2x HIS Radeon HD 7790 1GB Graphics Cards + 2x BioShock Infinite Game Codes - $199.95 +Shipping

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  kwokask on 12/08/2013 - 14:48

  +2

  It's cheap for two, but I don't need two - anybody want to split?

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    ItsMeAgro on 12/08/2013 - 15:02

    I'll give you $20 for the extra Bioshock Infinite code.

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    regenade on 12/08/2013 - 15:56

    Ready to take 1 HD 7790 with 1 Gamecode.
    Anyone in Melbourne willing ?

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      noobplayerz on 12/08/2013 - 19:01

      Hey, i am interested. Email me at noobplayerzzATgmailDOTcom if you are still on.

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    noobplayerz on 13/08/2013 - 14:20

    Hey, do you still looking for someone to split? I am from Mel.
    noobplayerzzATgmailDOTcom

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  scrimshaw on 12/08/2013 - 14:53

  +1

  Don't need one. But damn do I want one.

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  ItsMeAgro on 12/08/2013 - 14:56

  +1

  Good deal for a mid-range GPU.

  I have an HD 7790. Can't quite max out some newer games, but pretty damn close, considering the price. It's a bit faster than a GTX 650 TI, see Anandtech bench for benchmarks which start at $137 plus shipping on staticice.

  You could probably just sell the second card for about $140 on ebay, if you only need one…

  I personally wouldn't crossfire these: remember, the total VRAM will still only be 1GB, not 2GB. They are powerful enough for 1GB to be the bottleneck at high res with lots of AA etc.

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  Mentoscoin on 12/08/2013 - 16:07

  +1

  Is HIS a good brand? I've never heard of it.

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    ItsMeAgro on 12/08/2013 - 16:30

    It's often the very cheapest card for a given GPU, but I haven't heard any complaints.

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  pin4e on 12/08/2013 - 16:17

  +1

  Couldn't help myself, thanks OP. Postage was $20 for me to Newcastle.

  If anyone wants to buy the bioshock codes i'll do them for $20 each.

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    ItsMeAgro on 12/08/2013 - 16:28

    I'll take one! PM me your email address once you get the codes and I'll paypal you the money.

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  Karlos101 on 12/08/2013 - 16:34

  why dont people have a use for 2? put them in crossfire and you've got yourself a great performing rig.

  http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7790_CrossFire/21.…

  for comparison to other cards in benchmarks. (i know its not real-world, but scroll through some of the pages for actual game scores)

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    tonyjzx on 12/08/2013 - 16:41

    microstutter

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    ItsMeAgro on 12/08/2013 - 16:48

    +1

    1. Some games - including major titles - still don't crossfire well, sometimes getting no performance boost at all (some of these you actually have to disable crossfire because it makes the game slower).

    2. If a few of the games you want to play don't benefit from crossfire, a single 7790 will provide disappointing performance compared to any other option around this price.

    3. If you crossfire, the GPU RAM stays the same, so it's still 1GB, not 2GB. At higher res and settings, which you can easily power with 2x 7790s, that 1GB will be a bottleneck. For some games, even my single 7790 could perform better if it had more than 1GB.

    4. Those benchmarks you link put the 2GB 7870 at only about 10% less performance, and it's only about $30 more in price. Worth if for the reduced power consumption, reduced fiddling, and peace of mind knowing it won't lose half it's grunt in incompatible games like a crossfire setup will.

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      tonyjzx on 12/08/2013 - 16:58

      +1

      a basic 7870 is a better buy for sure

      mine is a Tahiti core with 1,536 streams and is about the bargain in the its price bracket

      however saying that a SINGLE 7790 for $100 is also a bargain for a midrange machine

      i dont see a problem with buying TWO, selling ONE on ebay or something and getting even a better bargain

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    Gnostikos on 12/08/2013 - 18:01

    +1

    Because game developers and producers criminally under-optimise their titles for multi-GPU setups even in 2013. They just can't be bothered catering to what they see as a tiny, niche demographic of gamers. Sometimes you may get a performance increase essentially double the single-GPU performance, other times it'll be equivalent to a 15% or less increase.

