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Which 5850 from OCUK list to get?

Banzai_Joe

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Banzai_Joe said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=411&sortby=priceAsc

Was thinking of the ASUS one with DirectCU for cooler/quiter and the hope that it integrates a little sweeter with my Asus P6X58D board.

But THIS gives me 2 games which i don't already have for less mullah!

I'm settled on the 5850 as it seems to be able to overcock to 5870 speeds and it keeps the costs down if i want to add a 2nd for x-fire.

Help me out here fellas, please?
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The second 5850 you've linked to, is a non-standard board, and won't overclock as high as a reference board. I'd get the Asus one if it was my dosh.
 
Yeah go with the powercolor, good cooling and two free games, I'm sure you can't adjust the volts on it but you're still guaranteed to hit 5870 speeds on stock volts.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Yeah go with the powercolor, good cooling and two free games, I'm sure you can't adjust the volts on it but you're still guaranteed to hit 5870 speeds on stock volts.
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I've had both of these so can comment on experience. it's true you cant adjust the voltage on the powercolor.

The powercolor is NOT guaranteed to hit 5870 speeds. I bought a pair of these for crossfire and neither would hit 5870 speeds, either on their own or in crossfire mode. Furthermore, you only get Dirt2 with these cards now and not CODMW2.

I now have the Asus DirectCU cards in crossfire and they nearly hit 5870 stock speeds in crossfire mode, but will hit 950/4800 using smartdoctor to change the voltage. Bear in mind that you can currently only use Asus smartdoctor to change the voltage as this is a non reference PCB with a non reference voltage chip. Sadly, Asus smartdoctor is lousy and frequently forgets the voltage after a restart.

In an ideal world you would get reference cards which are the best of all in my opinion.Sadly they are hard to find now. If you want a guarantee that you will be able to tweak the voltage on your card, you will have to go for the Asus ones.
 
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