Sapphire XFX Gigabyte Radeon ATI HD 5850 Roundup Review

[boxtrap21]

Hahaha Mac fags can't upgrade their pc components HAHAHA!

[Uncreati0n]

haha i have that card^^

[MsMazor]

letest price of hd 5850 please

[Flightkid9]

@MsMazor you can buy the sapphire HD 5850 Xtreme on tigerdirect for $140 CAD

[MrIwesseli]

@MsMazor in my country its 150 euros = 220 dollars :)

[ratmaster4000]

The XFX card looks the coolest for sure

[spetsnazkommando]

i want to build gaming pc should ii get this card to film youtube videos?????

[ratmaster4000]

@spetsnazkommando What kind of games?

[spetsnazkommando]

@ratmaster4000 Black ops, war games, racing games, apocolyptic zombie games possibly

[ratmaster4000]

@spetsnazkommando I believe this would run those

[karthikalexpandian]

what and why ;--

no powercolor and his which are making only ati/amd radeon cards;

forgot them ?.

[imfxxz]

I'm not that interested in eyefinity cause i'm not that much into games, however i browse a lot of pics and want to have a dual monitor set up, one 24 and one 26 inch both 1920x1200 resolution and one of that i want to keep in portrait mode permanently. Is it possible to configure such a set up with just one 5850 or 5970 or do i need to different pc's altogether ?

[JonasAndStuffDK95]

@imfxxz Yes

[marijn123gunner]

are the fps

maximum

minium or

average fps

thnx



[Bloodhand10]

Does anybody know how one of these cards play WoW

[footballismyhobby]

hello, i want to ask,

can I run this graphic card with my 510 watt psu??

is it ok? or do i have to upgrade it? is there any risk?

because i'm in such a strict budget..

[bosnianwog]

@footballismyhobby yehh you should be able to

[footballismyhobby]

@bosnianwog

ahaha..at the end i picked sapphire hd5770 vapor x since knowing that 5850 is a bit too big for my casing..and considering the risk of psu related problems..

[crackkn]

@footballismyhobby can sapphire hd5770 vapor run crysis on high settings?

[footballismyhobby]

@crackkn yes it should be. i cant remember the name for the highest, but you can play it on the 2nd highest level graphic at least

[CamCon586]

i have been looking at this card and the 5830 is this card worth the extra 60 bucks.

[IShagZombies]

Wait, you kept mentioning 3 screens. this may sound super stupid, but I could of course just use one screen with it, couldn't I? It's costing me nearly a grand to build my computer, and that's with just one screen, I don't wanna have to buy three ¬¬"

[danorambo]

... doesnt the gigabyte version have 2 fans? im so lost

[zeozionistic]

HD Radeon HD, OMG that sounds insane!

[MightyTheGreyWolf]

Will this card be able to run TF2 with high settings and high fps?

[killjoybacon]

@MightyTheGreyWolf yea it will... like alot of fps

[MightyTheGreyWolf]

@killjoybacon Thanks, I think I'm gonna go for this card then.

[jeffdobbelf]

got this one because my computer store couldnt get their hands on an nvidia card i ordered and im quite happy with it :D

i can but 2 of these for the price that the nvidia card i wanted was

[bhooowan3]

one thing i dont understand...why does a same graphics card is manufactured (i dont kno what you call it) by 3 different companies??? i mean XFX, SAPPHIRE 'and last but by no means least' GIGABYTE...??? can anyone wise enough explain me...thankxx

[franzken]

@bhooowan3 because ATI release a model thats called a reference card which companies like XFX, sapphire can just copy and sell with their badge on it.. or companies can make their non reference ones with dual cooler and stuff or oced clock speed out of the box...

[sunj5976]

@bhooowan3

its like buying a computer, u have dell, asus, ibm etc etc, but they all use the same parts.

nvidia or raedon make the hardware, they then sell it to company's to sell to the shops, and users,

[Mattyp103]

@bazajaysee yes should do

[PCGamerKyle]

Gah! I hate how every benchmark has it in colors! I'm COLORBLIND!!! so hard to tell the differences on some of them... No offense to the creator, but this vid sucks... In general...

[asif3382]

SAPPHIRE is ATi s no1 manufacture

[wilXwyane]

Is that the guy from pawn stars?

[urmomisfineinbed]

xfx wins cuz it's got the life time warranty.

[keshaz12]

At the guys with 3 screen that is not gaming but working...

Is that Dog from Half Life 2?

[peso1000]

...Roleplaying games  ?

[urmomisfineinbed]

@peso1000 shit like oblivion, RPG's. or MMORPG's like WoW and LoL. or sex role-playing is thats your thing.

[peso1000]

@urmomisfineinbed ahhh you mean dating-sims?;D so this card works best for datingsims?:D xD lolololol

[gumberly]

HD radeon HD 5850...?? huh?

[NYSP22DAVID]

@gumberly

Yea, double the HD. Makes it sound better.

