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Its all good guys i might have gotten carried away.I sold my 7950/70 crossfire to make my system more well rounded.I spent $1100 on 2 cards and felt i wasted my money for the time being.I then got a top of the line psu added an ssd.I actually got 3 gtx 480's for the 7950 by itself so i couldnt pass that up.I got the galaxy which ran very cool and sold off the 2 reference 480's for $400 then picked up the gigabyte.To be fair though i would have kept the crossfire setup but the drivers were awful and more times then not i was running a single 7970.I wouldnt reccomend 480 sli to the average user but i will recommend a single card 480 aftermarket version over any card on the list.Other then power consumption there is no advantage taking anything else over it.Mine runs cooler then my 7970 by alot so heat isnt the issue.Bottom line for me is driver stability and nothing beats the gtx 480 in that aspect.Now im powering 3 monitors with 2 gtx 480's and run everything max with the acception of battlefield 3 which i have to trim a few settings.Not trying to get on anyones bad side here and i use to think like you guys but after owning the 2 aftermarket cards there great cards and should not be overlooked if your electric bill isnt a concern,but most people that get into the higher end rigs can handle a few extra bucks.Newer tech older tech who cares?It is still capable of the same thing as any card out today.by the way the gtx 570 would be cutting it short on vram for 3 monitors so it wasnt an option for me otherwize i might have went with a pair.
 
See for your situation it was a no brainer if you had nightmares over drivers and are running a surround.
For op it might be different. Personally I run a 570 and it fits my bill perfectly. Op in his situatin might want something power efficient and cheaper so although my 570 does its job, op might want something a little better on effieciency and power to performance level.
Single card the amd cards arent too shabby its the multi gpu support for the 7xxx series is shotty until they get more mature drivers which should see increases in performance and compatibility
 


The OP was aware of the issues with the gtx 480 as stated in his first post.He wanted best bang for the buck.He seems more worried about heat then anything and both the gigabyte super oc and galaxy super oc makes this a non issue.Everyone acts like im trying to make the guy fail and my reccomendation is dumb.You yourself admitted the drivers for the newer amd cards are not all there.gtx 480 has mature drivers that havent failed me once.He could go gtx 570 but for the higher price and less performance it isnt worth it imo.I wouldnt reccomend a reference 480 unless he were planning to throw an aftermarket cooler on there.7950 performance for $250 not sure how anyone could argue this outside the power consumption.Im not against amd cards and the 7850 is a great card in itself.I dont really know why heat would scare anyone anyways the gtx 480 reference cards are made to run hot they can run 95-100 celcius all day long without issue.Unless your wanting to overclock like mad then ya a reference would not be the answer
 


The 7850 can be stably overclocked to be almost as fast as the 7970, so yes, an overclocked 7850 beats an overclocked 480. The 7850 can be overclocked slightly beyond the 7950 on stock voltage and even farther if you overvolt it. Among the excellently overclocking graphics cards of GCN, the 7850 is one of the best. Besides, with the 580's power usage, it costs more than the 7950 does over two to three years, so if the 7850 doesn't do the trick, then the 7950 is the next best bet because it can overclock beyond the GTX 680's performance, something that the 480 CAN'T do. Also, it would STILL use less power than the 480. If you want bang for your buck, the 480 is not a viable option.
 

i believe i said the drivers for xfire on multi gpu support are not there.
i said the single card arent too shabby.
yup i just read it thats what i said
 


I admit that I don't know for the 7700 and 7800 cards, but 7900 cards have CF compatible drivers. For Eyefinity and CF and DX11, you might need to revert to the beta driver from January (catalyst 12.5 is supposed to be compatible with both Eyefinity and Crossfire in DX11, but it isn't confirmed that it will work yet), but for single monitors, newer drivers should work. I know a few people with 7970 CF and they don't have much trouble with it. I will admit that it is bothersome to need to make sure that you have the right driver instead of the newest driver in many situations, but they are there and do work almost all of the time if you do a good amount of research and if you're willing to do the work. Not that it should take a lot of work, which I think that it shouldn't, I'm just saying that it can be done reliably.
 




I suppose if you can't be bothered to proofread your own writing, we can't expect you to read anyone else's. That does present a barrier to communication, however....as does your horrid grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc. Perhaps you meant to say another manufacturer there, but the terrible structure of your post makes it say EVGA. Somewhere in your past, an english teacher needs to be slapped.

to the OP: looks like the 7850's can get 45% overclocks on stock cooling!
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760

that puts their performance on par with a stock 7950, and pretty much blows away anything next to it in price/performance, overclocked or not.
 


Here you go guys. 7024 P Score 1325MHz / 6000MHz @ 1.215v. That's a 54% overclock on the reference air cooler. With a decent CPU/mobo I may have gained a few more points, but as this is currently the fastest 7850 on Futuremark, I am content.
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It can go even farther than 45%. Supposedly, 7850s can hit 1.3v without trouble if you know what you're doing, so it could be able to get to a 60% overclock if you know what you're doing and you have a decent 7850. Keep in mind that with 6GHz memory clock, it has almost exactly equal memory bandwidth to the GTX 680, although it's GPU still wouldn't come close as it's only between the 7950 and 7970 in performance, leaning closer to the 7950 than it is to the 7970.
 



Because most people dog it when they havent owned one.
 


You do nothing but run your mouth.Lookup the gigabyte superclocked review or the galaxy superclocked review then come back at me with your retarded ass comments.Until you grasp that im not talking reference here then dont even bother posting anymore.I can tell you have some monster cards yourself.Get a high end card then talk..
 


man, you really don't know anything about video performance. 3 way 6770's post numbers a little better than a 580, before overclocking them.

speaking of the 580's, here's benches of a 13% overclocked 7850 matching a stock 580
http://tbreak.com/tech/mobilearticle/?articleid=59378

Here's benches of your gigabyte superclocked losing to a 580, almost entirely across the board. Of the 16 games benched @1920, the 480 loses 15, and wins 2...barely.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GeForce_GTX_480_SOC/5.html

...now if a 13% overclock on the 7850 matches a 580....what do you think a 50% overclocked 7850 can do?
 


Dude im not even argueing about that anymore.If it beats it so be it however im sure most users wont get 50% anyways these are in extreme cases anyways.50% overclock is fine but i guarentee you theres some volt tweaking going on which 99% of people wont touch and that includes myself.You want to fry your card go ahead not for me.Your argueing with me when the OP obviously will not overclock in which case the card i recommend will stomp a 7850 you know it and i know it.If someone has a 7850 on here im all about a benchoff I havent gone beyond 900 mhz yet but could try to see what i get out of it.The OP obviously is not an overclocker if he was i would probably do 7850 possibly.
 


Actually, it's very comon for 7850s to get such huge overclocks if you know what you're doing. They are GCN cards, known for extreme overclocking, and beyond that, the 7850 is one of the most underclocked GCN cards in the entire series. Like the 7950, it overclocks at least as well as it's bigger brother, the 7870. Did you know that the 7950 can overclock to equal performance to an overclocked 7970, which can also get overclocks over 30% (7950 can go over 50%)? A 7850 getting a 50% overclock is nothing special.
 
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