How many of you game with crossfire?

[tommytinkle]

Reference means it's built exactly to the specification originally designed by ATI/Nvidia.

Non reference means that manufacturers have made changes to the original spec, usually these will be improvements to the design, mainly in the form of improved heatsink/fan combinations. One such example is the MSI 5850 linked on the previous page which has a much larger heatpipe based heatsink with dual fans, as opposed to the reference designs more traditional approach and a single fan.

Hey mate,

Maybe so, but my reference design is whisper quiet!

 

[Gelly54]

I've got a xfx 5850, is this reference or non?

 

[tommytinkle]

I've got a xfx 5850, is this reference or non?

Probably non reference mate, does it have AMD written down by the pciex connector? If so its definately reference, if not then most likely not.