ATI 5850

[Dan Coldrick]

Does anyone have one yet? Been looking at one on Dabs.com for £198.00 and seriously considering....

 

[Damian Henderson]

Just buy it. No need to say anymore.

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

Glad this thread is up

Ati 5870
Ati 5850 XFire

perfomance wise which of the above is better?

 

[Damian Henderson]

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Tom’s Hardware: Radeon HD 5850: Knocking Down GTX 295 In CrossFire

5850 XFire would be faster but personally 1 5870 is plenty enough power.

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Done...no where had it in stock apart from ebuyer and overclock.co.uk. I got it from overclock for 210 next day delivery. Fingers crossed it will show up 2moz. I feel like a little kid waiting for christmas

 

[Rob Goldthorpe]

I was going to get one for a new build, but OCuK have sold out again.. I swear it's the same person buying all the 5800's and selling them on ebay...........

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Rob i got mine from overclock.co.uk not overclockers.co.uk there is one on there still in stock. Mines here, can't wait to get home and install this puppy

 

[Ben Tusting]

has it arrived yet coldrick?

Are you noticing a HUGE DIFFERENCE?

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Installed in PC, just installing CCC

 

[Steven Palmer]

Installed in PC, just installing CCC

As the prisoner in the film "The Life of Brian" says

"You lucky,lucky B**tard"

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Ummm lovely card, been playing Arma 2 with lots of high settings and smooth as butter:bang:

Will try increasing the settings some more later :smile-big:

 

[Ben Tusting]

Race 07 look any better?

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Not tried yet ben but look at the 5850 goodness

 

[Nigel Atkins]

Ummm lovely card, been playing Arma 2 with lots of high settings and smooth as butter:bang:

Will try increasing the settings some more later :smile-big:

i`m already playing ArmaII on max settings with only a slight bit of lag so your card should rape its ass :freaked-out:

 

[Marcel Hulsbergen]

Great card, I bought one myself to exchange my 8800GTS, amazing performance and a great value. I really recommend this card for anyone who needs a new card now.

For those who experience a lower Windows Experience index score, by default this card gets a 6.0 which is lower than my old card, I recommend to open a 3D test program like Vantage. Running the index again whith a 3D tester open gives full performance and then you get a 7.7. Not that is says much but it is better for your ego.

 

[Damian Henderson]

Race 07 look any better?

Your 4850 rapes Race07. 5850 is overkill for the game.

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Your 4850 rapes Race07. 5850 is overkill for the game.

Not quite, I couldn't turn track draw distance right up because my 4850 only had 512mb

 

[Damian Henderson]

What resolution ? Don't sound right anyway.

 

[Ben Tusting]

he's on 1360 x 768

 

[Damian Henderson]

Can turn draw distance on max on a 9600gt at 1280x1024 so very surprised his 4850 struggled with that. But I need a upgrade badly for those other none sim games!

Anyway enjoy the 5850, beast of a card.