I just ordered the Sapphire HD7870 today from Newegg. I had to request email notification when these cards were in stock because it seems they sell out fast on a daily basis. It will replace my still-running-nicely HD5850 (oc'd lock caused 2nd monitor to flicker, tho'). Hopefully I'll be slapping it into my system within the next 10 days as the card makes its milk run journey from wherever to my house. I shall update on performance once I have it.
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System Spec Peripherals: Corsair H70 cpu cooler (w/ 2 120mm Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850rpm fans) | Zalman MFC3 fan controller | Gigabyte Aivia Osmium kb | Steelseries Sensei mouse | Logitech Z-2300 2.1 speakers | SteelSeries SX mouse surface
For the real serious stuff: 2.53GHz Mac Mini | 4GB DDR3 1066 RAM | 320GB HDD | Samsung P2250 (x2) | Apple Magic Mouse | Apple Magic Trackpad | Apple Wireless KB | Drobo FS 6.5TB
Laptops: Dell XPS M1530 | Asus G74SX-DH71
Surface Pro 128GB |