XFX HD 7850 CORE Edition 860MHz 2 GB DDR5 2XmDP HDMI Dual DVI Graphics Cards FX785ACNFC
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- XFX Ghost Thermal Technology
- 2 GB of DDR5 Memory onboard
- Microsoft DirectX 11 Ready
- HDMI Ready
- Eyefinity Ready
- PCI-E 3.0 (backwards compatible to PCI-E 2.0)
The AMD Radeon HD 7850 Series is the upgrade gamers deserve. Based on the award-winning GCN Architecture, these cards are engineered for supremacy with the industry’s very first 28nm GPU design. Packed with incredible features, such as support for PCI Express 3.0, the ultra-efficient AMD ZeroCore Power technology and gaming at resolutions up to 7680×3200 with AMD Eyefinity technology, serious gaming starts here.
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XFX HD 7850 CORE Edition 860MHz 2 GB DDR5 2XmDP HDMI Dual DVI Graphics Cards FX785ACNFC
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Nice hardware but buggy drivers,
I have 6 monitors hooked up (for productivity) and purchased two of these cards to upgrade from dual 5770 which were very stable… well, the 7850 cards have been trouble & have wasted a lot of my time.
I have experienced screen flashing and miscellaneous problems coming out of monitor sleep, as well as several blue screens and lock-ups. I lost some work due to this, and it didn’t happen with my older 5770 cards, which were very stable.
I suspect it is the drivers however, so I hope it will be fixed in the next driver release, but until then… 1 star.
UPDATE 2012-06-20: The 12.6 BETA drivers are working much better (no crashes or freezes)… when the drivers are officially released and have proven stable for awhile then I will raise my rating, but they should have had stable drivers to begin with.
UPDATE 2012-06-30: The 12.6 drivers have been released. It looks like they are the same as the previous 12.6 BETA drivers I was using. I’m upping to 3 stars because the freezing and crashing is gone, but there is still some strange behavior and I’m still not happy I had to deal with this in the first place after spending so much money on two of these cards.
UPDATE 2012-08-22: I am now using the 12.8 drivers and the system is still not working as well as my older 5770 cards. I can only attribute this to driver bugs that have still not been fixed. For example, the mouse cursor is often messed up or not correct.
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All and all just a solid performing card card. I love the aluminium heatsink, looks and feels solid. I own a reference 7970 for myself, purchased this for another computer in the house; plays games almost as well, while I haven’t compared FPS this seems just as smooth.
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