Just want to say thanks very much to all the helpful posts made.
However just for the record, I will state again what the issue I am having is.
Back in MoP The were widely documented issues with the HD7900 series in WoW causing system lockups (sound would continue working but system would become unresponsive) which took AMD over a year to fix (and to this day they have never acknowledged the issue). <-----THIS
I have looked into this issue in depth over the last couple of years and the common denominator is the 7850 and similar. I have also tried every fix that has been posted to no avail and I truly believe that the fault lies with my 7850 or the drivers hence the decision to move to Nvidia.
Yes I know there are lots of AMD users that have zero issues with WoW but there are plenty that do and stating that just because a cross section of 'friends' have no problems, means that my card is not to blame is a little naive. As I have stated, I have tried all the fixes available to resolve this with no joy.
However just for the record I would like to state that normally I wouldn't care if my card was AMD or Nvidia as long as it works.
So this isn't a personal crusade against AMD, just a decision made from my personal experience. So no reason for people to turn this thread into world war 3.
MBH38 really sorry you have to see all these. In my opinion, the arguments that people are having due to the clash of opinions on the approach in giving advice and responding to enquiry, rather than a Nvidia vs AMD thing.
To put your situation in a different context, it would be like for someone who own socket 1156 platform with i7 870 CPU making a thread stating he's having problem with the CPU, and for solving the issue he's planning switching to AMD AM3+ platform with x budget.
There would people who would just follow what the OP ask for and give him suggestion for the AMD build, and there will be people who wish to help the OP resolve the problem without the need of spending money first asking "what is the problem you are having with the Intel CPU? Would you like to clarify what problems you are having to see if there's really not solution before tossing money at making the switch in hope of resolving the issue?"
I don't think there's right or wrong in the way responds to someone's enquire for the two approach, but I myself, and probably some others as well believe that majority of the people would prefer fixing problem with no cost over throwing money at the problem, thus why they would like to gather more information to try to help, rather just giving recommendation on making purchase right off the bet base on assumption alone.
If you look back at my posts specifically on the 1st page of this thread, you'd see I asked repetitively to try to get more information on the issues you are having...and it was when and only when you have responded for the first time to give us a clearer understanding on the problems that you are having, that I went ahead and suggested you some possible options on the Nvidia cards.
Considering you issues are the same as those that uber has detailed, then hopefully by switching to Nvidia card would solve them; however had the problem been something else, you (or anyone who who's asking for advicee) might end up in situation of after spending £200 making the switch to Nvidia yet the problems remains, that's why some people would see that as a concern that other are so eagerly recommending the purchase before getting more information from you regarding the problem.
As others have already suggested...it might be a good idea you try your 7850 on another system, or borrow a Nvidia card from someone to test in your system to see if the problem would go away or remain, before blowing £200-£300 on a graphic card.
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