Get an XFX Radeon HD 7850 graphics card and three games for $144.59

[rayfloyd]

"For a limited time, Newegg has the XFX Double D FX-785A-ZDF4 Radeon HD 7850 video card for $159.59 shipped when you apply coupon code EMCYTZT3405 at checkout. Even better, you can get an additional $15 off via a mail-in rebate (PDF), for a grand total of $144.59."

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150656

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-57582981-58/get-an-xfx-radeon-hd-7850-graphics-card-and-three-games-for-$144.59/

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[ryantc]

unless you setup 7850 mining rigs on a massive scale, a single 7850 literary mine next to nothing/day

[SgtSpike]

unless you setup 7850 mining rigs on a massive scale, a single 7850 literary mine next to nothing/day

Pretty close to it.  They're worse than a 5870 for mining...

[Gator-hex]

2x 7850 (2048 stream processors)  = 1x 7970 (2048 stream processors)

same but a hell of a lot cheaper!  

[GenTarkin]

2x 7850 (2048 stream processors)  = 1x 7970 (2048 stream processors)

but it's a hell of a lot cheaper!  

yeah bout 100-150$ cheaper...not bad...

[dogie]

2x 7850 (2048 stream processors)  = 1x 7970 (2048 stream processors)

same but a hell of a lot cheaper! 

Density my friend, density. When you take into account the platform costs [storage space, mobo, psu, cpu ram], costs will be similar.

[chaosgs]

2x 7850 (2048 stream processors)  = 1x 7970 (2048 stream processors)

same but a hell of a lot cheaper! 

Density my friend, density. When you take into account the platform costs [storage space, mobo, psu, cpu ram], costs will be similar.

I disagree sub 850 watt psus are less than $100 while 1000-1200 watts are over $250 that right there covers the mobo psu and ram. Plus the 7850's have better M/hash per $.

[batman, not crabman]

I have 2 XFX 6950s in my mining rig, I don't recommend them.  They run hot and one of them wouldn't let me flash the 6970 bios (only card out of 5, other 3 are ASUS, MSI and Sapphire - all 6950s)

[zvs]

i'm not sure i've ever seen my 7850 above 60oC,  it's an msi twin frozr 2GB they had on newegg for I believe it was $160 AR, maybe $170.


same deal w/ the games though

it gets about the same hash rate as a 5830 (*but uses a lot less electricity).  after you sell the games and do the rebate, if you sold your 5830 used, you'd end up about even... with a card that'll be worth a lot more in the not so distant future when there's some godawful amount of 5830's on ebay

[ryantc]

I put my 7850 back to the mining rig after I received the riser last week, and it's making BTC0.01 a day
Can't complain.

[rayfloyd]

I put my 7850 back to the mining rig after I received the riser last week, and it's making BTC0.01 a day
Can't complain.

I get 0.02 btc per day on a 5850 =/