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DirectCanada: Powercolor Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card $232.14 w/Free Shipping

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If you're looking to spark some new life into an existing PC, adding a new video card is one route to go. Provided you have the existing hardware, especially a power supply to match, DirectCanada has a pretty good deal on an affordable and well received video card. Right now, they have the Powercolor Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card on sale for $232.14 with free shipping. If you're a gamer and want to squeeze out some more frames-per-second, this is an option worth looking into.

For those of you interested, we'd recommend reading up on this card and its competitors before investing. There are many video card companies in the market and not all cards offer the same features even if they're branded the same. To read more about a generic Radeon HD 7850, you can check out the AMD website here.

Thanks to forum member PozzyD for pointing this one out!

Source: PozzyD via the Hot Deals Forum

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    • hista2004
    • How does the performance compare to that of the 6970? Are they even comparable? Also, what's the verdict on the PowerColor brand? I've been looking at mostly XFX 6970 for the lifetime warranty and ASUS 6970 with DirectCU2 for the cooling. But this is the first build that I'm working on so I must admit that I'm not exactly a fountain of knowledge for these things.
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    • Fantaz
    • How does the performance compare to that of the 6970? Are they even comparable? Also, what's the verdict on the PowerColor brand? I've been looking at mostly XFX 6970 for the lifetime warranty and ASUS 6970 with DirectCU2 for the cooling. But this is the first build that I'm working on so I must admit that I'm not exactly a fountain of knowledge for these things.
      I think a 6950 outperforms this card on several tests (even a GTX 560 Ti), so safe to say 6970 is all around better. Right now 6950 prices are on par with 7850, but if you see a 2GB one for ~$200 or less then maybe get that, or a 6970 for ~$250 or less. Or if you like to overclock, I'm not sure but maybe this 7850 is best.
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    • hista2004
    • I think a 6950 outperforms this card on several tests (even a GTX 560 Ti), so safe to say 6970 is all around better. Right now 6950 prices are on par with 7850, but if you see a 2GB one for ~$200 or less then maybe get that, or a 6970 for ~$250 or less.
      I've seen the above mentioned ASUS and XFX 6970s going for $220-250 on Craigslist so maybe I'll stick with that as my original plan. XFX transferrable lifetime warranty seems very appealing when dealing with buying used.
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    • PozzyD
    • I think a 6950 outperforms this card on several tests (even a GTX 560 Ti), so safe to say 6970 is all around better. Right now 6950 prices are on par with 7850, but if you see a 2GB one for ~$200 or less then maybe get that, or a 6970 for ~$250 or less.
      Nonsense.

      http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=510

      The 7850 beats it in practically every benchmark. That's without taking into consideration any overclocking (which also has higher potential). Not to forget cooler temperatures, less power consumption, less noise, better architecture, better performance later on once better drivers come out, better tessellation, and many more features.
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    • Fantaz
    • Nonsense.

      http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=510

      The 7850 beats it in practically every benchmark. That's without taking into consideration any overclocking (which also has higher potential). Not to forget cooler temperatures, less power consumption, less noise, better architecture, better performance later on once better drivers come out, better tessellation, and many more features.
      Oh, it was the Tom's Hardware review I was looking at:
      http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rk,3148-5.html

      You're probably right that performance will likely improve with better drivers later on.

      I saw a 560 Ti 448 core for $229 after MIR, and that actually seemed like a better choice to me since NVidia is better than AMD cards.
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    • champdood
    • Nonsense.

      http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=510

      The 7850 beats it in practically every benchmark. That's without taking into consideration any overclocking (which also has higher potential). Not to forget cooler temperatures, less power consumption, less noise, better architecture, better performance later on once better drivers come out, better tessellation, and many more features.
      He said the 6950 beats the 7850 beats it on several tests and is about on par. Going by those results, the 6950 beats the 7850 on several tests and are generally pretty close on most tests. What's the nonsense here?

      Basically, as he said, it's probably a good option based on price, but it depends what you pay for it. Prices fluctuate, I'm hoping there are some clearouts on older cards that make them a better option (the 560 ti 448 cores is already $230 after MIR, if that does to $230 without MIR I'm buying that).
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    • PozzyD
    • Oh, it was the Tom's Hardware review I was looking at:
      http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rk,3148-5.html

      You're probably right that performance will likely improve with better drivers later on.

