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September 21, 2013 12:20:37 PM

I have MSI Radeon HD 7850 2 Gb,and Intel i5 3570k .In not so far future I plan on upgrading my graphics,and i dont know should i crossfire my 7850,buy new card from 9000 series( something like 9870) or buy radeon hd 7970 when its price drops beacuse of release of 9000.

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September 21, 2013 12:49:17 PM

Crossfire Your 7850. It Should be Good.
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September 21, 2013 12:53:49 PM

Had it been a 7870 I would have steered you to crossfire it. But its the cheaper 7800 series card and not that good too. The best option is too wait for the 9*** series to release and see what's new at store. I myself am waiting with a 7870 set up..
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September 22, 2013 8:26:17 AM


Whats the big difference between quality of 7850 and 7870,i think the difference is only in core clock and shader units,its also same size.I heard I can crossfire cards of same series,that means I can crossfire my 7850 with 7870?
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September 22, 2013 8:50:40 AM

oktalv said:
I have MSI Radeon HD 7850 2 Gb,and Intel i5 3570k .In not so far future I plan on upgrading my graphics,and i dont know should i crossfire my 7850,buy new card from 9000 series( something like 9870) or buy radeon hd 7970 when its price drops beacuse of release of 9000.


Hi - The 7970 prices have already dropped quite a bit. I do expect more drops as the
9*** launches. Don't know how much more they can come down tho, there 6-8 models in
the US below $300 now & one at $270.

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September 22, 2013 11:08:32 AM

oktalv said:

Whats the big difference between quality of 7850 and 7870,i think the difference is only in core clock and shader units,its also same size.I heard I can crossfire cards of same series,that means I can crossfire my 7850 with 7870?


The diffrence between an HD 7850 and an HD 7870 is exactly the difference between an HD 7950 and an HD 7970. Now that's a hell lot of difference we are talking about.

Also if you crossfirean HD 7850 with an HD 7870 the GPU clock settles with the lower GPU clock of the two. Also it settles for the lower memory bandwidth available. For example if suppose the HD 7850 is a 1 GB card and the HD 7870 is 2 GB then crossfiring them brings the Ram avaible to just 1 GB. Got it?
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September 22, 2013 11:39:21 AM

Crossfiring is always the best path because it means that you can still leverage the power of the GPU you already have. NCIX is currently selling a 7870 for less than the 7850 and it will behave like a 7850 when crossfired with one. After that, you could later on add another 7870 to boost it again and sell your 7850 or just leave it alone. Either way, I always crossfire before upgrading, in fact, I upgraded from 2 4870s directly to 2 7870s. If you have a crossfire motherboard, you may as well use it since you paid for it to begin with.
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=79571&promoid=1258
$140 after rebate
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September 22, 2013 11:50:32 AM

Avro Arrow said:
Crossfiring is always the best path because it means that you can still leverage the power of the GPU you already have. NCIX is currently selling a 7870 for less than the 7850 and it will behave like a 7850 when crossfired with one. After that, you could later on add another 7870 to boost it again and sell your 7850 or just leave it alone. Either way, I always crossfire before upgrading, in fact, I upgraded from 2 4870s directly to 2 7870s. If you have a crossfire motherboard, you may as well use it since you paid for it to begin with.
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=79571&promoid=1258
$140 after rebate

Yeah it's always better to crossfire the same card from the same company. Then things like one card bottlenecking the other doesn't occur.

September 23, 2013 12:48:42 PM

I heard that crossfire have problems with some games and drivers in general.And now i see that my motherboard has one PCie 3.0 x16 on which my card is,PCi 2.0 x1 and PCi.which means i need new motherboard to crossfire right?

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September 23, 2013 4:37:51 PM

oktalv said:
I heard that crossfire have problems with some games and drivers in general.And now i see that my motherboard has one PCie 3.0 x16 on which my card is,PCi 2.0 x1 and PCi.which means i need new motherboard to crossfire right?



No, it can still run it..
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September 23, 2013 4:45:27 PM

oktalv said:
I heard that crossfire have problems with some games and drivers in general.And now i see that my motherboard has one PCie 3.0 x16 on which my card is,PCi 2.0 x1 and PCi.which means i need new motherboard to crossfire right?




Did you post or confirm your mobo is CF capable?

I would still go with the best single GPU (sell your 7850) you could afford,
especially as the prices on the higher end (like 7970) have dropped a lot more
than the lower models, making them a much better price/perf value.
October 19, 2013 9:59:54 AM

I am returning to this thread bacause I want to ask can crossfire R9 270x with my hd 7850? I know 7870 can be crossfired,but I am not sure with 7850.
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