    It's really a crapshoot as to which titles will make use of an extra GPU and which won't.

    I've had an SLI setup for a few years now and while it's definitely the most bang-for-your-buck solution on paper (often being $200 to 300 dollars cheaper than the equivalent, higher-end, single card counter-part) and in theoretical benchmarks two mid-range GPU's usually outperform the highest tier card available within that generation; in real-world gaming performance, you don't get such exponential scaling.

    The VRAM bottlenecks (mid-range cards usually don't have the necessary VRAM to go above 1920x1080) and micro-stuttering (which should be mitigated with the advent of PCI-E 3.0 though I can't speak from experience) are also two inherent flaws in mid-range multi-GPU setups.

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      hollykryten on 12/08/2013 - 20:12

      +1

      AMD recently released a new Catalyst display driver which fixes the Crossfire micro stutter issue. At the moment it's mostly for the Radeon HD 7xxx series GPU which applies to these graphics cards being sold here.

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        Gnostikos on 13/08/2013 - 10:36

        If I recall correctly, the micro-stuttering issue was something inherent with Alternate Frame Rendering (which is the most common way of dividing up rendering tasks between two GPUs); where the first card renders one frame and the second renders the next frame. The lack of frame synchronisation (each frame needs to be timed precisely in order to have a perceivable "smoothness" to the viewer, instead of being jittery/jumpy) can be brought on by two GPU chips not being exactly identical in terms of performance due to the variability of the manufacturing process or the PCI-E lanes/PCI bridge simply being saturated and not having the bandwidth necessary to relay frames to the monitor in a timely fashion.

        Micro-stutter disappears when you add a third GPU for three-way Crossfire/SLI or when you use a non-AFR rendering technique (Split-Frame Rendering).

        This Tom's Hardware articles pins the precise cause of micro-stutter as being bandwidth limitations inherent in PCI-E (because usually ONE card is driving ONE monitor, so all of the second card's signals have to pass via the PCI bridge to the first, which is too slow of a medium when we're talking about millisecond response times):
        http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-c…

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  epitone on 12/08/2013 - 16:57

  If anyone wants to buy a bioshock code, I'll sell mine for $20 when I receive the code.

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  Zues981 on 12/08/2013 - 18:55

  -1

  im only getting this cause to play FFXIV Realm Reborn LOL!!!! =P

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  noobplayerz on 12/08/2013 - 19:30

  Anyone wanna split half in Melbourne? Don really see the need for crossfire but it such a good price considering MSY selling cheapest 7790 for $151/card

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  noobplayerz on 12/08/2013 - 22:43

  I am selling bioshock code for $20 too, if anyone interested, please let me know via pm. Cheers,

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    FootooMootoo on 13/08/2013 - 12:26

    Just grabbed the deal as well. If anyone wants a card or a BIOSHOCK code PM me and we can sort something out. PS I am in Sydney.

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  hollykryten on 12/08/2013 - 23:42

  This is cheap but then again my 2 x HD 7870 Tahiti LE would beat the crap out of this. But i suppose these are less than half the price i paid for my setup.

  Also for running these two HD 7790 cards in Crossfire it shouldn't be a problem now as i said that AMD finally fixed the Crossfire micro stutter issue.

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    OzzyOzbourne on 13/08/2013 - 08:21

    +1

    2 x HD 7870 = $460, this deal is $200. I'm sure my 3 x HD 7970 would beat 2 x HD 7870, but it's irrelevant.

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      tonyjzx on 13/08/2013 - 15:18

      +1

      yeah its like saying two Toyota sports cars are good but hey, my two Porsches beat it for ONLY 2.5 times the price

      sure it does but many more people can afford a $100 card or $200 for 2 cards than TWO $250 cards!

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  Damned on 13/08/2013 - 21:41

  If anyone in melbourne wants to split send me a message. =]