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quick question

I know these aint exactly great reasons to wanting another 7850 but i jsut thought id get a better nvidia card for 200quid tbh

But apparntley not lol
 
djshauny1 said:
cant a overclocked 7850 reach 7870 speeds though mate ?
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As long as you get a good clocker, yes. Both cards seem to top out at anywhere between 1150 and 1300Mhz with the actual attainable speed being more down to luck than anything else.

The HD7870 is about 10% faster clock for clock but that's it. Whether that is worth the cost difference is debatable.
 
oweneades said:
As long as you get a good clocker, yes. Both cards seem to top out at anywhere between 1150 and 1300Mhz with the actual attainable speed being more down to luck than anything else.

The HD7870 is about 10% faster clock for clock but that's it. Whether that is worth the cost difference is debatable.
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Hi owen :)

Hows the 7850 been treating you mate :)
 
djshauny1 said:
Hi owen :)

Hows the 7850 been treating you mate :)
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Very well so far. Been messing with Eyefinity in BF3 and have been left pleasantly surprised. The card is netting just shy of 40fps at my custom "playable" settings (basically "high" with no HBAO or MSAA) when overclocked to the CCC max (1050/5800). For reference a stock GTX680 managed just over 52FPS at the same settings, whilst a HD6970 pulled 35FPS.

The only thing confusing me so far is that MSI Afterburner doesn't allow me change the voltages (slightly odd given it has voltage control and it's an MSI card...), and Asus GPU Tweak is listing the stock voltage as 1.21v, which judging by the HD7850 thread is rather on the high side.

Not a major issue though as it runs cool and quiet.
 
oweneades said:
Very well so far. Been messing with Eyefinity in BF3 and have been left pleasantly surprised. The card is netting just shy of 40fps at my custom "playable" settings (basically "high" with no HBAO or MSAA) when overclocked to the CCC max (1050/5800). For reference a stock GTX680 managed just over 52FPS at the same settings, whilst a HD6970 pulled 35FPS.

The only thing confusing me so far is that MSI Afterburner doesn't allow me change the voltages (slightly odd given it has voltage control and it's an MSI card...), and Asus GPU Tweak is listing the stock voltage as 1.21v, which judging by the HD7850 thread is rather on the high side.

Not a major issue though as it runs cool and quiet.
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GPU tweak doesn't read the voltage right on these MSI cards. I have a 7850 TF IV and GPU tweak reads my default voltage as 1210mV as well, but it's incorrect. Try changing your volts in Afterburner. I bet you (i) OC stability improves, (ii) temps go up. You should trust AB if you have an MSI card.
 
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