5850, where would you go from here?

Karateyid · 27 Mar 2012 at 12:32

Yip I have a nice asus 5850 and wondered about crossfiring... mainly play eve and BF3 .. If I do crossfire I'd prob need a better PSU than my existing 650W.. so I'd need to replace that too..

Would i see much increase in the FPS on bf3 crossfired ?

Bleek · 27 Mar 2012 at 12:34

flinco said:
Wait for the 20nm cards, then you might actually get some decent price/performance.

When?

Bleek · 27 Mar 2012 at 12:35

Bobisuruncle54 said:
As for anyone else, going from a 5850 to a 7850 you will be disappointed if you're expecting any more than a 20-30% performance boost, but you may get lucky from overclocking.

To be honest 30% will last me another year at least, my 5850 plays everything but at Ultra on a few games you notice a few drops.

The 5850 has been a true stalwart though!

Bleek · 27 Mar 2012 at 12:35

HeX said:
Go with the MSI or Sapphires. MSI are in stock so that'd be the one to go for, plus the TFIII coolers are superb.

Considering how cool the 7 series runs do you think the extra money is really worth it?

HeX · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:20

Not really much extra tbh. The stock cooler version (Powercolor) is £192, and the TFIII is £200...

Personally I'd pay the extra £8 for the much better cooler.

adey · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:26

HeX said:
Muhuhhaha, mine gets here between 13:38-14:38

But i'm at work, so I won't get to do anything but look at the box until about 6ish

I'm sat here at work looking at mine, sooo tempted to go home

liamcrane · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:26

I cant seem to find any official drivers for the 7850 on the amd site, am i going blind?

HeX · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:27

adey said:
I'm sat here at work looking at mine, sooo tempted to go home

Yup, mines on my desk. NEED TO GO HOME.

liamcrane said:
I cant seem to find any official drivers for the 7850 on the amd site, am i going blind?

Just use the 12.4's they'll work fine.

Jerry64 · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:28

Looking forward to some benchmarks from you 2 later

Engram · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:42

Bleek, any chance you could fix your signature? It has an image in it with a URL starting with "sig.steamutility.com". Every time I view a page where you've posted I get this:

liamcrane · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:43

Cheers Hex will do!

Edit

I can only actually see the 12.2 cat suite on the amd site?

adey · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:45

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18386761

Jerry64 · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:46

liamcrane said:
My 7850 is due for delivary between 15.50-16.50 i cant wait that long lol

HeX said:
Muhuhhaha, mine gets here between 13:38-14:38

But i'm at work, so I won't get to do anything but look at the box until about 6ish

liamcrane said:
Cheers Hex will do!

Edit

I can only actually see the 12.2 cat suite on the amd site?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18386761

liamcrane · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:57

Sweet cheers for the link guys! gonna see what comes on the cd as well considering its a new card i would like to think amd have the lastest drivers on the cd but i wont hold my breath

adey · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:12

8.95 on the cd.

I'll be using the 12.4 providing there's no problems

Besty · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:12

I went from a single 5850 to 3x7970 cards as I wanted 1080p @120fps and 1440p @ 60fps.

If you want 1080p gaming at 60fps in the latest titles a 5850 does cut it but you need to compromise with the settings and I got fed up with it

El Jimben · 27 Mar 2012 at 16:19

liamcrane said:
I cant seem to find any official drivers for the 7850 on the amd site, am i going blind?

I couldn't find any mention of the 78xx series on their site full stop when I looked the other day.

Bleek · 27 Mar 2012 at 18:14

HeX said:
Not really much extra tbh. The stock cooler version (Powercolor) is £192, and the TFIII is £200...

Personally I'd pay the extra £8 for the much better cooler.

Ah, the cheapest reference design I found was £184.

Bleek · 27 Mar 2012 at 18:14

Engram said:
Bleek, any chance you could fix your signature? It has an image in it with a URL starting with "sig.steamutility.com". Every time I view a page where you've posted I get this:

I didn't realise it had stopped working, I've added a new one so should be OK now.

HeX · 27 Mar 2012 at 19:29

Bleek said:
Ah, the cheapest reference design I found was £184.

Fair do's, though personally even £16 is good value for a top end 3rd party cooler

I've got the TFIII in now and it is utterly silent. I'm really really fussy about GPU noise and I honestly wouldn't say that if I didn't mean it.

28C idle, 59C load at stock. Can't hear the card at all.