**ANOTHER DEAL OF THE CENTURY - THIS TIME ITS ATI's TURN!**

[FireBlazer]

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

 

[Thekwango]

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

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

 

[Cookeh]

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

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.

 

[danzhang16]

Oh my god this is depressing, if only you had this deal on at chrIstmas

 

[Cliste]

So, when is the latest we can order a 5850 at this price?

 

[justintime2001]

Am I right in thinking the 5850 is a better card than this Gigabyte 460:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-068-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=

 

[Cliste]

Am I right in thinking the 5850 is a better card than this Gigabyte 460:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-068-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=

I've also been told that.

 

[TerryH]

What's the deal with Sapphire's 2 year warranty?

 

[RynceWynd]

So tempted to get a second 5850.. unsure if my modXstream 600 will handle 2 of them though

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.

 

[MacLef420]

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)

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

 

[PapaLazaru]

cause if this is anything to go by http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/303?vs=292 then I'm most definitely sold

Wow.

 

[Ryan-3]

Seems really good prices for those cards. Shame I've got no excuse to get one

 

[subbytna]

Uhhh new I should have got the single 5850 instead of the 5870, 5870s will probably never get near this price

I take it you can't remember when the 9600GT was over 200 quid

 

[subbytna]

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

sell the 5770 for 50 quid and add another £50 to get a new 5850

 

[PESolution]

how do these compare with an 8800gtx 768mb, any links to benches?

Thanks

 

[Gundog48]

Should have grabbed a couple of 5850s instead of getting my 6950

 

[Thekwango]

how do these compare with an 8800gtx 768mb, any links to benches?

Thanks

this any use to you...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18118424

 

[PESolution]

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...

 

[redfist]

Would i be able to SLI the 5850 cli my one?

 

[Thekwango]

Would i be able to SLI the 5850 cli my one?

you cant SLI ATI cards

but you can certainly crossfire it with the one you have, assuming that your board allows