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SOLVED Is it a worthy upgrade from 6850 to 7770?
- Thread starter E-matlet
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Well since you bought it, why dont you try it and see for yourself?
The card should indeed be better then you previous card, but not by much.
A fast search on the forums would have given you this: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=712670
So maybe it was a mistake, as your not getting a lot more then what you had.
The card should indeed be better then you previous card, but not by much.
A fast search on the forums would have given you this: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=712670
So maybe it was a mistake, as your not getting a lot more then what you had.
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Hi E, theres always gona b something better out there.
What did you buy the 7770 for? If it does what it was bought to do, I guess its fine. Unless you can trade it back for a very minimal loss or none.
Try it out, like what Pierre said.
Else buy the 6850 and donate the 7770 to me
What did you buy the 7770 for? If it does what it was bought to do, I guess its fine. Unless you can trade it back for a very minimal loss or none.
Try it out, like what Pierre said.
Else buy the 6850 and donate the 7770 to me
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They perform nearly the same.
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Good decision, you are going to be Much happier with the 7870 
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+1, the 7870 is a solid upgrade from that 6850 .
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I think you misunderstood, I have the 6850 currently and I planned on completing a purchase for the 7770. So the 6850 is what I already have, but you said I should buy it.Hi E, theres always gona b something better out there.
What did you buy the 7770 for? If it does what it was bought to do, I guess its fine. Unless you can trade it back for a very minimal loss or none.
Try it out, like what Pierre said.
Else buy the 6850 and donate the 7770 to me
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in Far Cry 2 the 6850 gets 15fps more than the 7770 @ 1920x1200 HQ 8xAA etc
without checking more, I think I remember seeing the 7770 getting beat out in almost everything - is a strange card, seems to exist more for marketing purposes than any real practical use in my mind... People like newer numbers + just plain confusing for people not wanting to jump into lots of benchmarks etc
I would stick with what you have a while longer and upgrade 1st Quarter next year once price drops come from the new 8000 series cards + maybe OC your card to 6870 speeds + for now if you want more speed - The gains from such an OC are good, maybe an extra 7fps+ ...enough to get your smooth back ^^
No worries if you can upgrade anyways right?
Or you know what to go with if you wanna spend cash Now
without checking more, I think I remember seeing the 7770 getting beat out in almost everything - is a strange card, seems to exist more for marketing purposes than any real practical use in my mind... People like newer numbers + just plain confusing for people not wanting to jump into lots of benchmarks etc
I would stick with what you have a while longer and upgrade 1st Quarter next year once price drops come from the new 8000 series cards + maybe OC your card to 6870 speeds + for now if you want more speed - The gains from such an OC are good, maybe an extra 7fps+ ...enough to get your smooth back ^^
No worries if you can upgrade anyways right?
Or you know what to go with if you wanna spend cash Now
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in Far Cry 2 the 6850 gets 15fps more than the 7770 @ 1920x1200 HQ 8xAA etc
without checking more, I think I remember seeing the 7770 getting beat out in almost everything - is a strange card, seems to exist more for marketing purposes than any real practical use in my mind... People like newer numbers + just plain confusing for people not wanting to jump into lots of benchmarks etc
I would stick with what you have a while longer and upgrade 1st Quarter next year once price drops come from the new 8000 series cards + maybe OC your card to 6870 speeds + for now if you want more speed - The gains from such an OC are good, maybe an extra 7fps+ ...enough to get your smooth back ^^
No worries if you can upgrade anyways right?
Or you know what to go with if you wanna spend cash Now
The 7770 is in a odd performance/price bracket. Its slower then the 6850 for a similar price, but its good features are a much lower power draw and newer DirectX and <3watt long idle compared to the 6850, among other things.
They should have not made a hd7750 and put the 7770 in that price range instead. But even the HD7750, which I have, outperforms the 550ti and perhaps the GTX 650 and is pretty close to the stock 7770 with the high OC I have on it and doesn't require a 6 pin connector.
The HD7850 is a very good choice for an upgrade form the 6850, you won't be disappointed
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