ASUS vs Sapphire Radeon HD 7850

daverader1

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I am considering either an ASUS or Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 graphics card. Which would you recommend based on reliability, performance (including temperature) and warranty? I plan to play Diablo 3, and I realize this card is probably overkill. I'm thinking long term here.

I have a Dell XPS 8500 with these specs:
3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3450 processor 3.10 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz
8GB DDR3 SDRAM AT 1600MHZ-2x4GB
AMD Radeon HD 7570 1GB GDDR5 (actually a 6570, to be replaced)
2TB SATA 6Gb/s,7200RPM
Viewsonic VX2453MH-LED 24" Widescreen LCD Full HD 1920x1080 resolution
460 Watt PS (90%)
Intel H77 motherboard PCI Express 2.0
16X DVD+/-RW
XPS 8500, Black Chassis w/19:1 media card reader
Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE
 
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Sapphire is the largest AMD card provider that is hong kong based with years more experience then some of its competitors which focus mostly on their gpus and has their computer accessories, mobos and psus on the quiet end

Asus is a taiwanese based company who has years of experience making computer parts in all sectors of computer building with experience building cards with amd and nvidia chipsets.

really, almost cant go wrong picking either, both are industry giants in the amd world

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I would recommend sapphire, in my opinion they are the best AMD GPU brand,should be a bit cheaper than asus cards and also you will get an free HDMI cable with sapphire (don't know about the asus).If i m not mistaken sapphire card also have twin fans.
 
Sapphire is the largest AMD card provider that is hong kong based with years more experience then some of its competitors which focus mostly on their gpus and has their computer accessories, mobos and psus on the quiet end

Asus is a taiwanese based company who has years of experience making computer parts in all sectors of computer building with experience building cards with amd and nvidia chipsets.

really, almost cant go wrong picking either, both are industry giants in the amd world
 
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Would you all agree that the Radeon HD 7850 will work fine in my XPS 8500 even with my PSU at below recommended specs? I believe it will because of the single 6 pin power connection to the PSU and the relatively low power usage by this card. Your thoughts?
 
Two? That should be more than enough, make sure it looks like this:

pcie6index.jpg


How is the amperages? To be honest to see that there is 2 PCI-E connector I think it should be more than enough, but to make myself really really sure I need to see the amperages.
 

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That is identical, although one of the 6 pin connectors extends out of the other one. I assume that is typical.

Here are a few more specs:
100-240V
50-60Hz, 8A
+12VA 18A
+12VC 8A
+5V 25A
+5Vaux 3.0A
+12VB 16A
+3.3V 17A
-12V .3A
+5V and +3.3V shall not exceed 142W
+12VA, +12VB and +12VC shall not exceed 385W
 



according to anandtech, the 7950 takes 289w on load, so
289w/12v=24 amps on the gpu alone, so if your psu can hold off 24 amps coninuously without any fluctuations, its possible to make it though
 

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Oh, and by the way, it is labeled as a Dell product. There is no manufacturer information that I can see, other than "Made in China."
 

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You mean the 7850, right?
 

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I may do that down the road, if necessary, but I'm in cost containment mode right now. That Radeon HD 7850 isn't cheap.
 

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Excellent! Thank you for the insight!

I've read a lot of positive reviews about this card, so I'm happy to hear this news.
 

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This is not correct, the 7850 (which is what you meant) takes about 100 - 130W under load. 289W is the full system load, not the gpu load alone. You should be fine with the 460W Dell PSU.