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Jupiter · 17 Dec 2010 at 23:13

So this is 1 x HDMI 1 x VGA and 1 x DVI?

If so that dvi port doesnt look like one really??

Scooby-DoobyDoo · 17 Dec 2010 at 23:21

Clairvoyant said:
Crossfire uses a bridge inside the case to link the 2 cards togeather. Then you plug your monitor into the DVI slot on one of the cards. Eyefinity is different.

Ahh yep. I'm being a numpty, I was thinking eyefinity as thats what I have.

vail3r · 18 Dec 2010 at 01:00

Thought it was £124.99 delivered? Cost £261.13 when I paid for 2...

BISH422 · 18 Dec 2010 at 01:31

Will this be much of an upgrade from Nvidia 280gtx??

BogEyes · 18 Dec 2010 at 01:52

Couldn't resist. Bought!!

nightmare99 · 18 Dec 2010 at 07:50

Thought it was £124.99 delivered? Cost £261.13 when I paid for 2...

Wow that sucks, paying a courier £11 to deliver it to you next day and all :rolleyes:

These are bloody cheap pay the delivery cost and be happy.

Scougar · 18 Dec 2010 at 08:11

Order them seperately then bud. you have to wait till they get stock in so choose free delivery option.

welshdragon · 18 Dec 2010 at 09:42

Scougar said:
Cracking deal, and madness on Gibbo's part... although the 6850 is amazingly close to it.

Is the 6850 clsoe in performance or just price?

Marine-RX179 · 18 Dec 2010 at 10:38

BISH422 said:
Will this be much of an upgrade from Nvidia 280gtx??

The 5850 should be roughly be 12-15% faster than the GTX280 at stock speed. If you overclock the 5850, it would pull ahead even further.

But if your GTX280 handle your game fine anyway, then don't think you should bother...unless you want a cooler running and lower power consumption card besides the small upgrade.

Mr Krugga · 18 Dec 2010 at 10:44

Marine-RX179 said:
The 5850 should be roughly be 12-15% faster than the GTX280 at stock speed. If you overclock the 5850, it would pull ahead even further.

But if your GTX280 handle your game fine anyway, then don't think you should bother...unless you want a cooler running and lower power consumption card besides the small upgrade.

Even better, the GTX280 is an equivalent to the GTX275 and that is about 25% difference between them and HD5850 already. 30-40% overclock on the 5850 should increase this gap to 60% or so. Don't know how well the GTX280 overclocks though.

I haven't made up these figures, mind you

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=169

With the latest drivers both HD5850 and HD5870 gained some 10% improvement in some titles as well, you obviously get Dx11 support as well as lower power consumption and cooler capable enough of high overclocks.

Both the drivers improvement and overclocking gains have been measured by me empirically

Evil^ · 18 Dec 2010 at 10:44

DFP123 said:
So this is 1 x HDMI 1 x VGA and 1 x DVI?

If so that dvi port doesnt look like one really??

Looks like one to me

Mr Krugga · 18 Dec 2010 at 10:48

It's 1x Display-Port, 1x HDMI, 1x DVI-D.

UltimateBadger · 18 Dec 2010 at 11:01

Pre-ordered. Should be a nice upgrade from my HD4870 1GB - which to be fair has been great for the past couple of years.

Marine-RX179 · 18 Dec 2010 at 11:13

We should make a "Official MSI 5850 Twin FrozoR overclocking thread" after everyone got the card

So we can work together and exchanging info on settings on overclocking

Mr Krugga · 18 Dec 2010 at 11:16

Marine-RX179 said:
We should make a "Official MSI 5850 Twin FrozoR overclocking thread" after everyone got the card So we can work together and exchanging info on settings on overclocking

I'm aiming for 980MHz on core and 1250MHz on memory

That's 35% and 25% overclock respectively, should easily get around 25-30% gains in games.

J.D · 18 Dec 2010 at 12:11

Mr Krugga said:
I'm aiming for 980MHz on core and 1250MHz on memory

That's 35% and 25% overclock respectively, should easily get around 25-30% gains in games.

Sounds good. I think this will be my first MSI card so I'm hoping for a good first impression. I'm impressed with the price though

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It will be a decent upgrade from my 4870 and rig in sig. I'll be ordering an i5 quad, mobo and RAM also which (hopefully @ weather) will come before the 5850.

SBD · 18 Dec 2010 at 12:14

I am just about to buy one but I was wondering if there are many reviews out there. Had a quick google and the nearest I could find was a MSI 5830 on Guru 3D.

Performance looks great but I am wondering about what the temps are like and how loud it is. Is this cooler much better than the reference model? Is it much cooler than say a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB?

Cheers, and I think an official owners thread would be a great idea since I bet at least 100 or so will be sold to forum members

BISH422 · 18 Dec 2010 at 17:01

Mr Krugga said:
Even better, the GTX280 is an equivalent to the GTX275 and that is about 25% difference between them and HD5850 already. 30-40% overclock on the 5850 should increase this gap to 60% or so. Don't know how well the GTX280 overclocks though.

I haven't made up these figures, mind you

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=169

With the latest drivers both HD5850 and HD5870 gained some 10% improvement in some titles as well, you obviously get Dx11 support as well as lower power consumption and cooler capable enough of high overclocks.

Both the drivers improvement and overclocking gains have been measured by me empirically

Thanks for the reply, i think at this price compared to the price i can sell my gtx280 for, this will be a nice cheap upgrade, to newer tech than i had, my gtx280 is 2 years old now, and fancy a change .,(like u do )
thanks again, order placed

Troezar · 18 Dec 2010 at 17:10

Wondering if this would be a good buy now to hang on for a build in April? A gamble I guess as there mat be better available then. Have SWTOR in mind, originally planned a £180budget x 2. Building two new rigs. Would it be daft to buy so far in advance?

Stromatolites · 18 Dec 2010 at 20:22

Mr Krugga said:
I'm aiming for 980MHz on core and 1250MHz on memory

That's 35% and 25% overclock respectively, should easily get around 25-30% gains in games.

Im pairing mine with an asus 5850 which does 980 gpu and 1290 memory which to me is a great overclock on air, will be nice to see how the MSI overclocks though.