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This may be a stupid question, but will the 5830/50 crossfire with a 5770? If i understand right it will reduce it to 5770 speeds, but it's cheaper than buying a second 5770, with the option to sell one of the 5770s at a later date and still have a 5830/50 to stay with, so less performance loss.

Edit: Ok just realised i read that wrong, can't cross the series :( Might still be worth getting the 5850 and sell the 5770 though... decisions decisions
 
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FireBlazer said:
This may be a stupid question, but will the 5830/50 crossfire with a 5770? If i understand right it will reduce it to 5770 speeds, but it's cheaper than buying a second 5770, with the option to sell one of the 5770s at a later date and still have a 5830/50 to stay with, so less performance loss.

Edit: Ok just realised i read that wrong, can't cross the series :( Might still be worth getting the 5850 and sell the 5770 though... decisions decisions
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Unless I'm sorely mistaken you can xfire any 2 cards from the same series ie 5xxx with 5xxx so a 5770 can be xfired with a 5850, but the 5850 will only run at 5770 speeds
 
Thekwango said:
Unless I'm sorely mistaken you can xfire any 2 cards from the same series ie 5xxx with 5xxx so a 5770 can be xfired with a 5850, but the 5850 will only run at 5770 speeds
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Give the man a cookie (not me ofc :()

Completely right.

So if the new card doesn't quite clock as high the set-up will run at the same pace as the slower clocked card.
 
NathanT said:
So tempted to get a second 5850.. unsure if my modXstream 600 will handle 2 of them though :(
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I had a ocz 600W silentX and bought 2 of the msi 5850's.

I ran into a few problems, I didn't have enough pcie connectors or even enough free molex connectors to user adapters for both cards.

System stability was questionable on anything above stock.

I swapped my 600W out for an 800W corsair and now every things dandy.
 
too much candy...

after many hours spend researching for the yearly upgrade buzz, I thought I had finally settled on a 6950 (unlock of course) but ocuk have managed to throw a spanner into the works yet again.

Currently running a 1gb 4890, which I have found a buyer for at £100, since it is still covered by warranty.

so.. 5850 = free upgrade (forgetting the pocket change difference) :P

and 5850 CF > 6950

but, 6950/unlock > 5850 CF?

cause if this is anything to go by http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/303?vs=292 then I'm most definitely sold
 
FireBlazer said:
This may be a stupid question, but will the 5830/50 crossfire with a 5770? If i understand right it will reduce it to 5770 speeds, but it's cheaper than buying a second 5770, with the option to sell one of the 5770s at a later date and still have a 5830/50 to stay with, so less performance loss.

Edit: Ok just realised i read that wrong, can't cross the series :( Might still be worth getting the 5850 and sell the 5770 though... decisions decisions
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sell the 5770 for 50 quid and add another £50 to get a new 5850 :D
 
Thank you, was somewhat of a help bearing in mind the level of 'skepticism' (is that a word?) in that thread!

I'm only running an e6600 @ 2.88ghz so i think that will bottle neck the cards performance gains to much to justify an upgrade for me...
 
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