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Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC Review

Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC is a special edition of the powerful Radeon HD 7850. See the standard version for more information about it.
The differences include an increased core-clock, that went from 860MHz to 900MHz and a new quiet and efficient cooling system.
The performance boost is not very significant and about 3.5% when compared to the standard version.
All games, including demanding one's, will run on the highest settings.
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No the Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

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HEAVENISHELL

16:32 Apr-13-2013

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hey whats the price of the card?

gameconsole

04:51 Apr-14-2013

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189.99 it also includes FC3 blood dragon, bioshock infinite, and tomb raider. Great deal

Aronno

13:47 Apr-05-2013

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Does my CPU has enough configuration to handle this gfx card??

diogon

20:09 Apr-07-2013

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if by "configuration" u mean processing power and no bottleneck then yes

Aronno

08:01 Apr-13-2013

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can u tell me what is a bottleneck??

nuninho7

15:05 Apr-13-2013

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bottleneck is when a component (CPU or GFX) can't use all it's performance because the other component (CPU or GFX) is too weak, but that doesn't happen with your rig (if you buy this GFX), it would be perfect.

Aronno

15:46 Apr-13-2013

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Thanx a lot 4 your reply....:D

ddragosbb

21:39 Mar-03-2013

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Is my CPU enough to handle this card?

ADRYAN

17:58 Mar-24-2013

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probably in some cpu demanding titles.. it will bottleneck a little bit about 4-5%

SkyHeights

22:06 Feb-04-2013

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I want to buy this, but I'm also looking at the GeForce GTX 660 SC, which one would be better for my rig?

Raystlyn

22:09 Feb-04-2013

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Nvidia wins this round:)

merc4hire

09:25 Feb-06-2013

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The HD 7850 definitely. This card is beast, trust me. Runs everything I throw at it on max settings like Skyrim, BF3, Saints Row 3, Black Ops 2 etc

Tero

10:42 Feb-06-2013

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Yeah but the GTX 660 SC runs them a bit better ;)

PapiFiveNine

11:42 Feb-06-2013

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I've seen this thing go over 1100 core clock :P

SkyIine

15:45 Feb-04-2013

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Will my CPU bottleneck this card?

PapiFiveNine

20:10 Feb-04-2013

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Yep

Raystlyn

20:36 Feb-04-2013

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Yes even on 1080p you will have some bottleneck there; a Quad Core CPU would be more adequate to pair this with

SkyIine

05:37 Feb-05-2013

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Any suggestions for a budget?

Raystlyn

13:49 Feb-05-2013

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What's your budget? If that'd require you to get a lesser GPU than this one, then stick with your Phenom for a while to get this nice card, and down the road upgrade your CPU

SkyIine

15:43 Feb-05-2013

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I'm looking around a 60$ budget for a CPU, maybe a little more.

Raystlyn

15:45 Feb-05-2013

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If that's the case, then I'd start saving to get a more capable CPU, $60 would not get you far as far as CPUs are concerned, keep your current one and go for this GPU, then upgrade CPU later on:)

Stratus

05:47 Feb-19-2013

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You can get a 955be for about $95 there is also a Athlon x4 for a little less both will be good upgrades from that x2. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6394302&CatId=4919

merc4hire

20:51 Jan-21-2013

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Am I bottlenecking this card?

Pip

22:38 Jan-21-2013

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haha, you no :P
Your CPU only slightly :)

fodubble

12:44 Jan-14-2013

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Love this card, got it about a month ago. My 1st ever dedicated GPU so not much to compare it to but plays everything i throw at it on max/ultra so what more can you ask for? :)

Tero

17:26 Feb-05-2013

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Lovely feeling isn't it? ;)

fodubble

01:20 Feb-26-2013

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Awwwwyeah :)

mightywhitey5

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would my CPU bottleneck this GPU?

Rayven

10:37 Nov-12-2012

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No, your CPU is absolutly fine combination on this GPU

Blowcool

03:43 Oct-27-2012

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is this card compatible with this motherboard: dell oy2mrg

Tero

06:11 Jan-22-2013

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Hard to find any info on that motherboard but as long as it has at least one PCIe x16 slot (doesn't matter which version) then yes, it's compatible ;)

jdsjoel

14:34 Sep-08-2012

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