ASUS HD7850-DC2-2GD5 Pro Reviews

The ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 is available on Amazon for $215.44. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660s can be found in etail for as low as $189.99 on Amazon. For those that are just tuning in to this review, the GeForce GTX 660 outperformed the ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II in each game within this evaluation and often by a significant margin, for a lesser price. The ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 required a monstrous overclock for the Radeon HD 7850 to meet the same level of gameplay experience provided by the GeForce GTX 660. If you are not going to overclock, the GeForce GTX 660 is really the best deal. The 660 are offered at cheaper prices, and will outperform any stock Radeon HD 7850 in today's games. However, if you plan to overclock, and with the ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 you should, then you can reach the same level of the GTX 660 thanks to the awesome overclocking ability ASUS has built the ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 for. It also must be said, while you have to maximize the overclock on the Radeon HD 7850 to reach GTX 660 level of gameplay performance, the GTX 660 also has room to grow, and overclocking it, will again push it over the performance of an overclocked Radeon HD 7850. If you are in the market for a Radeon HD 7850 video card, the ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 performs well and overclocks well. You absolutely have to overclock it in fact to reach the level of the less expensive competing product. Thankfully, you can do that with this video card thanks to ASUS' great hardware design. However, with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 currently being priced less and performing significantly faster out-of-the-box, we find it difficult to recommend any Radeon HD 7850 GPU based video card at this time. If the price were reduced, or rebates offered, then it would be a better value, but at its current price, the competition is competing very aggressively.