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msi vs sapphire HD 7850 ?

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11/10/12 at 4:00pm

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So i ordered this card , and after the promised 2 weeks , they said that it will take another week to deliver it, and now i'm checking their site, and they have this one in stock . I could just get the MSI , it's 5$ cheaper , but what worries me , is that the MSI one has only 1 DVI connector, and i currently have 2 monitors (1 DVI , 1VGA ). And cables for DVI to HDMI are expensive here...
Also i'll soon get a 3rd monitor (also VGA) , my question is , can i use my spare GT430 + this new 7850 to connect 3 monitors? if i get the sapphire one , then 2 to the main card , and 1 to 430 ,or if i chooce to switch to MSI and connect 2 to 430 and 1 to the 7850 ?
Is it a sure thing , or will there be driver issues? And will i be able to use Physx , it's not really important , just a nice bonus

so what do you think is the best option? cooling and OC wise for the msi vs sapphire , and 3 monitor setup wise ?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom™ II X4 20 @ 3.2Ghz(1.4v)/2.2Ghz NB(1...	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P	Sapphire HD 7850	4x2GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
2xHitachi 500GB	LG DVD±RW (LS)	Cooler Master V6	Microsoft Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Samsung SyncMaster T220 22" 2ms	Asus VW193D 19" 5ms	Logitech® EasyCall™ Cordless Keyboard	Zalman ZM500-HP 500 Watt
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
ThermalTake V3	Gigabyte GA-M6880	Acme	Radiotechnika S30B
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom™ II X4 20 @ 3.2Ghz(1.4v)/2.2Ghz NB(1...	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P	Sapphire HD 7850	4x2GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
2xHitachi 500GB	LG DVD±RW (LS)	Cooler Master V6	Microsoft Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Samsung SyncMaster T220 22" 2ms	Asus VW193D 19" 5ms	Logitech® EasyCall™ Cordless Keyboard	Zalman ZM500-HP 500 Watt
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
ThermalTake V3	Gigabyte GA-M6880	Acme	Radiotechnika S30B
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11/11/12 at 3:09am

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I would just wait for the sapphire if I were you since you have dvi/vga monitors.

To hook up 3 or more monitors you need to hook up at least one with a displayport. Note that only one dvi port on the sapphire is a dvi-i port, which makes it compatible with vga-dvi adapter. For the other one you will need to buy converter to run an analogue monitor off of it.

No, you cannot run a gtx430 parallel to the 7850 since those cards are based on a completely different architecture.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
8120	Sapphire Pure Black 990fx	VTX3D 7770 X-Edition	Gigabyte 7770 OC
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
AMD Performance Edition (Patriot Memory) 12gb	Hitachi 7k3000	OCZ Agility 3	Patriot Memory Pyro
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Chronos	Asus DVD Player	LiteOn DVD Writer	7x Revoltec Blue LED fans
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
NZXT Havik 140	Windows 7 Home Premium	21" acer monitor	old HP Keyboard
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
XFX Pro core edition 550w	Aerocool XPredator Evil Blue Window Edition	Sharkoon Darkglider	roccat sense
Other	Other	Other	Other
NZXT fan controller	Gigabyte GC-WBI50 WLAN+Bluetooth	WINTV TV card	No name Firewire PCI card
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8120	Sapphire Pure Black 990fx	VTX3D 7770 X-Edition	Gigabyte 7770 OC
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
AMD Performance Edition (Patriot Memory) 12gb	Hitachi 7k3000	OCZ Agility 3	Patriot Memory Pyro
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Chronos	Asus DVD Player	LiteOn DVD Writer	7x Revoltec Blue LED fans
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
NZXT Havik 140	Windows 7 Home Premium	21" acer monitor	old HP Keyboard
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
XFX Pro core edition 550w	Aerocool XPredator Evil Blue Window Edition	Sharkoon Darkglider	roccat sense
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NZXT fan controller	Gigabyte GC-WBI50 WLAN+Bluetooth	WINTV TV card	No name Firewire PCI card
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11/11/12 at 4:39am

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So that means that i'll have to buy an active miniDP to DVI adapter ? Then i'll be able to connect 1 monitor to DVI , one to DVI to VGA adapter and one to MIniDP To DVI to VGA? will that work?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom™ II X4 20 @ 3.2Ghz(1.4v)/2.2Ghz NB(1...	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P	Sapphire HD 7850	4x2GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
2xHitachi 500GB	LG DVD±RW (LS)	Cooler Master V6	Microsoft Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Samsung SyncMaster T220 22" 2ms	Asus VW193D 19" 5ms	Logitech® EasyCall™ Cordless Keyboard	Zalman ZM500-HP 500 Watt
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
ThermalTake V3	Gigabyte GA-M6880	Acme	Radiotechnika S30B
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom™ II X4 20 @ 3.2Ghz(1.4v)/2.2Ghz NB(1...	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P	Sapphire HD 7850	4x2GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
2xHitachi 500GB	LG DVD±RW (LS)	Cooler Master V6	Microsoft Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Samsung SyncMaster T220 22" 2ms	Asus VW193D 19" 5ms	Logitech® EasyCall™ Cordless Keyboard	Zalman ZM500-HP 500 Watt
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
ThermalTake V3	Gigabyte GA-M6880	Acme	Radiotechnika S30B
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11/11/12 at 5:30am

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You have to buy an active minidisplayport-vga adapter in order it to work.

