AMD reduces prices, new game bundle inbound

[Phynaz]

Wow, the HIS IceQ HD7870 is $220 shipped right now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161404

That's a terrific deal. If you've got the space for it, there's absolutely zero reason to buy a 7850 at all, especially with the free game thrown in.

Edit: going to hot deals with this one.

Wow, is that thing three slots?

 

[Termie]

Wow, is that thing three slots?

Yes it is.

As the IceQ cooler is mounted like an open air cooler, the cooler does not provide any structural support for the card. In place of that is a stiffener running along the top of the card, similar to what we saw on the PowerColor card and a necessary component given the amount of flex the gap between the cooler and the PCB would allow. Buyers will want to take note that because the IceQ Turbo is using AMD’s reference PCB, the PCIe power sockets are still at the top rear of the card, so plugging and unplugging the card can be tricky due to a lack of finger space. On that note because this is the same IceQ cooler as on the 7950, it’s oversized relative to the 7870 and overhangs it some as a result. Besides making this a triple wide card, this cooler also makes the total length of the card around 11.25” long, so make sure you have plenty of space as this is a larger card than even the reference 7970. Finally, display connectivity is the same as with the reference 7870, with HIS offering 2 miniDP, 1 HDMI, and 1 DL-DVI port, and opting not to use the stacked DVI option so that a full size vent is present.

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/521?vs=548

 

[HydroSqueegee]

Wow, the HIS IceQ HD7870 is $220 shipped right now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161404

That's a terrific deal. If you've got the space for it, there's absolutely zero reason to buy a 7850 at all, especially with the free game thrown in.

Edit: going to hot deals with this one.

badass deal. to bad its about 1.25 inches too big for my case.

 

[notty22]

AMD Southern Islands GPU Die Shots Released

For the engineers.

 

[RussianSensation]

Wow, the HIS IceQ HD7870 is $220 shipped right now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161404

Not just makes the 7850 questionable but for those who don't intend to overclock, the 7870 is just 9-10% slower than a GTX660Ti/800mhz 7950 for $80 less. That's price/performance winning right there.

 

[AtenRa]

AMD Southern Islands GPU Die Shots Released

For the engineers.

nice thx for the link

 

[newb111]

In case anyone is still interested, looks like Amazon now has the Sleeping Dogs bundle available on 7850 cards. Newegg still lagging on those.

 

[Termie]

In case anyone is still interested, looks like Amazon now has the Sleeping Dogs bundle available on 7850 cards. Newegg still lagging on those.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht...1_grlink_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000828311&plgroup=1

 

[Phynaz]

Whaaaaat?? Newegg better get retroactive on those.

 

[RussianSensation]

Interesting how Amazon is giving away Sleeping dogs for 6 HD7970 cards:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...8311&plgroup=4

Newegg is offering Dirt Showdown.

 

[3DVagabond]

Interesting how Amazon is giving away Sleeping dogs for 6 HD7970 cards:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...8311&plgroup=4

Newegg is offering Dirt Showdown.

Might have been the AMD offer when Newegg purchased? Sleeping Dogs is the hotter title now though.

 

[HisDivineOrder]

Interesting how Amazon is giving away Sleeping dogs for 6 HD7970 cards:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...8311&plgroup=4

Newegg is offering Dirt Showdown.

The prices on those 7xxx series cards at Amazon suck. Of the ones that have the most decent prices are the ones I'd not choose. I don't get why Amazon just doesn't slap Sleeping Dogs with all 78xx and 79xx series cards and call it a day. Then again, they're also not slapping Borderlands 2 with every Geforce 660, 670, or 680, either, picking and choosing which models get the freebie and which don't.

So Amazon's just goofy. It's like they did a search, slapped a few in there, and called it a day.

 

[sze5003]

The prices on those 7xxx series cards at Amazon suck. Of the ones that have the most decent prices are the ones I'd not choose. I don't get why Amazon just doesn't slap Sleeping Dogs with all 78xx and 79xx series cards and call it a day. Then again, they're also not slapping Borderlands 2 with every Geforce 660, 670, or 680, either, picking and choosing which models get the freebie and which don't.

So Amazon's just goofy. It's like they did a search, slapped a few in there, and called it a day.

True sleeping dogs last I checked was given with the 7950s. I want the 7970 GHz vapor x and I didn't see that with any amazon bundles.

Actually edit I saw it there now. Newegg has it for 449 with rebate. I already have sleeping dogs.

 

[newb111]

The prices on those 7xxx series cards at Amazon suck. Of the ones that have the most decent prices are the ones I'd not choose. I don't get why Amazon just doesn't slap Sleeping Dogs with all 78xx and 79xx series cards and call it a day. Then again, they're also not slapping Borderlands 2 with every Geforce 660, 670, or 680, either, picking and choosing which models get the freebie and which don't.

So Amazon's just goofy. It's like they did a search, slapped a few in there, and called it a day.

The prices on the 7850 were equivalent to newegg when they had them in stock. I wouldn't say that sucks. Biggest problem is Amazon sells out of the cheap ones and is left with the expensive ones.