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AMD Radeon 7870 and 7850
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Ravynmagi
Title: Moderator
Posts: 1,098
Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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Date Posted:
3/5/12 3:59pm
Subject:
AMD Radeon 7870 and 7850
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/5625/amd-radeon-hd-7870-ghz-edition-radeon-hd-7850-review-rounding-out-southern-islands
The AMD Radeon 7850 and 7870 have launched priced at $250 and $350. Beats it's Nvidia rivals the 570 and 560 Ti. Heck the 7870 seems to give the GTX 580 a run for it's money.
And since Nvidia's Kepler is not here yet, AMD can pretty much price these cards at whatever they like. Kinda crazy seeing a "mid range" type card price at $350 now. But then the 7970 is priced at $600, so things are moving up.
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Lonestar_1
Posts: 259
Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
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Date Posted:
3/5/12 3:59pm
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AMD Radeon 7870 and 7850
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Was reading about cards earlier. They are not interested in fighting on price atm. I am still holding out for nvidia card and hope prices drop a little then. I will upgrade sometime within the next 3-4 months.
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The_Korrigan
Title: Scrub Buster
Posts: 955
Registered: 2001-7-17 03:51:32
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Date Posted:
3/5/12 3:59pm
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AMD Radeon 7870 and 7850
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My 6870 still runs everything I throw at it smooth as silk.
I always skip one generation anyway (went from 4890 to 6870).
Call me when we have 8870 
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Lonestar_1
Posts: 259
Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
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Date Posted:
3/5/12 3:59pm
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AMD Radeon 7870 and 7850
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I skipped a few, gtx 285. Its time.
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Locuus
Posts: 124
Registered: 2003-3-13 22:55:35
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Date Posted:
3/5/12 3:59pm
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AMD Radeon 7870 and 7850
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5870 here, and at 1920x1200 it still runs all on high quality. Seems like the 6- and 7-series have had only very marginal improvements over the 5-series.
I guess games are not pushing the hardware development anymore.
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dramprar
Posts: 106
Registered: 2007-8-12 13:21:40
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Date Posted:
3/5/12 3:59pm
Subject:
AMD Radeon 7870 and 7850
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I have a 5670... time for an upgrade but i dont want to spend all the money on the new 7800/7900 series. I was thinking of upgrading to 6900 series or something. I would like to get a card <$200
only thing i do is play Rift on this computer
O and im still slacking ... i still need to get an SSD!
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