Soldato
Which drivers are best for these 5850s?
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**Official Sapphire Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 5850 Extreme Owners Thread**
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WEI is not a good benchmark to use. I would suggest Unigine or 3DMark, etc.
Latest should be fine.
i am using a Q6600 @ 2.6 with 4gb 800mhz ram yeah its with most games i am running the 11.3 drivers (are these the best?)
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Have mine up and running, very impressed with it, it fits very nicely in my Shuttle and takes less power than I thought since the PS fan doesn't spin up under load anymore.
Haven't done much testing but it is quite cool and quiet and a nice upgrade from my old 1950.
Haven't done much testing but it is quite cool and quiet and a nice upgrade from my old 1950.
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hi
you need to overclock that quad pohly . try to get it past 3gz if poss and you will notice a difference
cheers
you need to overclock that quad pohly . try to get it past 3gz if poss and you will notice a difference
cheers
Soldato
What size screen? The 5850 is much, much faster than a 4850
its on a 1920*1080 24". i however now seem to think that it may be falty and unstable because if i run any graphics intensive programs the screen gose black or blue screens (only blue screended once)
guys, im building my first machine, do i need to use the disc or will windows 7 auto detect and download the latest drivers? thanks
5850 extreme btw
Probably worth downloading the latest drivers from AMD site, but windows will automatically install the basic drivers for it to work.
guys, im building my first machine, do i need to use the disc or will windows 7 auto detect and download the latest drivers? thanks
5850 extreme btw
The disk that came with mine had old drivers on, use the current from AMD.
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No, neither does the 5850.
. started fine tried cod 4 then turned off never to come back on 
tried two other cards fine I've found that about after three hours of gaming my 5830 seemed to have some issues with sound, Nothing I can hear over my crappy headset/ speakers mind you. Other then that when it isn't idle it is whisper quite.
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Judging by some these responses I think I've dodged a bullet by buying an XFX5870.