Upgrade to 7850?

[Boozad]

Hi all, new to the forum but there doesn't seem a better place to be asking this.

I'm contemplating upgrading my 6670 to a 7850 2gb as the benefits obviously speak for themselves, but I'm wondering whether to crossfire my A10-8500k with the 6670 instead? Is the performance of those two components comparable to a single 7850? And are there any negative effects to the APU when it's crossfired and not running as a standalone CPU?

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

[erocker]

I say try the CrossFire since you already have the components. Makes sense to try out what you already have? Right?

 

[Tatty_Two]

Crossfiring with 2 6670's will of course be the most cost effective, just be careful as both crossfired 6670's and the 7850 are recommended having at least a 500W PSU by AMD.

 

[Dent1]

Hi all, new to the forum but there doesn't seem a better place to be asking this.

I'm contemplating upgrading my 6670 to a 7850 2gb as the benefits obviously speak for themselves, but I'm wondering whether to crossfire my A10-8500k with the 6670 instead? Is the performance of those two components comparable to a single 7850? And are there any negative effects to the APU when it's crossfired and not running as a standalone CPU?

Thanks in advance for any input.

From a performance standpoint a singe 7850 would be significantly faster than the 6670 in CF.

 

[Crap Daddy]

Since you already have the parts try it out. 7850 is way better though.

 

[GLD]

I do not have any CF experience, but I will say my rig in my specs. runs BF 3 and Far Cry 3 on Ultra settings, with no visible issues to my eyes. Of course my 19" monitor supports 1280x1024 so I know that has something to do with it. I can say the 2G 7850 is a excellent card at it's price point.

 

[Boozad]

Thanks for the input guys. I'll give the CrossFire a go, if it affects the CPU performance too much I'll just knock it straight back off. I think I will go for the 7850 in the long run, I just wish I'd have added that to my build first time round instead of the 6670. Mind you, I should have gone for a Sabertooth motherboard and AMD FX processor as well, it's my first new PC for six years and I sort of dived in mand built it then did my homework later.

The PSU is a good point, I have read in some places that the 450W will handle the 7850 (around 220W under load) whereas others have suggested a 600W would be needed. I'll do a little bit more research on the PSU side before buying the 7850.

Thanks again for the input.

 

[Crap Daddy]

450W PSU is plenty for the 7850. Peak consumption is around 100W. On the other hand APUs are meant for cheap "good enough" low/medium settings gaming experience.

 

[Boozad]

Yeah I think I'll just hang on then and get the 7850. I can't believe I'm upgrading my PC just a week after getting it through, I really should have been more patient in the spec process.

 

[DarkOCean]

Apus are meant to be used as they are for low end gaming, crossfired apu+6670 would give you 7750-7770 at best so dont waste your money on that get a 7850/gtx 660 or better.

 

[RCoon]

I didnt realise AMD released a 8500k. Joking aside, its not that bad of a quad core processor, but a 7850 would be way better than your current gpu. the 6670 uses DDR3 vram right? you'd get instant gains from merely going to GDDR5 memory anyway. Would make for a decent midrange rig in honesty.

 

[Boozad]

My mind's been made up, I'll get the 7850 in a couple of weeks.

 

[PLSG08]

What model of a 7850 would you get?

 

[Boozad]

What model of a 7850 would you get?

The site where I built my PC offers an upgrade from what I have to the 2GB AMD Radeon HD7850 at about 10% cheaper than anywhere else, but I had been looking at the Sapphire. This time I'll be doing a bit of research before just jumping in and buying.

I think I may go for this ASUS HD7850-DC2T-2GD5.

 

[Boozad]

Yep, I've decided to go with the ASUS 2GB AMD 7850 975MHz model. I like ASUS gear and the card looks good at the price point (£165/$245).