Should i get a 7850 or 7870

In , AMD launched the entire 4 chip Evergreen series in 6 months. By previous standards this was a quick pace for a new design, especially since AMD had not previously attempted a 4 chip launch in such a manner.

Evergreen may have launched 4 chips in 6 months, but this month AMD will be completing the 3 chip Southern Islands launch in half the time — 3 chips in a mere 3 months. So what exactly is Pitcairn? In a nutshell, take Cape Verde and double it, and you have Pitcairn.

Pitcairn has twice the number of CUs, twice the number of ROPs, twice the memory bandwidth, and of particular importance twice as many geometry engines on the frontend.

Allows you to connect to a display using mini-DisplayPort. Features 1. DirectX version DirectX is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.

OpenGL version 4. OpenGL is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics. OpenCL version 1. Newer versions introduce more functionality and better performance. The graphics card supports multi-display technology. This allows you to configure multiple monitors in order to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as having a wider field of view. A lower load temperature means that the card produces less heat and its cooling system performs better.

Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections in games. PassMark G3D result This benchmark measures the graphics performance of a video card. Source: PassMark. This benchmark is designed to measure graphics performance. Source: AnandTech. OpenGL ES is used for games on mobile devices such as smartphones.

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Build Test EFps. Can You Run It? Please enter your feedback here. Much faster effective speed. Locally-deformable PRT Bat. Much better lighting effects. Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting Teapot. Better reflection handling. MRender Avg. Render target array GShader Sphere. Faster multi rendering. Gravity Avg. NBody particle system Galaxy. Much faster NBody calculation. Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts Billboard Trophies. HD vs HD Thread starter Guest Start date Apr 28, Forums Hardware Graphics Cards.

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Guest Guest. Hi all Both cards will be the 2GB version and also both being Sapphire brand. Bear in my mind that this price range is already stretching my budget with the HD and even more with HD I'll have to wait and save up more for this one. I'll be doing a pretty good amount of gaming with most settings turned all the way up on a x resolution screen and pretty much general usage browsing, encoding, editing etc.

I won't OC either of them. Also, bear in mind that I'll be buying them locally, which slightly has higher prices. Buying them online is definitely not an option.