{"id":52466,"date":"2013-05-05T10:22:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T08:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=52466"},"modified":"2013-05-05T21:22:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T19:22:39","slug":"top-5-recommended-amd-gpus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/52466-top-5-recommended-amd-gpus","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 recommended AMD GPUs"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD-based GPUs are highly regarded in the gaming world, and if you’re looking for one to suit your needs, there are some viable options available.<\/p>\n

The following 5 GPUs are the highest rated AMD GPUs over the last 12 months, courtesy of Tech PowerUp \u2013 a respected review site, which lists and compares PC hardware.<\/p>\n

Recommended pricing is provided by AMD South Africa.<\/p>\n

AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB (RRP R4,299)<\/b><\/h3>\n

The AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB is the highest rated AMD card released within the 2012 year.<\/p>\n

The card is carved out of 28 nm \u201cTahiti\u201d silicon, on which the HD 7970 is based.<\/p>\n

It features 3GB memory at 1260MHz, and a core clock speed of 800MHz.<\/p>\n

\"AMD<\/a>

AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB<\/p><\/div>\n

AMD Radeon HD 7850 (RRP R2,499)<\/b><\/h3>\n

The AMD Radeon HD 7800 series is highly regarded for its quality and price, and the 7850 is one of the standout performers.<\/p>\n

The card features the Pitcairn processer,\u00a0 GB of memory at 1200MHz, and an 860 MHz core clock speed.<\/p>\n

\"AMD<\/a>

AMD Radeon HD 7850<\/p><\/div>\n

AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB (RRP R3,499)<\/b><\/h3>\n

Another highly regarded card in the HD 7800 series is the 7870.<\/p>\n

The 7870 is a step up from the 7850, and features the same processor and memory size, however, it has core and memory clock speeds of 1000 MHz and 1200 MHz respectively.<\/p>\n

\"AMD

AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB<\/p><\/div>\n

AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB (RRP R1,599)<\/b><\/h3>\n

The AMD Radeon HD 7770 is based on the Cape Verde silicon processor.<\/p>\n

The card features 1GB of memory, along with 1000 MHz core clock speed and 1125 MHz memory clock speed.<\/p>\n

The card is revered for great efficiency, with a good performance to stream processor ratio.<\/p>\n

\"AMD

AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1 GB<\/p><\/div>\n

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3 GB (RRP R5,599)<\/h3>\n

The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB was AMD’s successful move to reclaim the single GPU performance crown from Nvidia back in June 2012.<\/p>\n

It gets the “GHz Edition” moniker for ramping up its core clock to 1000MHz, with a memory clock of 1500MHz.<\/p>\n

While the card is revered for its top-notch performance and overclocking head-room, the price is a stumbling block.<\/p>\n

\"AMD<\/a>

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3 GB<\/p><\/div>\n

Source:\u00a0TechPowerUp\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n

More hardware and gadget stories:<\/h3>\n

Top 5 recommended Nvidia GPUs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AMD Radeon HD7990 SA price point revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SA pricing: GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost, Superclocked editions announced<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

5 great gaming headphones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PC sales slowing, consoles looking up: analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out the top 5 recommended AMD GPUs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":52478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1051,9458,1771,1085,21,9461,9459,9462,9460],"class_list":["post-52466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-amd","tag-amd-gpu","tag-graphics-cards","tag-hardware-2","tag-headline","tag-radeon-hd-7770-ghz-edition","tag-radeon-hd-7870-2-gb","tag-radeon-hd-7950","tag-radeon-hd-7950-crossfire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53023,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52466\/revisions\/53023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}