10-16-09
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
ATI Enthusiast
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3,315
Unique Rep: 234
|
[OCC] Sapphire HD 5850 Review
Quote:
Sapphire HD 5850 Review
ATI dropped a bomb on the graphics card world with the Sapphire HD 5870 so it should only would be a short while before the follow-up came out in the form of the Sapphire HD 5850. Based on the same "Cypress" RV870 core the HD 5850 should offer performance that scales well in games and and some much needed shoring up of the performance in the $250 price range. The Sapphire HD 5850 is built using the same 40nm process and comes equipped with the same 2.15 Billion transistors and 1GB of GDDR5 memory as ithe HD 5870. Clock speeds come in at a reasonable 1000MHz on the memory and 725MHz on the core giving...
|
Source
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 @ 4.0 Ghz 1.41v |
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q-PRO |
Memory
G.Skill 6GB DDR2 1066 |
Graphics Card
SAPPHIRE HD4850 X2 2GB |
Hard Drive
Seagate 640GB |
Power Supply
Antec EA650 650W ATX12V Ver.2.2 |
Case
Chiefmax HERO 23 |
CPU cooling
MASSCOOL 8WA741 |
GPU cooling
stock (dual hs/fan) |
OS
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit |
Monitor
Samsung 23" SyncMaster 2333 |
|
|
|
[OCC] Sapphire HD 5850 Review
