IN STOCK NOW ASUS 5850 & 5870 1024MB GRAPHICS CARDS FROM £219.98 inc VAT

up2nogooduk · 13 Mar 2010 at 18:04

Rusty_Noob said:
Thank overclockers!

Was your boxed sealed with that kind of cellophane stuff ?

Persecuter · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:08

ordered mine, coming tuesday! very excited!

I want a 2nd one! New mobo etc inc, might aswell get new pc for em!

so tempted.

555BUK · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:14

up2nogooduk said:
Was your boxed sealed with that kind of cellophane stuff ?

Both ASUS 5850's and the 5870 I have received (different sources) arrived without cellophane wrapping.

khemist · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:27

555BUK said:
Both ASUS 5850's and the 5870 I have received (different sources) arrived without cellophane wrapping.

Same.

up2nogooduk · 13 Mar 2010 at 21:23

555BUK said:
Both ASUS 5850's and the 5870 I have received (different sources) arrived without cellophane wrapping.

I hate it when it dont have the cellophane wrapping. as in the past, i have had 2 cards that looked like they we're used, and they had problems with there fans.

Overclockers. do these get sent to you with the cellophane wrapping ?

Cheers.

up2nogooduk · 13 Mar 2010 at 21:26

Persecuter said:
ordered mine, coming tuesday! very excited!

I want a 2nd one! New mobo etc inc, might aswell get new pc for em!

so tempted.

From my experience, 2 cards help loads

Whats the idle and load temps on the 5850, whiles overclocked via the tweak ?

Cheers.

Fatboy · 13 Mar 2010 at 21:27

up2nogooduk said:
I hate it when it dont have the cellophane wrapping. as in the past, i have had 2 cards that looked like they we're used, and they had problems with there fans.

Overclockers. do these get sent to you with the cellophane wrapping ?

Cheers.

They arrive with no cellophane wrap at all from Asus.

up2nogooduk · 13 Mar 2010 at 21:28

Fatboy said:
They arrive with no cellophane wrap at all from Asus.

Cheap bar-starssssss

anty1 · 13 Mar 2010 at 22:01

So tempted...

on a side note that graphic on the box of the horse looks awesome

up2nogooduk · 13 Mar 2010 at 22:03

anty1 said:
So tempted...

on a side note that graphic on the box of the horse looks awesome

The horse is saying. i'm mean, and i want to go in you're machine

Me and my twin

PermaChanged · 13 Mar 2010 at 23:07

up2nogooduk said:
So running nice and smooth then ?
Did you notice any jaggies ?

Any problems with long loading. and have you tried 1920 x 1200 ?
Well that's if you have the screen for that res

Cheers.

I've got a bit of screen tear, but I imagine that's down the game more than the graphics card. I haven't tried it with V-Sync yet, that might help it. It plays really really smooth.

I can try it at 1920x1080 on my 37" TV if you'd like me too?

No cellophane wrapper was on the box, as confirmed by FatBoy, but the anti-static bag the card was in was sealed.

up2nogooduk · 13 Mar 2010 at 23:43

Rusty_Noob said:
I've got a bit of screen tear, but I imagine that's down the game more than the graphics card. I haven't tried it with V-Sync yet, that might help it. It plays really really smooth.

I can try it at 1920x1080 on my 37" TV if you'd like me too?

No cellophane wrapper was on the box, as confirmed by FatBoy, but the anti-static bag the card was in was sealed.

Yeah please.. try Vsync on as well.
Turn that dam bloom off

If you don't know how. Go to Documents/BFBC2/settings/Bloom=True

Change bloom to, Bloom=false. gives more performance also

Zico · 13 Mar 2010 at 23:55

555BUK said:
ASUS 5850 runs 21% at idle (really quiet) and rises to about 30% at full load (audible but still quiet). I suggest you download MSI Afterburner, overclock, and set your own fan profile to suit your ears.

