, its just us enthusiasts that know better

Im sure there are plenty of PC World monkies that are buying them.

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

The HIS 7950 looks nice for £240, but is it not worth paying £20 more for an MSI FT3? What do people think about the 7870 HAWK for £210? Is the 7950 TF3 worth £50 more over the 7870 HAWK?