Sapphire 7850 vs 7850 OC

[gabe5805]

Hello,

So all I have left on my first pc build is a gpu, and i'm kinda impatient to get one because i'm stuck with intel HD 4000 right now.

The options are

1) sapphire 7850 http://bit.ly/IVQF30 $250

2) sapphire 7850 OC http://bit.ly/GFxeuP $260

The OC version is out of stock however i can get the non-OC version on tigerdirect. Would it be worth it to wait and get the OC one, and if so how long does it usually take for a new shipment to come in? Or should I just go ahead and get the non-OC version.

Thanks!

 

[inzone]

You can get the non-overclocked version and do the overclock yourself. There is no way for us to tell when they will recieve the next shipment you would have to call Newegg for that. Sometimes I have seen them put a date on the item page saying when the item is expected to be back in stock.

 

[vmem]

I agree with bigmack, at the end of the day, I've never found factory OCed cards to be worth it, as I always end up pushing it higher myself.

That said, I've been hearing rumors about sapphire binning cards for the HD7*** series. It's a rumor and I'm sorry that I don't have concrete evidence to prove it. But if it were true, then it's definitely worth the extra $10

 

[geekapproved]

I wouldn't buy any Sapphire 7850's, simply because the forum is full of people having issues with them.

 

[inzone]

There are other cards available on Newegg from different venders , some stock and some overclocked.

 

[gabe5805]

okay so the sapphire 7850 is now out of stock on tiger direct also... so that option is gone but i noticed this gigabyte version http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125419 would getting this be as good as the sapphire one?

 

[vmem]

There's a very nice review on the various 7970 cards today

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-overclock-review,3186.html

Yes, I realize that it's not the 7850, but the card design concept and coolers used are essentially the same (the 7970 is longer so gigabyte put a 3rd fan on it). anyway, judging by the stats there, the gigabyte one would be a little more power efficient than the sapphire one, but maybe a tiny bit louder (the 7970 one has 3 fans vs sapphire's 2 fans... but Decibels is not a linear scale, so don't expect the 2 fans from gigabyte to be super quiet)

 

[tuffluck]

the sapphire oc edition is the better card and is very reputable in terms of achieving higher clocks than the reference version. i would say it is definitely worth the $10.

 

[inzone]

The Gigabyte card is actually over clocked higher then the Saphire OC one.

 

[tuffluck]

The Gigabyte card is actually over clocked higher then the Saphire OC one.

i was not referring to the clocks that come on the card brand new. i mean if you want to go even higher, the sapphire oc edition offers a lot more breathing room than the reference card will.

 

[inzone]

Whether a card comes overclocked or stock the top nhz will be the same for both it's just that the factory overclocked model is almost there and the stock has more to go to get there. Let's say that the top mhz is 1000mhz and the overclocked card comes clocked at 900mhz and the stock card comes clocked at 700mhz then the overclocked card has 100 mhz to go for top mhz and the stock card has 300 mhz to go for top mhz. This is just an example of what I was talking about.

 

[gabe5805]

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