Afterburner is far better than the Smartdoctor app ASUS supply for overclocking/overvolting. As a starting point, set voltage to 1.2v, core to 950Mhz and memory to 1175. These speeds should be easily achieved, and the card will be faster than a 5870.

I will be trying these settings with my two Asus 5850 soon.

I take it that with the Asus you can use the ATI CCC or MSI Afterburner to set the clocks & voltage without changing the fan or any other settings?

555BUK · 14 Mar 2010 at 10:28

up2nogooduk said:
Cheap bar-starssssss

I think you will find that ASUS packaging is superior to any other 58xx manufacturer. It certainly the card nice and safe, and has a quality feel all of the others lack.

Zico said:
I will be trying these settings with my two Asus 5850 soon.

I take it that with the Asus you can use the ATI CCC or MSI Afterburner to set the clocks & voltage without changing the fan or any other settings?

CCC will enable overclocking upto 1100core/1300mem but it does not allow voltage control. You will need to use Afterburner or ASUS Smartdoctor to increase the voltages and get above 900core.

JackRegan · 14 Mar 2010 at 10:44

Before I click buy on a 5870, is the warranty 3yrs as stated in the listing? and who deals with Asus RMA's?

Like to check beforehand as I was caught out when I bought a X1900XTX (Connect 3D), enough said...

Cheers

555BUK · 14 Mar 2010 at 10:51

JackRegan said:
Before I click buy on a 5870, is the warranty 3yrs as stated in the listing? and who deals with Asus RMA's?

Like to check beforehand as I was caught out when I bought a X1900XTX (Connect 3D), enough said...

Cheers

Warranty is the full 3 years. For the first year use the Retailer (OcUK) and for remaining years use ASUS direct. You can use ASUS for the fisrt year as well if you like.

Once you receive your card, test it to make sure it works and then register it with ASUS here. ASUS support is pretty good.

JackRegan · 14 Mar 2010 at 12:14

555BUK said:
snip....ASUS support is pretty good.

Cheers for the quick reply, that'll do for me. Time to retire my 8800GTX then.

Jack

Nelly · 14 Mar 2010 at 14:18

Ordered mine Saturday night, I spent hours & hours reading reviews etc, all reviews say it's quiet, plus the heat is extracted out the back compared to a custom cooler which keeps the heat inside the case.

So happy because I had the cash to purchase the Sapphire Vapor-X 5870 for £350, saved £130 which can go towards upgrading to a lower wattage CPU + 890FX.

5850 clocked past 5870 speeds for £220, I laugh at the money I've saved.

up2nogooduk · 14 Mar 2010 at 14:24

Nelly said:
Ordered mine Saturday night, I spent hours & hours reading reviews etc, all reviews say it's quiet, plus the heat is extracted out the back compared to a custom cooler which keeps the heat inside the case.

So happy because I had the cash to purchase the Sapphire Vapor-X 5870 for £350, saved £130 which can go towards upgrading to a lower wattage CPU + 890FX.

5850 clocked past 5870 speeds for £220, I laugh at the money I've saved.

I had that Sapphire Vapor-X 5870. it didn't clock to well for me. as it's the v2,
as v1 would clock a lot better.

I'm so much tempted to get one of these 5850. for the price it's at, it's a still really. can always crossfire later on. but as always something else comes out faster. but this card im sure will last long while yet

Let us know how you get on.

up2nogooduk · 14 Mar 2010 at 14:25

Rusty_Noob said:
I've got a bit of screen tear, but I imagine that's down the game more than the graphics card. I haven't tried it with V-Sync yet, that might help it. It plays really really smooth.

I can try it at 1920x1080 on my 37" TV if you'd like me too?

No cellophane wrapper was on the box, as confirmed by FatBoy, but the anti-static bag the card was in was sealed.

Hey rusty, i saw you come into the OC server on BFC2 last night.
How did the card go mate ?