This one costs 11$+6$ shipping to russia:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-MINI-DISPLAYPORT-TO-VGA-CABLE-ADAPTER-MACBOOK-AIR-/130800945727?pt=US_Video_Cables_Adapters&hash=item1e74580a3f

It sais it works with macbook thunderbolt port (which is a mini-dp) but it should work fine with your 7850. (I have one too and it works fine with my 7770) The dvi-vga adapter already comes with the card.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
8120	Sapphire Pure Black 990fx	VTX3D 7770 X-Edition	Gigabyte 7770 OC
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
AMD Performance Edition (Patriot Memory) 12gb	Hitachi 7k3000	OCZ Agility 3	Patriot Memory Pyro
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Chronos	Asus DVD Player	LiteOn DVD Writer	7x Revoltec Blue LED fans
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
NZXT Havik 140	Windows 7 Home Premium	21" acer monitor	old HP Keyboard
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
XFX Pro core edition 550w	Aerocool XPredator Evil Blue Window Edition	Sharkoon Darkglider	roccat sense
Other	Other	Other	Other
NZXT fan controller	Gigabyte GC-WBI50 WLAN+Bluetooth	WINTV TV card	No name Firewire PCI card
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
8120	Sapphire Pure Black 990fx	VTX3D 7770 X-Edition	Gigabyte 7770 OC
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
AMD Performance Edition (Patriot Memory) 12gb	Hitachi 7k3000	OCZ Agility 3	Patriot Memory Pyro
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Chronos	Asus DVD Player	LiteOn DVD Writer	7x Revoltec Blue LED fans
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
NZXT Havik 140	Windows 7 Home Premium	21" acer monitor	old HP Keyboard
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
XFX Pro core edition 550w	Aerocool XPredator Evil Blue Window Edition	Sharkoon Darkglider	roccat sense
Other	Other	Other	Other
NZXT fan controller	Gigabyte GC-WBI50 WLAN+Bluetooth	WINTV TV card	No name Firewire PCI card
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11/11/12 at 6:43am

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Thanks for the help

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom™ II X4 20 @ 3.2Ghz(1.4v)/2.2Ghz NB(1...	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P	Sapphire HD 7850	4x2GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
2xHitachi 500GB	LG DVD±RW (LS)	Cooler Master V6	Microsoft Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Samsung SyncMaster T220 22" 2ms	Asus VW193D 19" 5ms	Logitech® EasyCall™ Cordless Keyboard	Zalman ZM500-HP 500 Watt
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
ThermalTake V3	Gigabyte GA-M6880	Acme	Radiotechnika S30B
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom™ II X4 20 @ 3.2Ghz(1.4v)/2.2Ghz NB(1...	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P	Sapphire HD 7850	4x2GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
2xHitachi 500GB	LG DVD±RW (LS)	Cooler Master V6	Microsoft Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Samsung SyncMaster T220 22" 2ms	Asus VW193D 19" 5ms	Logitech® EasyCall™ Cordless Keyboard	Zalman ZM500-HP 500 Watt
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
ThermalTake V3	Gigabyte GA-M6880	Acme	Radiotechnika S30B
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11/11/12 at 7:04am

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Happy to help! Happy gaming!

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
8120	Sapphire Pure Black 990fx	VTX3D 7770 X-Edition	Gigabyte 7770 OC
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
AMD Performance Edition (Patriot Memory) 12gb	Hitachi 7k3000	OCZ Agility 3	Patriot Memory Pyro
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Chronos	Asus DVD Player	LiteOn DVD Writer	7x Revoltec Blue LED fans
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
NZXT Havik 140	Windows 7 Home Premium	21" acer monitor	old HP Keyboard
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
XFX Pro core edition 550w	Aerocool XPredator Evil Blue Window Edition	Sharkoon Darkglider	roccat sense
Other	Other	Other	Other
NZXT fan controller	Gigabyte GC-WBI50 WLAN+Bluetooth	WINTV TV card	No name Firewire PCI card
View all

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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
8120	Sapphire Pure Black 990fx	VTX3D 7770 X-Edition	Gigabyte 7770 OC
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
AMD Performance Edition (Patriot Memory) 12gb	Hitachi 7k3000	OCZ Agility 3	Patriot Memory Pyro
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Chronos	Asus DVD Player	LiteOn DVD Writer	7x Revoltec Blue LED fans
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
NZXT Havik 140	Windows 7 Home Premium	21" acer monitor	old HP Keyboard
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
XFX Pro core edition 550w	Aerocool XPredator Evil Blue Window Edition	Sharkoon Darkglider	roccat sense
Other	Other	Other	Other
NZXT fan controller	Gigabyte GC-WBI50 WLAN+Bluetooth	WINTV TV card	No name Firewire PCI card
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