Which video card to buy.?

ashwinn

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System Specifications:

I.
Processor/CPU:
AMD FX3120@ 3.1Ghz

II. Current Graphics Card:
None

III. Display Resolution:
1080 P
(Samsung SyncMaster S22B370H 22" LED Monitor)

IV. Power Supply Unit Specification (Brand, Wattage, Ampage, Age). If possible, please provide a link to a website containing the power supply specifications:
having an stupid one..planning to buy Corsair 450W.

V. Case Specifications(N/A, Model, Length, Low Profile, Cooling, HTPC, Water, Silent):
:confused:


Purchase Details:

I.
Budget? Please be sure to include currency (If not USD), retailer preferences & specify whether rebates are a viable option.
100-175 USD

II.
Any particular preferences (Manufacturer[nV or AMD], Brand[XFX, Sapphire, EVGA, etc], Cooling Solutions)?
AMD. not sure of the brand,
(Doubt is will it be an added advantage if i buy an AMD since I have an AMD processor)

III. Do you plan to have any Multi-GPU solutions such as Crossfire or SLI?
:whiste:huh.?? please explain.

IV. Have you previously looked at a product(s) which you feel would fit your needs?
None.

V. What are your needs for this GPU? Which games(If any)do you intend to play? If you have this information at hand, what are the desired detail levels?

Games,and video rendering,animation

VI. Do you plan on overclocking the card you intend to purchase?
yes.:colbert:
 

Jimzz

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Yea newegg and some others have 7850's in the 150ish range AR now.
 

raghu78

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Get the Radeon HD 7850 2GB. the PCS+ HD 7850 2GB (1 Ghz) is selling for 200 bucks at newegg. also do not go for the 1 GB version. the HD 7850 is a very powerful card and with 1GB VRAM you will be constrained when you want to play the latest games at max settings.
 

OCNewbie

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HIS Radeon HD 7850 2GB - $139.99 after $40 rebate, free shipping: Newegg

Or

Galaxy GTX 660 2GB - $154.99 after $10 rebate, free shipping: Newegg. (currently out of stock)
 

Vicaar

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A real brief look makes it appear that the 660 is the better buy, at least at stock. However, I'm going to make an uneducated guess that the HIS 7850 will overclock better than the Galaxy 660. Which means I have no idea how that ends.


EDIT: And now I do: http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=33996080

Basically, those of us waiting to buy either the 660 or 7850 should be kicking ourselves very hard for missing the 660 deal :(
 
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