** INSANITY HERE AT OcUK: HD 7950 SUB £100 & 7850 FOR £50 !! **
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The 7950s? A bit slower than a 280X:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1033?vs=1041
If you meant the 7850 then the answer is quite a bit slower:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1076?vs=1041
But then they're quite a bit cheaper too.
Sorry, I was talking about the 7950s compared to the 7970(280x).
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Would be pretty nice as a gaming HTPC, but just for playing movies etc...totally agree that's its massively over the top.
No its not, some people like to use NNEDI3 and such in MadVr & emulators. this is good deal for a card that will just about do this.
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prices gone back up on the 7850s 
The reason they are dying is because they are installed right next to each other.......
Seriously do people have no common sense, how on earth does he think the card can cool itself when it has zero airflow for the fans.
Once again anyone running Crossfire or SLI with cards right next to each other, only the genuine reference coolers can perform in such close proximity to each other or watercooled cards.
Even the Crossfire/SLI connectors are made at a length to encourage spacing cards out, heck one of them force you to space them out with a clear slot between!
, was expecting a slightly less used product but hey it's refurb
Yup.
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Cracking prices, well done OcUK!
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Prices have gone up since OP as most the stock is now nearly all sold out.
Looks like they've gone up again this morning.
I still remember how many people (inc me) had problems with these MSI 7950's at the time...
What issues? I've had to undervolt my reference refurb in order to prevent the VRM overheating at stock clocks. In two minds about an RMA to be honest.
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Sounds like an RMA job.
Some useful links perhaps, lot more if you search for MSI and 7950 in the graphics sub-forum.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18460948&highlight=MSI+7950
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18500481&highlight=MSI+7950
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18494778&highlight=MSI+7950
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I've just reread this thread and I couldn't understand what I meant in some of my post. The 1 year I lived in a different country using different language made me forget a lot of stuff...
Back to the topic...
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/search.php?searchid=21381672
I think ScottiB use to be a MSI Rep. But I'm not 100% as it was 2 years ago...
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