5850 or 6850

[craigxt22]

Hi

Looking at either a 5850 or 6850, what would be best to go for? They're both the same price, and perform almost identical (5850 slightly faster).

I'm guessing the only big difference is the 5850 is smaller and consumes less power?

Help me out lol...

Cheers

 

[Angst]

5850 consumes more power but more powerful
6850 better tesselation and xfire scaling

 

[craigxt22]

Nice,

I plan on keeping it a single card, have an average size case (Antec 300) and will game @1920 x 1080

I'm about to order:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1711

Seems to be the cheapest out of all the 6850s and 5850s!

Any other suggestions before I do it?

PS: Will it be ok on a Corsair CX500 PSU?

 

[subbytna]

5850....the 6850 is the same grunt as a 5830 iirc

 

[danzhang16]

PS: Will it be ok on a Corsair CX500 PSU?

It will indeed

 

[craigxt22]

Thanks,

Another quick one, is the 5850 smaller than the 6850?

 

[Vikingskull]

Hi

Looking at either a 5850 or 6850, what would be best to go for? They're both the same price, and perform almost identical (5850 slightly faster).

I'm guessing the only big difference is the 5850 is smaller and consumes less power?

Help me out lol...

Cheers

You will love the 5850 i got mine a few days ago its a beast for the price

 

[craigxt22]

You will love the 5850 i got mine a few days ago its a beast for the price

Cool, did you buy from OCUK? Which one did you go for?

 

[SeeKified]

If you're getting a 5850 these days the new Sapphire model is the only one you should consider really as it's so much cheaper and a bit smaller as well.

 

[Vikingskull]

Cool, did you buy from OCUK? Which one did you go for?

Yeah i got this one http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1711