RMA Sapphire 7850, what do you guys reccommend in its place?

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FLoods7

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I have been having problems with the Sapphire 7850 and enough is enough. I love the 7850, and would like a 7850. Would changing manufactures make any difference?

Should i go with :
ASUS Radeon HD 7850 HD7850-DC2-2GD5 Video Card or

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7850 GV-R785OC-2GD Video Card or

XFX Double D Radeon HD 7850 FX-785A-CDFC Video Card???

Or change from the 7850 entirely? I want to stay in that price range, is there anything better for the same price? I heard the 7850 is perfect for OC'ing so i feel like this is the best for the money right now.
 
Any benifit to scitching to a GTX 560?

I do like the Radeon HD series for some reason but im having problems with it. Will a change in manufactures possibly fix it?
 
FLoods7 said:
Any benifit to scitching to a GTX 560?

I do like the Radeon HD series for some reason but im having problems with it. Will a change in manufactures possibly fix it?
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The 7850 is a better card all around compared to the 560/560Ti/560 448 in my opinion.
 
I've got a HIS 6950 (Started with a 6870, but after 3 RMA's they upgraded me) that's been back twice. Sloppy manufacturing. Extremely slow RMA (like 30 days turnaround each time), no phone support, just posting to a private forum for tech support.

The MSI boards are exceptionally well built, had a 6870 from them that was crazy heavy from the military grade caps on the PCB.
 
Any recommendations of which manufacture to go with (ASUS, Gigabyte, HIS, etc.)???

I am having too many problems with my Sapphire made card.
 
have you confirmed its the card thats at fault. If you have and can get a full refund for the HD 7850 , you could get MSI HD 7950 OC for USD 310 after rebate. uses a HD 7970 PCB design. Frankly its too good of a value for the price. the newegg user reviews and the hardforum post with pics confirm

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1704168
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667

HD 7950 is 3 - 5% slower than HD 7970 at the same clock.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/03/01/xfx_radeon_hd_7950_black_edition_video_card_review/8

MSI HD 7950 is worth the extra 50 or 60 bucks over a HD 7850. get that card.
 
adam_the_giant said:
I had an Asus 7850 that was Rock solid at 1300/1375 at 1.285v. It was faster than a stock 7950. I have since upgraded, but at the time, It was a great deal for $250.00

Pretty crazy.

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3443308
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That's a pretty fine score, I've had two GTX460's in SLI. Both overclocked to 850Mhz/4200Mhz and score around 7700 myself. So a single 7850 scoring that well, once tuned right is very impressive. My GTX460's Overclocked likely perform close to a 560Ti, and with an OC'd Radeon 7850 running like Two OC'd GTX460's, I'd recommend at least sticking with Radeon 7850s. nVidia really has nothing close to it's price range in sight with the GTX660 Ti rumors showing a $300 price tag, the 7850 really is in it's own class.

Most only require a single PCI-e plug, and it's lower in power, and runs relitively cool. I wouldn't recommend any of the older nVida cards unless you get an amazing deal on a GTX580....which again, max OC vs max OC is probably slower than the 7850.
 
I have a VisionTek 7850 that seems rock solid. just ordered a 2nd one last night. The current one OC's to 960 at stock voltage & is also rock solid for me. Idle is 33c load gets to usually 49c & the fan is quiet as hell.

Amazon has the VisionTek 7850 for $219.99. Hell of a deal if you ask me, considering how well its been working for me.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...lp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new&tag=hardfocom-20
 
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Your card cannot take the zero core ability of the 7 series. While doing extremely light tasks, video playback, internet, solitair, idle, etc. it goes to the lowest possible speed on the core. You seem to just have a dud honestly and I have not seen a card that doesn't like the zero core!

This isn't exactly specific to the maker of the card. Sapphire makes good cards.
 
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