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**ATI RADEON 7800 SERIES NOW AVAILABLE!!**
- Thread starter Gibbo
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hows the 7850 going hex you still loving it now you have had a few days with the card now
Love it tbh. The only thing taking the shine off is the fact that you can pick up 7870's for £255 now... I would have prolly gone for one of those had they been that price when I ordered lol
Typical though, always happens no matter what you buy there's always something better.
But no, seriously for the £200 I paid I'm chuffed to bits with it, the fact it's maxed out the CCC sliders without even touching the voltage is superb, and the performance of the card taking it remains utterly silent at all times and only requires a single 6pin is simply outstanding.
Honestly can't recommend it enough.
I'm going to have a crack at clocking past the CCC core limits on the weekend, see just how high it will go as temps shouldn't really be an issue it'll all come down to the safe voltage limits, but I reckon 1.15GHz should deffo be doable.
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Really hope we see these come down a little more! Fancy a new toy but not at current prices.
Can I ask what you upgraded from?
I had a MSI TFII 560Ti before, then CF ASUS 6850's.
So no real need to upgrade, I just wanted something new to play with
The MSI TFII 560Ti was a lovely card, also very quiet (though the 7850 edges it out by being completely silent vs ambient case noise under load), and I sold it to give the super cheap 6850's a go in crossfire.
Which performed superbly, can't fault that, but in CF their fans really ramped up, and I couldn't get a curve I was happy with without the cards getting too hot, or the fan noise being too much, so I returned them with the intention of getting a 7870.
Then the 7870's were listed as £290, and there was no way I was paying that (I try to stick to a £200 GPU budget these days, but I would have stretched to £250 for a 7870), so instead I grabbed the £200 MSI TFIII 7850 and have proceeded to clock the nuts off it
GPU's are my 'thing', I've gone through soooooo many, I can't resist the shiny shiny ^_^
So no real need to upgrade, I just wanted something new to play with
The MSI TFII 560Ti was a lovely card, also very quiet (though the 7850 edges it out by being completely silent vs ambient case noise under load), and I sold it to give the super cheap 6850's a go in crossfire.
Which performed superbly, can't fault that, but in CF their fans really ramped up, and I couldn't get a curve I was happy with without the cards getting too hot, or the fan noise being too much, so I returned them with the intention of getting a 7870.
Then the 7870's were listed as £290, and there was no way I was paying that (I try to stick to a £200 GPU budget these days, but I would have stretched to £250 for a 7870), so instead I grabbed the £200 MSI TFIII 7850 and have proceeded to clock the nuts off it
GPU's are my 'thing', I've gone through soooooo many, I can't resist the shiny shiny ^_^
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Cant find any reviews of the Twin Frozr III 7870.
However, I did find this http://forums.vr-zone.com/hardware-...twinfrozr-2gd5-oc-ghz-edition-quick-look.html
However, I did find this http://forums.vr-zone.com/hardware-...twinfrozr-2gd5-oc-ghz-edition-quick-look.html
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These 7870's are really tempting me away from my GTX470. Must resist...but so hard!
its typical as soon as you buy a new toy the higher spec ones drop in price a little! I am very happy with my 7850 and i can hopefully use the extra £70 i get for my 5850 to go towards my new i5 setup.
Anything over 1ghz on the core im guessing is kinda overkill for games anyway surely, mine hits 1ghz easy on stock volts so hopefully should run most games without a hitch. Must admit though had a few drops to around 45fps on BF3 with all setting on high no aa, motion blur etc but i think that could perhaps be down to a bottleneck from the rest of my amd rig
Anything over 1ghz on the core im guessing is kinda overkill for games anyway surely, mine hits 1ghz easy on stock volts so hopefully should run most games without a hitch. Must admit though had a few drops to around 45fps on BF3 with all setting on high no aa, motion blur etc but i think that could perhaps be down to a bottleneck from the rest of my amd rig
think you will see a big differance upgrading to i5 and 8gb of ddr3 ram
Yeah i think your right lol my 4gb ddr2 ram is 1066 rated but only running at jedec 800mhz 
. Im just trying to find the right board, i am not interested in ivy bridge or crossfire etc etc just want a nice stable board with a couple of Sata III ports for my two ssd drives and i 'll be happy. Gigabyte seem to have great prices on z68 the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 at £99 seems to have everything i would need but there are some many people reporting of the boot loop issue after a few months its kinda putting me off.
I have always had asus boards before and never really come across any issues but gigabyte rma etc is meant to be pretty good which is a plus and there boards are better looking than asus
. Im just trying to find the right board, i am not interested in ivy bridge or crossfire etc etc just want a nice stable board with a couple of Sata III ports for my two ssd drives and i 'll be happy. Gigabyte seem to have great prices on z68 the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 at £99 seems to have everything i would need but there are some many people reporting of the boot loop issue after a few months its kinda putting me off. I have always had asus boards before and never really come across any issues but gigabyte rma etc is meant to be pretty good which is a plus and there boards are better looking than asus
Yeah i think your right lol my 4gb ddr2 ram is 1066 rated but only running at jedec 800mhz
I have always had asus boards before and never really come across any issues but gigabyte rma etc is meant to be pretty good which is a plus and there boards are better looking than asus
every board ive had was asus even my new mobo which is asus z68-v GEN3 which has be awesome and had no probs getting my i5 to 4.5ghz
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I have the same board and agree, it's awesome. Rock solid so far.
I went from AMD 1100T @ 3.8 to i5 2500k @ 4.2 (just a quick clock on stock volts) and it's been a very worth while upgrade. Heartily reccomend it.
I'd keep an out out for some cheap Z68 boards popping up in MM, especially with the Z77's around the corner.
I picked up this P67 board for like £50, super bargain
I'd keep an out out for some cheap Z68 boards popping up in MM, especially with the Z77's around the corner.
I picked up this P67 board for like £50, super bargain
Ok so managed to chuck the card in before having to go to work so here are some very quick heaven runs at stock up 1000/1200. This is the Sapphire 7850.
This is running with a x6 1100t at 3.7. Highest temp was 55 according to afterburner with fans set to 35% I was unable to hear it over my case fans, OC using the ccc overdrive.
Stock
900/1200
950/1200
1000/1200
This is running with a x6 1100t at 3.7. Highest temp was 55 according to afterburner with fans set to 35% I was unable to hear it over my case fans, OC using the ccc overdrive.
Stock
950/1200
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