Powercolor Radeon HD7850 2GB - $179 plus postage

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  aussieaubs on 31/10/2012 - 12:55

  -4

  good if you only need to drive a few 24" screens (3)

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    vid_ghost on 31/10/2012 - 13:14

    for the price its the best value for money card on the market.

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  registradus on 31/10/2012 - 13:14

  I picked up a 6850 about a year ago, is this worth the upgrade? or should I buy another 6850 and go crossfire?

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    vid_ghost on 31/10/2012 - 13:15

    This is worth the upgrade yes.. its as fast as a HD6970 and once overclocked a little bit faster but uses half the amount of power and produces half the heat.

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      registradus on 31/10/2012 - 13:25

      awesome thanks

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        vid_ghost on 31/10/2012 - 13:30

        overclocking it to at least 950Mhz Core clock is very easy to do

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  ajdj10 on 31/10/2012 - 13:16

  Wish they'd open on the weekends

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  Hinee on 31/10/2012 - 13:19

  +2

  http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=hd7850&spos…
  Staticice shows this price is applicable at a couple of other outlets as well. Great price for a great card regardless tho.

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    vid_ghost on 31/10/2012 - 13:23

    True but this is pccasegear… they will not only express post you the "stocked items within 1 to 2 days of placing your order but they will also happily take it back on RMA if you have any issues with it.. top QTY store, best service

    I even asked for store credit on a HD6950 that died after 3 months and they were fine with it.

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      Hinee on 31/10/2012 - 13:32

      PCCG have had their fair share of hits and misses as well, but you are correct, would buy from them before any of the others.

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    zzkazu on 31/10/2012 - 14:11

    That static ice link shows that cards that are comparable in price are the 1GB versions

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  evol on 31/10/2012 - 13:34

  When do the next series of ATI/AMD cards come out?

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    vid_ghost on 31/10/2012 - 13:37

    +1

    If rumors are true as they seem to point that the 8970 will enter production in late 2012 and launched in early (January/February) 2013.

    http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=1007067

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  flashback on 31/10/2012 - 13:50

  Good card, Sold mine on ebay recently for more than this.

  I upgraded to a 7950 as this card could not handle 1440p as well as I would like

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    WT on 31/10/2012 - 16:36

    how is it on 1440? I just ordered a new monitor and it looks like the 7950 will only just scrape by

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      flashback on 31/10/2012 - 16:40

      7950 is great on a 1440p, however I do not play any cutting edge games, mainly WoW, D3 although borderlands 2 runs perfect on high settings.

      7850 on 1440p struggled at max settings in raids for WoW, was fine for D3 though.

      edit: Keep in mind that the 7950 is a 3GB card which is perfect for higher res monitors.

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        WT on 31/10/2012 - 17:34

        ill have to see when I get mine, dell says eta on the 5th wtf!

        wow raids seem to be more cpu dependent.

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  ChickenAdobo on 31/10/2012 - 14:17

  HIS 7870 OC from pccasegear 235 including postage to WA. This one not too bad on the cheap. Plus the 12.11 driver will kick arse.

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    lardlad on 31/10/2012 - 14:27

    or you can buy it locally for $229 at msy for HIS or Powercolor, $245 for MSI, $249 for Sapphire, Asus and Gigabyte.

    I wouldn't pay $238 for the HIS one though

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      ChickenAdobo on 31/10/2012 - 14:33

      Oh I was referring to this deal http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/79347

      Though this version can be overclock close to stock 7950 performance

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        lardlad on 31/10/2012 - 18:37

        aaaaah, I see.

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  scrimshaw on 31/10/2012 - 14:34

  This or GTX 660? Recommendations?

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  ChickenAdobo on 31/10/2012 - 14:40

  +5

  This card, bigger bit bus, highly overclockable. Better driver in version 12.11 catalyst. More friendly past 1080p resolution

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  WT on 31/10/2012 - 16:34

  Cheapest I have seen so far:
  7850 $175
  7870 $215
  660 ti $285
  660 ti $296 gigabyte

  realistcally with the price drops we should be seeing these a touch lower but only until a couple of weeks ago retailers havent been passing on the price cuts assuming because they have old stock

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    scrimshaw on 31/10/2012 - 17:04

    7870 $215

    Actually $199 from PCCG. Expired already though.

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  zzkazu on 02/11/2012 - 18:09

  Just got mine and installed big jump for me from a 8800GT