AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother

7950 Reviews are rolling in. In short, the OC versions come close to the 7970 (the standard card, with default clocks)

The WSGF review with Eyefinity numbers

7950 @ AnandTech

Guru3D reviews:
HIS
PowerColor
CrossFire TriFire

7950 @ HardOCP

Hardware Heaven's reviews:
Sapphire OC-Edition vs. 7970 OC vs. 580 OC vs. 6790 OC
XFX Black Edition
HIS CrossFire

7950 @ HotHardware

TechPowerUp reviews:
AMD 7950 Reference
AMD 7950 CrossFire
PowerColor

Powercolor @ OverClockers

KitGuru reviews:
Sapphire OC Ed.
XFX Black Ed.
HIS

Hardware Canucks reviews
7950
Sapphire OC Ed. (dual fan)
XFX Black ed.

PowerColor, XFX and Sapphire roundup @ NeoSeeker
AMD Ref. @ NeoSeeker

AMD Ref. @ HardwareSecrets

AMD Ref. @ BenchMark Review


That'll do for now.


[EDIT 1] Feb 5th
Link with quite a few 7950 review-links @ TechReport
Cross- and TriFire review @ NeoSeeker
Sapphire OC in crossfire, @ TweakTown

definitely gonna aim for the XFX 900Mhz Edition ($499.99), hopefully they aren't sold out by time my tax return is here.

i wonder if they are flashable to 7970 :P as the XFX has a Dual BIOS.


New Egg Lineup:
New Egg 7950s

Unfortunately out of the budget range at the moment. Sigh...

My 5850 is still kicking butt, so this might be a decent upgrade 2 years from now.

any reviews for the ASUS Yet?:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121489

Just one ASUS review:

http://www.ocaholic.ch/xoops/html/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=668&sel_lang=english

The TechReport has their "daily shortbread", which lists the news articles of the day. I found the link that way:
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/22402

the only thing im skeptical about is the 3 slot design...

otherwise I'll prolly be dropping my Tax return on a 7950 XFX, whether its the 800Mhz or 900Mhz version I'll have to see as the Overclocked is already sold out...

Im sure I can OC the 800Mhz one to about 1Ghz though.

Guru3D OC-ing guide for the 7950

the XFX 7950s were out of stock, then in stock, then out of stock again.. errrr

Have you tried Tigerdirect?

Last time I checked, they had both XFXs in stock. Shipping was free. But I am not sure whether you'd have to pay sales tax or not.

yeah, once my tax return is deposited, i'll do my rounds (newEgg, Amazon, Tiger).

I prefer NewEgg for a few reasons, one being that some of the other components i'll be ordering, TD and AMZN dont have at all, so if i order everything from NewEgg it all ships from the same place (Usually).


I did order a few things from TD because they were Cheaper+Free SHipping.

Oh man, I hope my tastes never get that high!
Enjoy!

the 7800 looks good too, in the range of the 6900 series. due out in about 2 weeks.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Radeon-HD7870-HD7850-Pitcairn,14747.html

Also I went with the Sapphire 7950 900MHz Edition, as it has more accessories and a Dual BIOS,

the XFX surprisingly didnt have dual BIOS.