Reddit reviews XFXAMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 2DVI/HDMI/2 Mini Display Port PCI-Express Video Card FX787ACNFC

The same XFX card is only $155 on Amazon, and comes with free 2-day shipping if you have Amazon Prime. I don't think you get the 3 free games with it, but you save a good $23. Also, I have a copy of Tomb Raider which I've been meaning to give away, so let me know if you want it.

A 7950 with 3GB of memory is also available on Amazon for $265. Here's a version of the 7950 that's selling for $245 on Amazon too (and also has the free 2-day prime shipping/free 7-day shipping for non-Prime members). However, despite being slightly slower, the 7850 is a better bang for your buck than the 7950.

You may also consider the XFX AMD 7870 2GB, which is available on Amazon for $220 (also with the free 2-day/7-day shipping).

If you want to go the nVidia route, the XFX 660 can be had for $199 here, and it is a bit quicker than the 7850. This XFX 650Ti ties the 7850, and costs $170.

Better than all of these cards would be an nVidia GTX 760, which costs $260 on Amazon or $250 on NewEgg, but that might be out of your price range. Still, I'd strongly recommend it if you're considering stepping into the $200+ range. Here's a helpful chart comparing its performance in BF3 to the GTX670, the AMD 7950, etc., and here's a similar chart that compares the 7850 to the 7950 and some others.

If I were you, I'd go for this XFX 660, which I also linked above. At $199.99, you get performance that's quite noticeably better than the 7850, even a bit better than the still-more-expensive AMD 7870 which costs ~$220, and it comes overclocked out of the box with a 980MHz core clock (the stock speed on these cards is 900MHz, I think). It also has 2GB of VRAM rather than the 1GB on the XFX 7850 you mentioned, which is quickly entering the too-little-memory territory as games continue expanding the resolution of their textures, the complexity of scenes, etc. Not to mention that 2GB of video memory will allow deferred antialiasing and higher texture quality settings to have a lower impact on your FPS than cards with only 1GB of memory.

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1. This graphics card.
   
   
2. I want it because I want to play all the latest games at higher settings, currently I have to put them on low :(
   
   
3. Yeah I would, theres more things to worry about in life than a graphics card :D.
   
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If you want the full pc gaming experience, I would highly recommend actually building your own pc. It's tons of fun, relatively easy to do, and you learn so much by doing so. If I was you, however, I would probably go ahead and refund what you've got. It just wasn't made for gaming, no matter how much the salesman told you it was. You can build some bang on machines for $700, implying that you have all the peripherals (monitor, headset, etc).

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~$100 for OEM operating system.

I tried to estimate the math in my head as I was pasting them, it'll put you right between $7-800

Hey, thanks for the response. Would this gpu be compatible? I am getting it for free. If not, can you find a mobo that is? Thanks!

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I see $290 after rebate. Trying to find this ~$225~ $255 deal. Not sure why you're getting downvoted, $255 is way cheaper than what pcpartpicker is listing for recent price history.

What motherboard? If it's an intel chipset newer than sandy bridge, there should be an option in the bios that enables integrated multi-monitor support.

That will allow you to use the second monitor via the output of the motherboard.

Keep in mind it will be running off of onboard so it won't have the "Umph" of the video card behind it (no gaming, etc).

also, assuming this is your card (pretty sure most 7870's are the same), it's gonna have one DVI-I (support for VGA) and one DVI-D (no support for VGA).

Thank you for the help. with even more digging, I have found that none of the new generation of Radeon cards can support more than 4 monitors (at least none in my budget.) I have decided to go with a HD 7870 because it can support up to 6 monitors. It is an older card, but since the programs are not graphically intensive and we will be using to same programs for quite some time it will serve my needs nicely. Here is a link to the card I intend to get:
http://www.amazon.com/XFXAMD-Radeon-Display-PCI-Express-FX787ACNFC/dp/B007MJGMXQ?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=A1ED2U6E9G3YVQ
Thanks again.

I have a Sapphire 7870 Ghz Edition. I would like to let it go for Rs 10,000. Let me know if you're interested.
There is a XFX 7870 in stock on Amazon for Rs 27000 (incase you'd like to know the original cost price for reference): http://www.amazon.in/XFXAMD-Radeon-Display-PCI-Express-FX787ACNFC/dp/B007MJGMXQ