i want a 5850, if i am going to buy one what manufacturer should i go with and what kind of cooler etc?
If I want a 5850, what board/cooler should i be looking for?
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RussianSensation
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With the "non-reference" cards you have to pay attention to see if it allows voltage control.
Sapphire has some really nice higher quality cards at the high end. The problem is their cards can't be over volted because of their custom components. This limits how higher you can over clock the card. But Sapphire usually continues to release reference models as wel.
Sapphire has some really nice higher quality cards at the high end. The problem is their cards can't be over volted because of their custom components. This limits how higher you can over clock the card. But Sapphire usually continues to release reference models as wel.
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yeah, I'd also recommend the MSI card. The cooler should be among the best outside of 3rd party cooling solutions, plus its one of the few non reference designs that supports overvolting (no doubt thanks to the fact that it is MSI that produces the ever so popular Afterburner software)
thats not a 5850
thats not a 5850
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thanks for clearing that up.
looks like ill have to buy new considering the few 5850s on sale around forums aren't worth the price
looks like ill have to buy new considering the few 5850s on sale around forums aren't worth the price
If your purchasing a HD 5850 with the intent to overclock the reference designed boards are the way to go....If your willing to flash the bios
Did you plan on doing any overclocking? If so too what speeds?
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The reasoning behind the question is I kinda have some first had insight on it
The advantage of the reference design is the ability to flash the bios with a modded bios....Best for me is the modded Asus 5870 bios. The reason I used this one is the increase in memory voltage to that of the 5870. In my case the memory runs fine at 1300. You get the best scaling performance wise with core overclocking....Until you get to a certain point then the memory needs to be bumped to feed the core. I'd have to check but am thinking it was around 900mhz or so.
The disadvantages of the reference design of cards is the stock cooling. Your overclocking will most likely be temp limited long before you reach the max overclock of your card....Unless you get a dud of a card. This can be overcome somewhat by increasing the fan speed if you don't care about the noise or you have a system that is already kinda loud anyways. I'm on water so around the 35% or so point on the fan it became audible to me.
I'm thinking that if you just plan on bumping it up to around the speeds of the 5870 then most likely the MSI card would work out fine for you.
If your looking for a new reference design card then I'm thinking that the cheapest one will be the Visiontek card....As far as I know they are all reference design still. This card is available at bestbuy.com if you have reward bucks or coupon etc.
Not sure if they have any cards with the reference designed board and upgraded cooling. Guess you could look at pictures of the cards. The key to picking out a HD 5850 reference design in pictures is you will see a black pcb with AMD silkscreened above the pci-e connector.
well it looks like you missed out on the MSI rebate, the rebate was reduced to $20 making the final price $270 instead of $240
That is a good price....But may be lacking warranty support if needed. But I guess if the original owner should offer to help with any warranty issues then that could be overlooked. I think that sapphire warranty support would be thru newegg if I remember correctly.
Sapphire's warranty policy as taken from their webpage.
" Sapphire VGA products carry a 2 year warranty with all enquires carried out through your initial place of purchase. This can only be carried out by the original purchaser Please contact your Dealer/Reseller for Warranty / RMA service. They will require proof of purchase which includes the original invoice/documentation. "
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yeah, its just kinda hard ... $40-50 gets me a brand new one with better cooling
newegg has gigabyte one for $259 right now
newegg has gigabyte one for $259 right now
tweakboy
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Use the stock one.. and put it to 100 percent fan when gaming. No need to lose your warranty. Youll get the same OC... gl:hmm:
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The stock cooler on an HD5850 works fine,the card runs cool when gaming and is quiet.
just leave it on auto fan and it works very well.
Why screw around with that?
Also buying a used one for $210 is retarded.I'd rather have a new GTX460 than a used video card with who knows what history behind it.
Tweakboy:
just leave it on auto fan and it works very well.
Why screw around with that?
Also buying a used one for $210 is retarded.I'd rather have a new GTX460 than a used video card with who knows what history behind it.
Tweakboy:
You gotta be joking,my HD5850 sounds like a jet engine at anything over 60% fan...ugh no thanks.
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