Yeah, you keep telling yourself that
Installed and running mine with no issues.
Very compact and very quiet.
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**Official Sapphire Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 5850 Extreme Owners Thread**
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Yeah, you keep telling yourself that
Installed and running mine with no issues.
Very compact and very quiet.
no, mine is going back doa. started fine tried cod 4 then turned off never to come back on
tried two other cards fine
yeah same with mine gettin it rma'ed. boots fine put about 30% load on it and the screen goes black and the computer hangs
oh well should have a new one soon
Yeah, you keep telling yourself that
Installed and running mine with no issues.
Very compact and very quiet.
Pretty much +1
http://www.sapphiretech.com/ssc/TriXX/
have someone traied TriXX??
on the page is showing it should be able to overvolt (HD5850 Extreme 1G GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / DVI-I / DP), but i can't
have someone traied TriXX??
on the page is showing it should be able to overvolt (HD5850 Extreme 1G GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / DVI-I / DP), but i can't
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http://www.sapphiretech.com/ssc/TriXX/
have someone traied TriXX??
on the page is showing it should be able to overvolt (HD5850 Extreme 1G GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / DVI-I / DP), but i can't
I rest my case
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Yeah, you keep telling yourself that
Installed and running mine with no issues.
Very compact and very quiet.
No issues here either, very pleased with it.
Soldato
How long is this card and where are the power connectors situated (rear or side)?
Cheers.
Cheers.
The card is only 8.5" long and the power connectors at situated at the rear of the card.
Soldato
Super
That's my GTX 260 replaced. To think I was looking at 6850s and 460s over £150 lol 
Guys, I am overjoyed for those of you who can get these cards to work. I had one arrive today to replace a 4850. I have raised an RMA as it simply isn't working. I have a 1000W PSU, Phenom Quad Core Processor, 4 GB RAM. Vista 64 bit Ultimate. Reeled off all my hardware to the guy in support and he agreed that there was no reason the card would be incompatible with my MOBO.
Downloaded the official ATI/AMD guide to install and followed them to the letter, uninstalled the drivers, powered off, unplugged. Did the anti-static thing before touching anything. Removed the old card. Carefully but firmly seated and secured the 5850. Plugged in both 6 pin connectors from the PSU to the card. Plugged in the power and the monitor and off it went...NOT.
The computer powered up, everything whirred into life...except that I had no display. Windows was loading because I heard the little Windows start up jingle. Several attempts later I gave up, replaced the old card and, bingo! I have a display and have been playing Fallout 3 on ultra high at a fair old frame rate.
I am really disappointed, as I wanted a decent DX11 card in preparation for Elder Scrolls V, and even the very reasonable price from OCUK isn't reasonable when you have something that doesn't work.
Downloaded the official ATI/AMD guide to install and followed them to the letter, uninstalled the drivers, powered off, unplugged. Did the anti-static thing before touching anything. Removed the old card. Carefully but firmly seated and secured the 5850. Plugged in both 6 pin connectors from the PSU to the card. Plugged in the power and the monitor and off it went...NOT.
The computer powered up, everything whirred into life...except that I had no display. Windows was loading because I heard the little Windows start up jingle. Several attempts later I gave up, replaced the old card and, bingo! I have a display and have been playing Fallout 3 on ultra high at a fair old frame rate.
I am really disappointed, as I wanted a decent DX11 card in preparation for Elder Scrolls V, and even the very reasonable price from OCUK isn't reasonable when you have something that doesn't work.
Soldato
Got mine Tuesday just gone, installed and works next well to my Asus TOP model, almost doubling my FPS in most things I've tried, very impressed! Works brilliantly, though it causes the Asus to get hot and it's fan to go a bit crazy as they are touching and I guess it's struggling to suck in some air. I might try them the other way round see if it helps.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/971991
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/971991
exact same as mine i really cant be arsed with rmaing the card quite peed off tbh . also i have to pay to return a faulty card great deal that. what makes it worse could have got the card i brought cheaper but stuck with the loyalty of being a ocuk member . in the end its gonna cost more than a brand new one from anywhere else and more hassle
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Soldato
If the card is found to be faulty & replaced, don't you get the postage costs back ?
Wouldn't your card be classed a DOA therefore OC'uk would arrange to pick the card up at their expense?
yeah you do but the point is any other firm i have ever used fetch the product if faulty.
the onus is on the company you purchase from if the product is faulty not on the person. i paid for a working product. the reason i got for this on the phone is " it works out cheaper for us "
think i might just youtube me hitting the card with a hammer
hdpcgamer theyve told me ive got to send it to them as it works out better for them ! that is the exact words the guy from rma phone chat said no lie.
so not only have i not got my card ive got to pay extra for a broken card while i wait . like a extra kick in the balls.
the onus is on the company you purchase from if the product is faulty not on the person. i paid for a working product. the reason i got for this on the phone is " it works out cheaper for us "
think i might just youtube me hitting the card with a hammer
hdpcgamer theyve told me ive got to send it to them as it works out better for them ! that is the exact words the guy from rma phone chat said no lie.
so not only have i not got my card ive got to pay extra for a broken card while i wait . like a extra kick in the balls.
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Yes you do, you do normally have to ring them to claim the postage back, if product is found to be faulty
same happened to me when i got my original 5850 when they were released. RMA'd it and the replacement has been working fine. RMA wont take long as its via ocuk.
Uh...well they have arranged to collect mine, I printed out the RMA thingy and from what I gather, if the darned thing is found by the testers to be working, THEN they charge you for the postage and send it back to you.
On my RMA it says refund rather than replacement. I really hope they refund me quickly as I don't mind being £135 down for a working card, but object like hell to £135 for a piece of junk (yes I paid extra for a next day Saturday delivery).
I really wanted to love the product, and I cannot fault the delivery service and so on, but looking at the number of DOA's reported in this thread I am not very confident in the card at all. I REALLY hope that they do not try to tell me it is working. How can it be, when re-installing the older card by doing all the same actions gets me an insta-display?
Question is, when I do get my money back, what to get?
On my RMA it says refund rather than replacement. I really hope they refund me quickly as I don't mind being £135 down for a working card, but object like hell to £135 for a piece of junk (yes I paid extra for a next day Saturday delivery).
I really wanted to love the product, and I cannot fault the delivery service and so on, but looking at the number of DOA's reported in this thread I am not very confident in the card at all. I REALLY hope that they do not try to tell me it is working. How can it be, when re-installing the older card by doing all the same actions gets me an insta-display?
Question is, when I do get my money back, what to get?
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