Just got a 5850

[Bradtech519]

Should be here this week, and the 4890 will be retired.. Look forward to putting it to work along with the zalman cooler on it. My Pheneom 965 may soon be retired and a Phenom 6 1090T crunching for team anandtech also..

 

[Patrickz0rs]

4890 to a 5850 doesn't seem like a justified purchase IMO. However many people here will disagree.

 

[biodoc]

4890 --> 5850 upgrade

1) significant increase in performance on MilkyWay. thread

2) both are double precision math capable.

3) Direct X 10 --> 11

4) Power consumption comparison EDIT: at load: 4890 (330 watts), 5850 (305 watts)

EDIT: power consumption comparison

I'm considering upgrading my 4850s to 5850s sometime this year.

 

[Patrickz0rs]

Considering that you most likely had the 4890 for about a year and spent at least $200 on it, why would someone purchase a 5850 for $300 a year later? $500.

 

[Bradtech519]

Considering that you most likely had the 4890 for about a year and spent at least $200 on it, why would someone purchase a 5850 for $300 a year later? $500.

I got it for $245.00.. That includes the 50 dollar zalman cooler with it. I'm going to sell my 4890 for $150 to a friend of mine along with some extra parts. The 4890 was a good card..

 

[dajeepster]

Considering that you most likely had the 4890 for about a year and spent at least $200 on it, why would someone purchase a 5850 for $300 a year later? $500.

distributed computing, double the ppd... plus, he doesn't have to stop using the 4890... just leave it in the computer with a dummy plug and still crunch on it.

 

[Bradtech519]

4890 to a 5850 doesn't seem like a justified purchase IMO. However many people here will disagree.

Probably correct, however I got a good deal and with the zalman cooler all together I probably got it close to a $100.00 cheaper. As satisfied as I was with my 4890, I did not care for the stock cooling on it. I started to looking into putting an aftermarket on it, and found a good deal on a 5850 with one already on it. I figured if I went ahead, and sold my 4890 right now while it still had some value to it I could recoup more money than waiting 2 or 3 years, and selling it for $30.00 like I did my 3870.. It seems you got to time upgrades just right to get anything back on your parts. I spent $140.00 on my 3870 and then it resold for 30.. I spent 180 on my 4890 and will get 150 for it.. Difference I'm out is only really a $100.00 upgrade at the most and I will recoup that with selling more parts of mine.. X1950XTX, 4 GB of DDR2 800..

 

[Bradtech519]

distributed computing, double the ppd... plus, he doesn't have to stop using the 4890... just leave it in the computer with a dummy plug and still crunch on it.

It's already got a new home 🙂 Will make a buddy happy that currently has a 8600GT

 

[Bradtech519]

Got my 5850 in, and up crunching.. With the zalman under load it's only hitting 60-65c under load. Joined anandtech team on GPU crunching assignment such as milkyway, and the mathematical one.

 

[faxon]

Nice addition to the team for milkyway. You should install collatz conjecture also btw, milkyway servers crash like every other week and you card will do just as well in collatz as milkyway. I have my resource allocation set such that when milkyway is up it gets all the compute time, but if I run out of WUs or the servers go down then collatz takes over. Because of all the recent crashes people have moved to other projects, and I was able to move from slot 17 to slot 8 on the RAC charts for milkyway 😀. Im such a nerd LOL

 

[biodoc]

Bradtech519, do you have ppd calculations on Milkyway and other projects?

 

[Bradtech519]

Bradtech519, do you have ppd calculations on Milkyway and other projects?

I honestly don't even calculate ppds.. Just look at average workload, and how my system is doing against other cards.. I can tell a difference between the 4890 and 5850 defiantly watching it go on milkyway, and passed a guy with a 4890. I could easily overclock this thing.. I've been having AC problems, and it's been 95-100F on average outside.. Around 78-82F in my house.. Hottest the card gets is 70-75c crunching 24/7 with the occasional pause to let everything cool down.