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Need to pick right card

andreas_himself

andreas_himself

andreas_himself

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Hi Guys,

I am in the process of getting a new graphics card. Currently i have ancient HD4850! Which server me well.

Anyway i game at 1680x1050 and doubt i will be changing screen anytime soon.

I have been looking at 7950 series. But wouldnt it be a little too much for that resolution? What about 7850/7870?

Reason i would want to save a bit is that i am planning to get card now until new HD8xxx/GTX7xx series come out.

Cheers.
 
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I got an OC edition of the 7850 and it is at 1200 core and 1450 memory at the moment. I might be able to get some more out of it when I test it using Heaven. I have not done any detailed voltage stuff, I have only used the power slider available in the control panel.
 
That is nice! what one have you got? I havent looked into 7800 series as i was looking to get 7970! As long as i will be able to max out bf3, far cry 3, stalker etc on 1680x1050,i think that is the card for me.
 
It is a Sapphire 7850 OC 2GB. The stress testing with FurMark only got it to 74C too. If Heaven benchmarks increase with further clocks then there could be more to come. I don't play Stalker, but BF3 is maxed out at 1680x1050 (even at stock clocks it was).
 
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The Gigabyte looks like it could be the best as it starts with the highest clock. I've not used any of those cards, so can't comment further.
 
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