HD 5850 has arrived

[Spydermag68]

Originally posted by: Kingbee13
Just got my XFX 5850 and installed it so far so good XFX 5850 Pictures

Length is about the same as the 4850 I'm replacing, but it?s a much heavier card, I was actually surprised how heavy it was.
I ran through a few laps in NFS Shift, performance isn't even comparable to the 4850 even with my e7200 @ 3.6ghz the performance increase so far is extremely good
went from about 35-40 FPS @1080p 2xAA no AF up to full 60FPS with 8xAA and 16xAF

So how is the fan noise? I am on several waiting list.

 

[Kingbee13]

Originally posted by: Spydermag68

Originally posted by: Kingbee13
Just got my XFX 5850 and installed it so far so good XFX 5850 Pictures

Length is about the same as the 4850 I'm replacing, but it?s a much heavier card, I was actually surprised how heavy it was.
I ran through a few laps in NFS Shift, performance isn't even comparable to the 4850 even with my e7200 @ 3.6ghz the performance increase so far is extremely good
went from about 35-40 FPS @1080p 2xAA no AF up to full 60FPS with 8xAA and 16xAF

So how is the fan noise? I am on several waiting list.

It's more quiet than my 4850 was, but that was a single slot cooling solution, I can only give you my subjective measure but I did crank the fan up to 100% just hear it and its not nearly as high pitched and whiny as the 4850 was.

never seems to go above 30% fan and in the mid 70's c temp wise, and my case doesnt have the best airflow

so overall from my old 4850 the 5850 is much faster, seems quieter and runs cooler in my system.