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470 vs 5850

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Looks like the 5850 is finally heading towards the magic $200 mark. At least magic for me, as I am cheap.
 
Man if anyone's in the market for a 5850, that's a damn good deal. Their website search page shows $299 but when you get to the product page it's $269. Don't hesitate if you're considering..
 
Hauk said:
Wow that's a good price on one of the better non-ref designs. No voltage soft mod available, but apparently they volt these things enough to allow for decent OC:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_5850_PCS_Plus/32.html

They use good quality board components too:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_5850_PCS_Plus/4.html
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I think it was apoppin' that got his 5870 PCS+ to work with software voltage control. If not, you can always add more juice by rewriting the voltage registers in the BIOS. The card shouldn't be limited in overclocking.
 
MrK6 said:
I think it was apoppin' that got his 5870 PCS+ to work with software voltage control. If not, you can always add more juice by rewriting the voltage registers in the BIOS. The card shouldn't be limited in overclocking.
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Well that's good news. I was going off TPU's info. I figured the registers tab would be greyed out in RBE like it is with the Vapor-X models.
 
I decided to get the same one from Newegg for $279 after coupon because ZZF is in Cali (VS possibly NJ or TN and 3 day shipping) and the free shipping is ground. That would take 7 days for me and it would miss my 3 day weekend coming up. If I paid an extra $10 to them I could have it shipped faster. In the end it was that I like Newegg a little better and Bing is 3% vs 2% for ZZF.
For those on the left coast or those that can wait this is definitely the better deal.

BTW coupon ends today 4/11 at newegg VGA462.
 
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Hauk said:
Well that's good news. I was going off TPU's info. I figured the registers tab would be greyed out in RBE like it is with the Vapor-X models.
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Good info, I didn't know the RBE didn't (yet) read the BIOSes. I wonder if you can flash it to a reference BIOS instead (it would depend on how different they actually are, I suppose).

Also, that's another sweet deal markrb38, great find :awe:
 
markrb38 said:
I decided to get the same one from Newegg for $279 after coupon because ZZF is in Cali (VS possibly NJ or TN and 3 day shipping) and the free shipping is ground. That would take 7 days for me and it would miss my 3 day weekend coming up. If I paid an extra $10 to them I could have it shipped faster. In the end it was that I like Newegg a little better and Bing is 3% vs 2% for ZZF.
For those on the left coast or those that can wait this is definitely the better deal.

BTW coupon ends today 4/11 at newegg VGA462.
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I'd prolly have done the same thing. I kinda cringed when I saw it was ZZF anyway. Not sure if they still suck, but I stopped using them when two orders sat in processing stage for two days. Got some BS excuse it was Paypal's fault.

I see ur a skilled Newegger and know where their warehouses are. They rock man, no doubt about it. They even run a Sunday warehouse packing shift now, not sure which warehouse it is though. Guaranteed 3 day, who cares.

Hope it works out!
 
Hard to justify not getting the 5850 at $269,99. Even though the 470 is slightly better, it's not $80.00 better, IMO.
 
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