What price on a 7850 will be consider a good deal?

[Pray To Jesus]

Meaning at what price point should I buy one?

 

[blastingcap]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2225141

 

[Pray To Jesus]

Any predictions in future price drops anytime soon esp. after release of GTXs

 

[Ben90]

Good deals are subjective.

I consider a 7850 for 1 dollar a good deal.

 

[lehtv]

At the current price of $250-260 it already is a good deal. And no, good deals aren't entirely subjective. Performance/price is a good objective metric

 

[Dark Shroud]

Considering Nvidia doesn't have any midrange 28nm cards coming any time soon the prices probably won't be dropping much until the card is EOL.

 

[SickBeast]

I got mine for $230 which is a good deal IMO. I haven't seen them much cheaper than that. Mine came with a lousy reference cooler, though. The Asus one for $250 is decent as well.

 

[tornadog]

I got the DCu II for 260, which was the only place available then. Amazon has it for 250 and Tigerdirect for 254 but both dont have any inventory.

 

[lehtv]

I got mine for $230 which is a good deal IMO. I haven't seen them much cheaper than that. Mine came with a lousy reference cooler, though. The Asus one for $250 is decent as well.

Well, it wouldn't be wrong to buy one of these... . With the power consumption of a 7850, you could get zero noise at load even with a big overclock.

I'm considering buying that along with an EVGA reference GTX670 for my next upgrade. I may even replace my 560 Ti cooler with that first

 

[Pray To Jesus]

Yea I think I'll just get an Asus 670 TOP once it goes in stock. Geez.

 

[dennilfloss]

Would a 7870 at $279.99 be a good deal for someone not inclined to massively overclock? (not me because that card is too long for my case)

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=69551&vpn=900506&manufacture=VISIONTEK&promoid=1382#Specifications

 

[arkcom]

superbiiz has a nice Gigabyte for $245 shipped after coupon.

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=GA-785OC2G

 

[toyota]

Would a 7870 at $279.99 be a good deal for someone not inclined to massively overclock? (not me because that card is too long for my case)

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=69551&vpn=900506&manufacture=VISIONTEK&promoid=1382#Specifications

I would jump on that really quick

 

[blastingcap]

$280 for a 7870 with free game isn't bad. It's not a hot deal either, though, so I don't see the rush unless you dislike overclocking.

 

[toyota]

$280 for a 7870 with free game isn't bad. It's not a hot deal either, though, so I don't see the rush unless you dislike overclocking.

it is most certainly a hot deal compared to the typical $350 7870 price. its only 20-30 bucks more than people are paying for a 7850.

 

[blastingcap]

$350 for a 7870 is a total joke when you can get a similarly performing 7850 for so much less if you are willing to oc. Clock for clock a 7850 is less than 10% behind a 7870, more like 5% actually. And you can find 7850s on sale sometimes for less than 250. Even if you are comparing 280 vs 250, I don't know if I'd pay the $30 extra.

If you don't oc then the $280 7870 is more attractive.

 

[Paulenski]

I overclocked my xfx 7850 to the same specs as their black edition and then some. Their double dissipation cooling is pretty badass. I use a profile to set fan at 65%, didn't get over 60c on full load

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[Don Karnage]

People always trash the 7870 but you have to remember it overclock just as well as the 7850. A 1300 core 7870 pulls 9K in 3dmark11

 

[HexiumVII]

$60 for an aftermarket GPU cooler is a bit insane. It might not even fit next generation either. CPU i can see (i've have an IFX-14 last 3 intel generations, still using it in my new Ivy). Just put the $60 toward a better card or one that has a better cooler already (usually only a few bucks more and it will be OCed).

Well, it wouldn't be wrong to buy one of these... . With the power consumption of a 7850, you could get zero noise at load even with a big overclock.

I'm considering buying that along with an EVGA reference GTX670 for my next upgrade. I may even replace my 560 Ti cooler with that first

 

[SickBeast]

Well, it wouldn't be wrong to buy one of these... . With the power consumption of a 7850, you could get zero noise at load even with a big overclock.

I'm considering buying that along with an EVGA reference GTX670 for my next upgrade. I may even replace my 560 Ti cooler with that first

Well, that's exactly what I did was to put a Twin Turbo II onto a $230 7850 and I'm very happy with the card now.

The Asus card is a better deal at $250 though.

You need to keep in mind that it's a PITA to install aftermarket GPU cooling.

 

[Don Karnage]

Well, that's exactly what I did was to put a Twin Turbo II onto a $230 7850 and I'm very happy with the card now.

The Asus card is a better deal at $250 though.

You need to keep in mind that it's a PITA to install aftermarket GPU cooling.

4 screws, 4 spacers and memory heatsinks isn't a pita my friend.

 

[SickBeast]

4 screws, 4 spacers and memory heatsinks isn't a pita my friend.

I found it to be a PITA, perhaps mainly because I had never done it before. It took me 1-2 hours.