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This is the XS 5850 Club. We can post here to gather experiences. I've just purchased three 5850s from Newegg, I will be posting benches soon. =)
Anyone who has a 5850, please post here, so we can mutually solve problems, find out when the next deal is, and try and show those 5870 owners who got the bargain.
I had a 5870 first, it was good for 900/1300 on stock volts. I have a 5850 that does 900/1300 with 5870 bios and volts, for 1920x1200 gaming with 2-4xAA in everything i play i dont miss the 5870 whatsoever. 5850 runs cooler also and is smaller. Plus for the $100+ price difference, not worth it IMHO. If i was gaming at 2560x1600 I would probably need more power and even a single 5870 wouldnt cut it for me anyway.
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So, you sold your 5870, to purchase a 5850?Originally Posted by Rattle
I got a sweet deal on the 5870, i ended up liquidating my i7 rig and sold everything. Started over.
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Ahh, did you go down from X58 to P55?
yep and never missed a beat.
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i got the 5850 and just ordered my waterblock... 1.28v got me 922/1250 stable but VDDC temps were insane so i ordered a block this weekend... hope to see 1GHz on the core by friday
SYSTEM
i5-375K - ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - 8GB Samsung DDR3 - HIS 5850
Water Cooling
EK FC5850 - EK Supremecy - DDC-3.2 w/XSPC Top -Swiftech MCR320-QP - EK Multioption 150
Cool bro, post pictures. =)i got the 5850 and just ordered my waterblock... 1.28v got me 922/1250 stable but VDDC temps were insane so i ordered a block this weekend... hope to see 1GHz on the core by friday
here is some 1GHz Action on Stock Cooling.
Awesome!!here is some 1GHz Action on Stock Cooling.
I got lucky with my Sapphire 5850. Got it on a superdeal in Singapore, and it does 900/1330 on 5850 stock(1.087)volts with the Asus 5850 bios. It does 1GHz furmark stable on 1.2 volts... Runs very cool and no need for more than 45% fan to keep it under 65C. Very happy indeed.
Gonna have a go at the latest RBE tonight and get the clocks right.
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i3-550 L008B555 @4.6GHz (1.36v)
Sapphire HD 5850 @1GHz/1.3GHz (1.25v)
GSkill ECO 4GB PC3-12800 @1.33GHz 6-6-6-20 1T (1.34v)
here is some 1GHz Action on Stock Cooling.
What resolution do you game at?I got lucky with my Sapphire 5850. Got it on a superdeal in Singapore, and it does 900/1330 on 5850 stock(1.087)volts with the Asus 5850 bios. It does 1GHz furmark stable on 1.2 volts... Runs very cool and no need for more than 45% fan to keep it under 65C. Very happy indeed.
Gonna have a go at the latest RBE tonight and get the clocks right.
1920x1080
My new 5850s. =)
MSI 5850 OC user here. Flashed the BIOS to use default voltage and do 800/1150 all the time. Does fine with everything maxed in games at both resolutions I game at (1920x1200 & 4800x1200) despite my 2.2GHz CPU clock speed. Love it, with a few exceptions that can be solved via drivers.
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