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Crippled 5850?

rolypolyman

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Is this a crippled 5850 and how close would it be to the 5850 version.:)

Just looking at the core and memory speeds which are faster and equal respectively.
 
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But correct me if I'm wrong here Raven, has a faster core speed, same memory speed, same board and architecture except only has 1140 shaders or is there more to it than that, and I have seen it elsewhere a lot cheaper.:D
 




They killed it's performance by not increasing the ROP's, they stay the same as the 5770, so at it's current price it's mega fail.
 
Ah, forgot about the rops, damn it to hell. Thought I was on to something there. Been looking at this and wishing it was £10 cheaper, would buy it if it was. Every penny counts you know.:(
 
Yeh, forgot about the rops and thought I was getting near 5850 performance with that 5830 pcs. Not interested now. Looking at the Pcs 5850 now but need it to drop at least £10. Not interested in those games either.:(
 
Yeah, the PCS gets rave reviews for it's cooling performance and it's low noise fan.

It is amazing what PowerColor managed to achieve with their cooling solution. The HD 5870 PCS+ is so much quieter than the AMD reference design. The card offers so much performance and is still whisper quiet in idle and barely audible under load. Personally I am very concerned with fan noise in my PC and after doing this testing I can't wait to ask PowerColor if they would let me keep their card for my work PC.
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