      I saw a 560 Ti 448 core for $229 after MIR, and that actually seemed like a better choice to me since NVidia is better than AMD cards.
      I don't know why 3DMark shows different numbers, but the 7850 trumps it in real world performance (when actually playing a game and not a benchmark). It probably has something to with drivers.

      I don't like MIRs especially when the price is high because you're paying tax on a large amount and then getting the rebate.

      As for stacking it up to a 448, they're fairly comparable. The 448 might be a tad faster. But it comes at the cost of higher temperatures and more power consumption. And I'm also sure that the 7850 will improve as time passes and actual drivers come out. It also has more VRAM and is newer technology.
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    • PozzyD
    • He said the 6950 beats the 7850 beats it on several tests and is about on par. Going by those results, the 6950 beats the 7850 on several tests and are generally pretty close on most tests. What's the nonsense here?
      5 to 10 frames is a big difference The GTX 580 also only beats the 7850 by 5 to 10 frames on several tests.

      Besides, like I said, the small anomaly is the result of new vs mature drivers.
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    • Asad_A203
    • 5 to 10 frames is a big difference The GTX 580 also only beats the 7850 by 5 to 10 frames on several tests.

      Besides, like I said, the small anomaly is the result of new vs mature drivers.
      That isn't entirely true. Although mature drivers may improve the 7850s performance; the 6950 has 38% more stream processors (some revisions have the same amount as the 6970 but are soft locked), a greater texture fillrate, and more texture units. The 6950 is essentially the more powerful video card but the 7850 is the more efficient one. A great example of this is the 7970 and the GTX 680 (anything outside of gaming and at resolutions below 1400p, proves the GTX 680 really isn't the true successor to the GTX 580). Depending on your uses, the 6950 may be the better purchase; especially if you can unlock the shaders.

      Further, I haven't seen many reviews conclude that the 7850 OCed performs similarly to a GTX 580. Could you drop a link on that? I have read some compare a 7870 OCed to a GTX 580 (on very few benchmarks), although the 7950 seems like a better comparison to a GTX 580 than a 78XX series card.
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    • BinaryJay
    • Powercolor cards are sometimes pretty awful. You have to watch out for stripped features, I once came across one that didn't even support crossfire (no bridge connector at all).
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    • Jhoto
    • The NCIX link gives me $260 right now. I'd jump on the Direct Canada deal if it wasn't a Powercolor
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    • hagbard
    • The NCIX link gives me $260 right now. I'd jump on the Direct Canada deal if it wasn't a Powercolor
      True.
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    • silvery
    • Looks like 7850 to me! Thanks, bookmarked.
      6950 performs slightly better in Battlefield 3 which is the only criteria that matters in my book! LOL (BTW i'm running 2 powercolor 6950 2GB in crossfire on triple screen and
      its blazing)
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    • MikeMC12
    • The NCIX link gives me $260 right now. I'd jump on the Direct Canada deal if it wasn't a Powercolor
      That's a reference 7850, I don't think you have anything to worry about, but a custom Powercolor PCB then ya I'd be worried too...
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    • Peroxide
    • Glad to see they pulled their socks up from the 6xxx series.

      7850 beating 6950 rather than 5850 beating 6850. :p
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    • MikeMC12
    • Glad to see they pulled their socks up from the 6xxx series.

      7850 beating 6950 rather than 5850 beating 6850. :p
      I blame AMD's marketing department for that mess up, since 68XX cards were significantly cheaper than 58XX cards, and were not intended as 58XX replacements as the name suggests. The successor to the 58XX cards were actually the 69XX cards, which offered improved performance.

      I am however, pretty disappointed at 77XX cards that are more expensive than the 68XX cards and offer less performance.
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    • PozzyD
    • I blame AMD's marketing department for that mess up, since 68XX cards were significantly cheaper than 58XX cards, and were not intended as 58XX replacements as the name suggests. The successor to the 58XX cards were actually the 69XX cards, which offered improved performance.

      I am however, pretty disappointed at 77XX cards that are more expensive than the 68XX cards and offer less performance.
      Well it's a new technology right now and prices are going to remain high until Nvidia releases their next generation cards. I would expect the 7850 to come down in price as well. It'll be $180 before you know it.
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