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**ATI RADEON 7800 SERIES NOW AVAILABLE!!**

do all manufacturer included voltage adjustment ?

because im currently looking at the following 7870s:
twin froz iii £288
sapphire oc £270
powercolor pcs+ £280

all the differences in cooling and prices is making me confused :confused:
 
glen8 said:
don't forget the 7850 is a good £80 cheaper than a 7870 and a good £40 cheaper than a 570

If they are similar in performance, why would anyone buy the '70 :confused:
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Which 70 did you mean, the 7870 OR the 570. I assumed you meant why would anybody buy a 570 over a 7850. Clear as mud eh.:D
 
kmax86 said:
do all manufacturer included voltage adjustment ?

because im currently looking at the following 7870s:
twin froz iii £288
sapphire oc £270
powercolor pcs+ £280

all the differences in cooling and prices is making me confused :confused:
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Go for the cheapest. The Sapphire has a good cooler and OC's well, they all have volt adjust.
 
What are you disappointed with? 1200+ core, 1600+ mem, seems about right. Fan noise does seem high though, looks like they've put an aggressive fan profile on the 7870 version, easily fixed with MSI afterburner though. Temps look fine, performance is fine.

The Sapphire will be much the same.

I'd have gone for the Sapphire anyway as it's a fair bit cheaper, no point paying out more for the MSI.

I find it quite shocking how much hotter the '70's get compared to the 50's, taking there's only one shader block disssabled that's different.

My 50 on the same cooler is 10C cooler under load at stock, and 12C cooler OC'd. That's a fairly big difference!
 
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The MSI is also £299, if it was only £10 more than the competition like the 50 is then I'd probably go for it.

I've seen reviews putting the Sapphire 7870 at 54c under load while near silent.

Also the price I got is a bargain.
 
vicarious81 said:
The MSI is also £299, if it was only £10 more than the competition like the 50 is then I'd probably go for it.

I've seen reviews putting the Sapphire 7870 at 54c under load while near silent.

Also the price I got is a bargain.
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Very tempted by that Sapphire 7870. £250 delivered is a great price too! ;)
 
vicarious81 said:
The MSI is also £299, if it was only £10 more than the competition like the 50 is then I'd probably go for it.

I've seen reviews putting the Sapphire 7870 at 54c under load while near silent.

Also the price I got is a bargain.
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Yeah, the MSI is very over priced.

The Sapphire seems to have a better stock fan profile, the TFIII cooler that MSI uses is very good, it just seems they've put the fan profile very aggressive, when really it doesn't need to be.

And there is no question the Sapphire is the better buy at that price. Had they been £250 when I was buying mine I might have plummed for the 70 rather than the 50 :D
 
HeX said:
Yeah, the MSI is very over priced.

The Sapphire seems to have a better stock fan profile, the TFIII cooler that MSI uses is very good, it just seems they've put the fan profile very aggressive, when really it doesn't need to be.

And there is no question the Sapphire is the better buy at that price. Had they been £250 when I was buying mine I might have plummed for the 70 rather than the 50 :D
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Yeah, and the fact you can reach and even surpass stock 7950 levels with a slight overclock is really great.

Can't wait to get my hands on the card, its been years since I've had a new gpu to play with.

I have a slight suspicion that perhaps when that reviewer took the MSI card apart to display the pcb etc that maybe he hasn't re-assembled it properly hence the higher temps, I say that because the twin frozr III from what I've seen is always displaying awesome cooling, like 55c during gaming even on cards like the gtx 580.
 
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50% OC, 1290 @ 1.225V.
 
10C hotter, 72C max temp, fans sped up to ~54%. At that OC it's actually faster than a stock 7950 in heaven :D
 
Just got my Sapphire 7870 OC, and WOW, what a jump from my old 4870....

Just played some Battlefield 3 on ultra, all maxed, 60 fps solid with vsync on, its like a different game.

Cards was running running at 54c @ 33% fan speed during 90% load, totally silent.

Currently idling at 25c while watching spy sports via the web.

The pictures in reviews don't do it justice either, its a really sexy card.
 
Just done 20mins of BF3, Ultra everything, 1080p, No MSAA, High FXAA, solid 60fps. Max temp 68C.
 
Finally! My 4850 can be laid to rest! I'll be going for a 7850.

It served me so well for the past 4 years I may actually bury it in the back garden. It only cost me £99.99 too!
 
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