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Radeon HD 7850 differences

Potential-Monke · 2013-02-27 19:51:13

Currently going through a build for the brother, working off my recent build here. But, the Powercolor Radeon HD 7850 v2 doesn't appear to be available anymore. So i'm looking at a Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 and i'm wondering is there a major difference, or is it just a different colour?

27-02-2013 7:51pm

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Potential-Monke

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Currently going through a build for the brother, working off my recent build here.

But, the Powercolor Radeon HD 7850 v2 doesn't appear to be available anymore. So i'm looking at a Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 and i'm wondering is there a major difference, or is it just a different colour?

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#2 27-02-2013 7:58pm

marco_polo

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No major differences the gigabyte would be a good choice, the powercolor has a very slightly higher core clock +25MHz, but it shouldn't matter because they are such good and easily overclockable cards that getting a HD7850 and leaving it at its stock settings would be a crime anyway :pac:

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#3 27-02-2013 8:28pm

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The 3D club cards are very poor as standard but are amazing overclockers. I suggest maybe looking into them too

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#4 27-02-2013 9:47pm

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The sapphire model is good value at €166

The gigabyte model is one of the coolest but also one of the loudest. The sapphire is quieter but still runs cool. Lower base clocks but you should be overclocking it anyway.

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/2853/13/amd-radeon-hd-7850--7870-round-up-cooling-and-noise-production

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