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Operation · 28 Mar 2011 at 09:29

What do people think? Can these 5850's be flashed to 5870's? Wondering whether they are basically b grade 5870s to begin with, looking at the cooler and that. Or am I just being daft?

Scougar · 28 Mar 2011 at 09:33

I seriously doubt they can. AMD normally laser cut them so it is 'almost' physically impossibly to get them working as full 5870's.

Operation · 28 Mar 2011 at 10:33

One more question about the 5850s: I am right to assume they don't come with Dirt 2?

muppet · 28 Mar 2011 at 14:03

hi
they cant be flashed but it doesnt matter they overclock past a 5870 anyway

cheers

zo1d · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:35

Can't seem to see the 5850 Extreme listed on the Sapphire website, or have I missed it...?

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&cid=1&gid=3&sgid=591&pid=&leg=&ssk=&pageIndex=1

Scougar · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:42

It might be a specific region, or just a get all the 5850's inventory gone exercise rather than a 'proper' model. That's why I was asking what was 'extreme' about these cards as they are stock speeds which is rather odd.

Operation · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:27

I wonder whether these are put together using overstock 5850 parts and 5870 coolers, or other combination of misc parts. Not an issue obviously, but just curious as to the history.

~>Dg<~ · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:44

so are the prices going up on the 4th ? or are they gunna be same.

also when can u expect these to be delivered?

Saundie · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:15

smit101 said:
Yes definitely a worthwhile upgrade and aslong as you've got a reasonable overclock on your cpu then I can't forsee any bottlenecking.

Thanks for the response, it certainly is tempting at that price if only to get DX11 capabilities. I have my QX6700 running stock, but I am not entirely adverse to overclocking it. I am considering replacing the rest of the system when Intel release their 8 core workstation CPUs, which won't be for a while, so this will tide me over until then

zo1d · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:30

Operation said:
I wonder whether these are put together using overstock 5850 parts and 5870 coolers, or other combination of misc parts. Not an issue obviously, but just curious as to the history.

This could well be the case, I couldn't find the 'extreme' 5850 listed on the Sapphire website and to me the cooler looks like the same one being used on the 6850, perhaps someone from OC could shed some light...

rikky · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:32

Hiya guys, how much of an upgrade would either of these cards be to a 512mb ATI 5770??

Does the 5830 kill it (bearing in mind I only paid £60 new for the 5770).

MoodyB · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:44

No, the 5830 isn't that much quicker than a 5770, so not worth considering.

The 5850 is around 50-70% faster than a 5770 in most games, so that would be the better option :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/296?vs=295

UTmaniac · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:51

Quite tempted to upgrade to the 5850 from an 8800GTS 512 at this offer price...

My biggest concerns are whether this Sapphire DX11 card is going to have long term performance for games coming out over the next couple of years or so, plus the unknown of whether it will be able to run Rfactor2 at maximum detail upon eventual release (hopefully this year).

My Pny 8800GTS 512 has done a great job for three years and its only now that the odd game I play struggles, such as F1 2010 and NFS: Shift, it has had the best longivity of any gaming graphics card I've had over the last eleven years of having a gaming PC. If I did upgrade, I could donate the 8800 to my better half as an upgrade for her (hmm, that's if the Asrock Dual Sata 2 has a PCI-E slot) from a 7800GT AGP

MoodyB · 29 Mar 2011 at 15:14

The 5850 will be at least twice as quick as a 8800GTS.

This should give you a rough idea of the performance difference :

http://www.hwcompare.com/1122/geforce-8800-gts-g92-vs-radeon-hd-5850/

Operation · 29 Mar 2011 at 15:19

I'd probably go for a 6950 for a bit more longevity on a single card. I've ordered one of the 5850s with the intention of crossfiring when it starts to struggle to play what I want at the time.

Nutella33 · 29 Mar 2011 at 16:01

hope the deal stays till this thursday, has it been mentioned when these are coming in stock?

shaffaaf27 · 29 Mar 2011 at 16:07

i really wanna know what the cooler is. Can't really find it on sapires website. Hows the quitness? Good ooler? Good OC?

TerryH · 29 Mar 2011 at 16:15

I checked Sapphire website too, I thought it was this one below, except the outputs are different... so I don't know anymore.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?leg=&psn=000101&pid=338

There is nothing extreme about it, card spec is a standard 5850, Ocuk marketing?

zo1d · 29 Mar 2011 at 16:46

The cooler looks more like the one fitted to the 6850 to me...

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?leg=&psn=000101&pid=497

Operation · 29 Mar 2011 at 20:28

TerryH said:
I checked Sapphire website too, I thought it was this one below, except the outputs are different... so I don't know anymore.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?leg=&psn=000101&pid=338

There is nothing extreme about it, card spec is a standard 5850, Ocuk marketing?

It's just a name.

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