Need advice for Radeon HD 7850 GPUs

[pelonnn]

Hi guys, I'm new here. I have some questions about Radeon HD 7850 GPUs. I hope someone can answer, since I'm planning to buy one in the next few weeks. I was looking for prices at pcpartpicker and saw that some 7850 are priced at 129.99 and others at 287.99. I know price may vary depending of the memory and clock speeb, but lets say I need to choose between:
- Powercolor AX7850 2GBD5-DH Radeon HD 7850 2GB 860MHz at $129.99 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-ax78502gbd5dh
- Sapphire 11200-14-20G Radeon HD 7850 2GB 920MHz at $161.98 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112001420g
- Sapphire 11200-00-20G Radeon HD 7850 2GB 860MHz at $230.92 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112000020g

Which one would you guys recommend and why?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

The Powercolor one. Or maybe the Sapphire - that company has a good rep.

Some companies will leave old stock at old prices and hope for a sucker.

 

[DDRGamer]

When the prices are so close, the thing that makes it for me is warranty service.

I upgraded from a Sapphire 4830, but won't buy Sapphire for awhile, as there have been many stories of Canadian users getting shafted in warranty support.

I haven't purchased a Powercolor; but their cards are often solid, reference designs.

I own an XFX 7850 GHOST edition, and the double warranty makes me happy, especially when the first owner (it's a craigslisted card) didn't register it, so when I sell it, I can also offer a transferred warranty.

The other 7xxx series maker that I like is MSI - very nice looking cooler designs, and very well recommended this generation.

 

[raghu78]

OP the sapphire dual x is a good option.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102999