Radeon HD 7xxx

[technoviceguy]

Should I buy the Radeon HD 6850 now or wait for the 78xx?

When are the 7xxx cards going to be released and with what price/features?

thank you

 

[jamx13]

That's up to you. It looks like the HD 7000 series will be released by the end of 2011 or early 2012. See the following:

http://lenzfire.com/2011/08/powercolor-finalizes-amd-radeon-hd-7000-series-release-date-92246/

What card do you have now? Do you have a decent power supply capable of handling the load of a high end card?

 

[geekapproved]

What kind of question is this? There's always something new around the corner, you buy what suits your needs at the budget you have available.

I mean that's like saying should I buy the 2011 Mustang or should I wait for the 2012 Mustang.

 

[megamanx00]

If you want something now then get a 6850. You know that the 7000 series cards are made on a new process which means they will be in even shorter supply than if they were made on a previously used process and they will be priced a bit high until supply is good enough to lower the price to a level that more appropriately reflects performance.

 

[technoviceguy]

I currently have a 5450 from a core 2 duo system...
-480w PSU
want something to play dirt 3, microsoft flight, etc.

 

[GunBladeType-T]

Wonder too what GPU From AMD with Radeon name seen enough 4890-5830-6830 from ATYT Transition to AMD! Maybe the start of some new tek AMD 2GPU-1CPU vs. Intel 2CPU-1GPU strategies!

 

[FlintIronStagg]

What kind of question is this? There's always something new around the corner, you buy what suits your needs at the budget you have available.

I mean that's like saying should I buy the 2011 Mustang or should I wait for the 2012 Mustang.

+1 if you are always waiting for something better, then you will always be waiting

 

[monkeysweat]

you are realistically looking at about 6-8 months before next round of cards come out,, AMD is currently ramping up its bulldozer release.. if you want to play your games now, buy now,, if you can wait, then wait...

when the 460GTX came out, I jumped on it and am still happy to this day,,, i don't care something newer is out.

 

[technoviceguy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150516

$140 + DiRT 3 and shougun ends today

good deal?

 

[FlintIronStagg]

yeah w/the rebate being 139.99+ the games id say so

 

[BulkZerker]

Long as its a good psu that card will be mre than enough for a good while. I have one on a spare rig with an athlon x4 and an earthwatts 380, and its been doing just fine, even if I'm kinda nudging the peak continuious output for such a setup.

 

[technoviceguy]

will any come bundled with games?

 

[FlintIronStagg]

umm... i m pretty sure its just the one that the games are listed on, not just any 6850 if thats what you are asking

 

[purple stain]

What speed is your Core2Duo?

What is the make/model of your PSU? How many amps are on the +12/v rail(s)?

 

[technoviceguy]

What speed is your Core2Duo?

What is the make/model of your PSU? How many amps are on the +12/v rail(s)?

core 2 duo @ 2.5 GHz

right now i'm using phenom ll x4 @ 3.2 GHz

Logisys PS480E12 480w

+3.3V@28A, +5V@36A, +12V@16A, -12V@0.8A, +5VSB@2.0A (newegg.com)

 

[phishy714]

core 2 duo @ 2.5 GHz

right now i'm using phenom ll x4 @ 3.2 GHz

Logisys PS480E12 480w

+3.3V@28A, +5V@36A, +12V@16A, -12V@0.8A, +5VSB@2.0A (newegg.com)

Before you do anything else, you want to upgrade your PSU.. like big time..

Logisys is not a good PSU brand, which means that their advertised 480W probably can only output around 350w on a good day. More importantly, the 12v rail you have listed running at 16A is what powers your card. This means that 12v x 16a = 192W. That is the MAXIMUM power that psu can give your graphics card.. and that is certainly not enough to power a modern card..

Get a new PSU before you get anything else. If you create a new account on newegg, you can put in this code "NEWCUSTOMER10" and get $10 off.. so I would suggest one of these psu's for you to get..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

or similar from quality brands (OCZ, Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, ect.)

 

[jjb8675309]

What kind of question is this? There's always something new around the corner, you buy what suits your needs at the budget you have available.

I mean that's like saying should I buy the 2011 Mustang or should I wait for the 2012 Mustang.

There is a reason that IROC does not stand for "International Race Of Champions" ...

 

[jjb8675309]

you are realistically looking at about 6-8 months before next round of cards come out,, AMD is currently ramping up its bulldozer release.. if you want to play your games now, buy now,, if you can wait, then wait...

when the 460GTX came out, I jumped on it and am still happy to this day,,, i don't care something newer is out.

yeah and some months after that for the non reference models

 

[jjb8675309]

OP: yes get a new psu....

logysis is crap

 

[purple stain]

Yah I agree with everyone.200watts on a non quality PSU won't be able to support a 6850.I doubt even with the effecincey of the 7xxx series cards could it support it.

 

[jjb8675309]

yeah but a 6850 would no doubt run on an antec earthwatts 380w psu, that just goes to show you that quality matters

 

[purple stain]

If you were really tight on a budget you could run it on that but that's cutting it really close.

 

[jjb8675309]

you must have missed this article then it would be more then enough imo:

check out the system and check out the psu:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/diy-gaming-pc,2970-5.html

 

[jjb8675309]

that psu offers plenty of amps for that type of system imo, they even oc'ed the graphics and cpu..

 

[technoviceguy]

will a pci-e 3.0 card work in a pci-e 2.1 slot?