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[Fox Fire]

They jacked up the cost of the [color="#ffa504"]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814121623[/color]

and now I have three options:

[color="#ffa504"]http://www.newegg.co...82E16814127663R[/color]

[color="#ffa504"]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814129230[/color]

[color="#ffa504"]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814202004[/color]

They all seem to be the same quality other than GPU speeds.


Im not willing to go above $190 Not including tax.

Thing is, which one?

[OperationExodus]

I have the MSi R7870; one step up from the 7850, but it's an awesome card and it overclocked quite well. Only downside is that the cooler is a little bit noisy under load, but if that isn't a problem for you than I recommend that one.

[Fox Fire]

Son of a....everytime I see one that others say works, its out of stock AND discontinued! Damn freebirths.....

[Vulpesveritas]

May I recommend the HIS IceQ Radeon HD 7850? Free shipping, $185 before $10 MIR (end cost $175)? One of the better brands and quieter coolers.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814161405

[Fox Fire]

That's one of the slowests GPUs Ive seen but with 256 bit and 2 gb of ram on a PCI-3, it may make no real difference.

[Vulpesveritas]

Fox Fire, on 29 September 2012 - 05:06 AM, said:

That's one of the slowests GPUs Ive seen but with 256 bit and 2 gb of ram on a PCI-3, it may make no real difference.

It's the same GPU as the others, just from a different brand. Some of the others may do a factory overclock, but you can always use the provided HIS overclocking utility software to overclock it to the same level as the other cards, or above if you so desire.

Otherwise, as any other card using the AMD Radeon HD 7850 GPU, it is one of the better mid-range GPUs right now.

Quality wise, it has a quieter cooler than the other cards you are looking at, and better cooling capacity than the Visiontek. HIS is also a better company than Visiontek, and is on par with Sapphire, which make the two (in my personal opinion) the two highest quality AMD-only AIB partners for GPUs.

[Barbaric Soul]

What about the EVGA GTX480 for sale for $180 on New Egg? I know it's a older card, but it still matches or out performs the HD7850/GTX 560 ti cards in the same price range, and that won't change.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130759

Or if you want to stay with alittle newer hardware, the 6950 is still a great card.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102954

Edited by Barbaric Soul, 30 September 2012 - 04:41 AM.

[Vulpesveritas]

Barbaric Soul, on 30 September 2012 - 04:39 AM, said:

What about the EVGA GTX480 for sale for $180 on New Egg? I know it's a older card, but it still matches or out performs the HD7850/GTX 560 ti cards in the same price range, and that won't change.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130759

Or if you want to stay with alittle newer hardware, the 6950 is still a great card.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102954

well, the 480 is fine if he has the case and power supply to support it, although the OP should note that it has more than twice the power consumption of a 7850 for only ~20% more performance.

I would argue against the 6950 as the 7850 is slightly faster than it, uses less power, and does better in DX11 environments overall, for what is essentially the same price. ($5 more expensive.)

[Fox Fire]

See my frustration? There are application reasons why one card is better than another and there are functional reasons why. I'll keep reading about these to get a better feel for which way to go. Thank you all.

[Fox Fire]

1. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814161405 HIS IceQ X H785QN2G2M Radeon HD 7850

2. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814131472 PowerColor PCS+ AX7850 2GBD5-2DHPP Radeon HD 7850

3. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814161406 HIS H785F2G2M Radeon HD 7850

4. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814129266 VisionTek 900568 Radeon HD 7850

5. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814131464 PowerColor AX7850 2GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 7850

6. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130662 EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P3-1469-KR GeForce GTX 560

My new choices. #6 is an Nvidia card which I've been told works shiny with MWO but I'd like your opinions here.

[Freeride Forever]

Hey Fox, I'd like to draw your attention to http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814125419

Clocks on the GPU & memory are close to that PC one (http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814131472) with only a 25MHz gain on the PC (975MHz & 1200MHz for GB vs. 1000MHz & 1225MHz for PC) which will translate into no noticeable difference (maybe ~ 1 FPS sometimes) & I think it's pretty clear which card has the best cooler of the bunch. The dual giant WindForce fans on the Gigabyte will keep your GPU a lot cooler than the single enclosed fan on that PowerColor card.

Finally the Gigabyte comes in at your original limit of $190 after rebate(s) whereas the PowerColor card is $25 more after rebate(s).

[Vulpesveritas]

Fox Fire, on 27 October 2012 - 04:35 PM, said:

1. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814161405 HIS IceQ X H785QN2G2M Radeon HD 7850

2. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814131472 PowerColor PCS+ AX7850 2GBD5-2DHPP Radeon HD 7850

3. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814161406 HIS H785F2G2M Radeon HD 7850

4. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814129266 VisionTek 900568 Radeon HD 7850

5. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814131464 PowerColor AX7850 2GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 7850

6. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130662 EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P3-1469-KR GeForce GTX 560

My new choices. #6 is an Nvidia card which I've been told works shiny with MWO but I'd like your opinions here.

CryENGINE 3 is a GPU-neutral game engine, and while Nvidia is affiliated with it, there is no advantage to going with the 560. On average, a Radeon HD 7850 is 20-30% faster than a Geforce GTX 560.

the HIS IceQ X is a cool and quiet running heatsink from a good company with decent customer support.

The Powercolor PCS+ has very good power management, is very quiet, and has the highest factory Overclock of all of these cards. Powercolor is a decent company, but has sub-average customer service.

I recommend staying away from VisionTek, their card is of a stock heatsink model, and the company is average at best, with quite poor customer service.

The HIS H785F2G2M and Powercolor AX 7850 are using the stock heatsinks, and are louder and slower than their custom heatsink bretherin.

[Flapdrol]

Cant go wrong with a 2GB 7850

gtx660's are also good price/performance cards. If you cant decide just look at price, warranty and if it's got a cooler with 2 big fans (those are often much more quiet)