*** Official ATI Radeon HD 5850 Discussion Thread (Reviews LIVE) ***

[Tejstar]

The other thread is mainly talking about the HD 5870 and it seems we need a thread to talk solely about the HD 5850 as many aren’t interested in the HD 5870 (me included). Anyway, it looks like this card will be gold. I’ve listed a few reviews that I’ve come across this morning (all mostly positive).

AnandTech: AMD’s Radeon HD 5850: The Other Shoe Drops

FiringSquad: ATI Radeon 5850 Performance Preview

Guru3D: Radeon HD 5850 review (CrossfireX)

Hard [OCP]: AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5850 Video Card Review

HotHardware: AMD ATI Radeon HD 5850 Performance Review

Legit Reviews: ATI Radeon HD 5850 CrossFire Video Card Review

PC Perspective: AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB Review - Cyprus gets a bit cheaper

Tech Report: AMD's Radeon HD 5850 arrives

Tom’s Hardware: Radeon HD 5850: Knocking Down GTX 295 In CrossFire

TweakTown: Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB Video Card

I'll update the list as more reviews roll in.

 

[D13]

Thanks for posting Tejstar, been waiting for these damned 5850 reviews forever.

Performance is impressive, it is very close to its bigger brother and overall 200 seems to be very fair price

 

['Wes]

Glad i pre-ordered one at the begining of the week.

 

[D13]

Just wow, its performance is so so close to a 5870. Maybe even too close, it really makes hte 5870 price look bad. Demand for 5850 is gonna be huge at 200 quid

 

[Bigsy]

Can't believe FiringSquad were the only review to overclock this thing properly....and impressive that when they did it was quicker than a stock 5870. These cards are going to be damn popular!

 

[pcpietrek]

my next card

 

[queamin]

Crossfire 2 5850 are looking nice at £400 if you got the monitor to run them and a single 5850 is shaping up very nice.

 

[nutter]

Thank you for the thread.

 

[panda_uk]

this is way too confusing, not sure which to get now.

 

[james.miller]

single 5850 for me. When they hit ~£150, its mine

 

[D13]

this is way too confusing, not sure which to get now.

with prices as they are, the 5850 is the way to go. As mentioned above, one review oc'ed it beyond stock 5870 performance, for 100 quid less 5850 is crazy good. But there is also an nvidia conference today so who knows what we might see.

 

[[timko]]

Here's a small reminder to not hotlink and rehost any images you want to show from the reviews instead...

 

[Balb0wa]

may have to sell the 4890, will wait a few weeks for the 5850 to drop, and it will drop me thinks.

 

[Ritsugamesh]

Some interesting reviews indeed, wondering how much extra volts would be needed to push one of these cards near if not up to the clocks of a 5870.

The 58xx series is shaping up to be an impressive set of graphics cards indeed, crossfiring two of those would be a dream!

 

[TaKeN]

I want the Asus voltmod version, muchos overclocking

WILL OCUK BE STOCKING THIS??

 

[londonbairn]

5850 in CF when the prices settle look like an amazing buy

 

[queamin]

I want the Asus voltmod version, muchos overclocking

WILL OCUK BE STOCKING THIS??

I would buy one if they stock them as long they around the same price as other 5850

 

[Duran]

the 5850 is a sweet card indeed . one of the best ati has ever produced.

 

[reflux]

Thanks for the post dude, also interested in the 5850

 

[wolvers]

Really hope mine will be here tomorrow.