Get Radeon™ 7800 in your system!

[Meds]

Yesterday AMD launched their new Radeon™ 7800 Series Graphics Cards and they're now available to order from PC Specialist! Configure your PC with a new AMD Radeon™ 7800 Graphics Card today!

From what I can see, they've performed pretty well in the latest games & benchmarks. Check out a very in-depth review at KitGuru - http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/amd-hd7870-and-hd7850-graphics-card-review/

As always, feel free to comment and let us know you're thoughts on AMD's latest hardware!

 

[mantadog]

This is what i have been waiting for! I'm going to get me a 7870 i think. It's only a year since i bought my PC with the intention of adding a mid range 5xx series card from Nvida when they were launched only to find out i would have needed to upgrade the PSU to get the card i wanted. Which i can't be bothered to do.

I for one am glad they went down the slightly reduced power draw, rather than jut ramping up the raw perfromance! YAY!

 

[Tom DWC]

Can't. Justify. Getting. A. 7870. Must. Stop. Self. :hammer:

 

[Xoil]

Really wish AMD would release PCIE3 boards..... AMD Black all over again

 

[JakAttack]

Can't believe I'm saying this but if these new NVIDIA cards turn out to be not much else I think I'm gonna have to go AMD for my GPU's, these 7 series are really showing their worth :O :surrender:

 

[tom_gr7]

hey jak, can you verify something, I know these new Amd cards are for pci 3.0, but i read one works fine on pci 2.0, so would two 7950's run fine on pci 2.0 or would there be performance decrease?

im just thinking of another 580 or two 7950's hmmmmm....

 

[Xoil]

All of the new cards work fine on PCIE2, they just cant run the specs PCIE3 can offer. Plus

Also 7870 is a bigger number than 680 so it beats it by miles.

 

[Keitht34]

I was looking at some benchmarks

CF means crossfire right?

Overall i guess they do alright[video=youtube;7BeKb9M5zV0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BeKb9M5zV0[/video]

 

[Wozza63]

jesus, these outperform my 570 by a mile...

although they are a lot more expensive...

 

[Keitht34]

jesus, these outperform my 570 by a mile...

although they are a lot more expensive...

They outperform a 580 by like 1 fps.and its cheaper getting it than a 580.I was thinking of buying my pc a 7870.maybe later on in the year.

 

[Wozza63]

i look forward to the nvidia release, mainly because ill be able to get a 570 for £150

they are £242 on PCS atm gone down from over £300 (i think) before the AMD release, i know the 580 used to be over £400 and is now about £350

 

[tom_gr7]

i know the 580 used to be over £400 and is now about £350

a 3gb palit 580 price aint budged at all, been watching them for months haha. like you said you can pick up a 1.5gb version for about 350ish. I want another! no way am i paying 400 quid though!

 

[Wozza63]

a 3gb palit 580 price aint budged at all, been watching them for months haha. like you said you can pick up a 1.5gb version for about 350ish. I want another! no way am i paying 400 quid though!

yeh im not paying £250 for a 570 either...

its not like a 2nd of either of them is needed atm is it?

 

[tom_gr7]

yeh im not paying £250 for a 570 either...

its not like a 2nd of either of them is needed atm is it?

nah I don't think so mate, as long as you can get atleast 30-60fps with pretty good settings there's no point. its a shame nvidia are more expensive than amd cards.

 

[Wozza63]

yeh, but our series should drop in price as soon as the new ones are released..

although my monitor is 1360x768, ive maxed out every game ive tried at that res and didnt get lag

 

[tom_gr7]

yeh, but our series should drop in price as soon as the new ones are released..

yeah I hope so, however, I don't think they will drop massively! a 2gb 560 ti is still around 200quid, they are really good cards and I cant see nvidia dropping the price any lower.

 

[Keitht34]

Does anyone know if a 7770 crossfire does much better in gaming than a 7870?

NVM.7870 i think does better for like 3-4 fps for like £20 more

 

[danielw2599]

a 3gb palit 580 price aint budged at all, been watching them for months haha. like you said you can pick up a 1.5gb version for about 350ish. I want another! no way am i paying 400 quid though!

The Palit 3GBs at DABS are about £380 and at Amazon about £375 (down from £402 when I got one last week) but there is now a 1-2 month wait for one direct from Amazon. Not a huge drop but going in the right direction.

 

[tom_gr7]

The Palit 3GBs at DABS are about £380 and at Amazon about £375 (down from £402 when I got one last week) but there is now a 1-2 month wait for one direct from Amazon. Not a huge drop but going in the right direction.

it certainly is mate, keeping my eye on them about 250 would be nice lol.

hahahah