[mathias921]

Could you please make an updated review of this XFX Radeon 5850. Where you compare the different 5850s and show us some benchmarks from Crysis, Farcry 2, BFBC2 and Dirt 2. That would at least help me out. Thank you!

[fingersticks74]

Hey could you give me any tips in which upgrades I should do to my pc to raise perfomance to a decent level (like max out a game like halo 2 pc). Here are my specs Maximum Memory Capacity: 8192MB Currently Installed Memory: 3GB Available Memory Slots: 0 Total Memory Slots: 4 Dual Channel Support: Yes CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel CPU Family: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz Model 15, Stepping 11 CPU Speed: 2667 MHz Graphics card is geforce 8500 GT with 600 gigs of hard drive

[LFCforEver12341]

@fingersticks74 get a better video card like ati 4870 or if you want to spend more the better 5850

[grableeeee]

@fingersticks74

OC your cpu buy new graphic card and 4 gigs of ram

[mathias921]

@fingersticks74 lol

[17dumitru]

gigabite 1first



[itsmegaming]

Check here for HD5850 gameplay and 3dmark06/vantage scores:

/watch?v=6CaZxPhC_I8

[Blade3327]

ATI cards are also pretty good against NVidia's, because they're smaller than NV cards of the same power. What's more, they require less wattage from your power supply. Overall -- cheaper, smaller, better.

[TheXtremeGamer90]

finally what is better? plz reply!

[brotherofhumanity]

The best allround card right now!

[miketoriant]

i have the gigabyte one o.o

[miketoriant]

@miketoriant but i got it pre-overclocked which wasnt such a massive overclock sadly :(

[gippula]

how much is the power consumption rising when you overclock it....let say about 800mhz...im using nexus nx 5000 500w psu and q6600 prosessor at 3ghz. i doubted that this psu would run 5850 bit on stock clocks it works fine. am i able to oc it to 800mhz.

[gippula]

my opinion...its 110%kickass. played bad company 2 and this card had no probs with everything se to max...8aa and so on...runs fine with 500w psu. 3dmark 06 score 16300

[forcichri82]

@gippula

with my intel i 5 and my 5870 i score 21050 on 3dmark 06 :-)

[dodgyplonk]

yeah double lifetime warrenty if you can get them to help at all... they want you to buy a whole new system before they'll admit their card is fucked... XFX radeon HD 5850 XXX edition worked briliiantly for 3 days... these cards are dodgy its like playing roulette as to if you're going to get a good one.. theres way too many people having problems with these at the moment

[kipdokken]

guys how about gtx470 and 5850? are they closed in performance?

[CallofDaniel]

@kipdokken They are pretty much the same. The GTX 470 usually gets one or two frames more.

[kipdokken]

@CallofDaniel @  thanks

[djskarpen]

Is there any difference between Sapphire and XFX ?

[Macabre215]

@djskarpen Warranty. XFX offers double lifetime on their Nvidia and ATi cards, Sapphire has a 2 year warranty.

[selant07]

the TrueHD support on this video card has taken my attention. I want to know, which kind of hardware do i need to hear TrueHD sounds ? Do i need a A/V Receiver such as Onkyo or Denon with TrueHD support or only a speaker set of 7.1 is enough ? What is the cheapest solution for TrueHD ?

[TearsOfWar1]

I look at this guy on this video and think to myself "He looks like a fucking Neanderthal, what would he know about computers?" 1/5 *

[larsenmark277]

???

On that home site i look on it say :Sapphire Radeon HD 5850

725 MHz/1GHz... Is that real or just a fail for the site?

[atatyrknumber1]

So i got a: Intel quad-core i7 2.66 GHz

Annnd it laggs like hell on crysis.... I guess it's my graphics card then? <.<

Also... I got a gigabyte motherboard... This will fit on my motherboard right? (Yes i am a fucking noob in hardware, and i am very afraid of fucking my PC up it's expensive as hell)

[XPS720GAMER]

cnt be to expesive if it cnt play crysis lol jokes :)

[atatyrknumber1]

@XPS720GAMER Well, everything but the graphics card where expenisve.

-2x SAMSUNG 22" LCD HD 2048 x 1152 screens¨

-G19 gaming keyboard

-400W speakers

Etc, the whole thing was pretty expensive when i bought it. :x

[XPS720GAMER]

nice not to bad lol nice screens

[atatyrknumber1]

@XPS720GAMER Thanks.

[declanthomas91]

@atatyrknumber1

um your screens, keyboard and speakers dont affect how crysis should run.

what are the specs for ure comp

eg PSU, CPU, RAM, Graphics card

[atatyrknumber1]

@declanthomas91 Don't you think i know that? I'm not braindead either you know...

[klote2314]

what GPU do you have

[atatyrknumber1]

@klote2314

ATI Radeon HD 3870 x2

<.<

[Ankstek013]

Yes it is definitely your graphics card. That card is quite old (in computer standards). Depending on your budget, get either a 5770, a 5850, a 5870 or, if you can afford it, a 5970. Though the 5970 is a bit overkill, but it is the absolute best. :)

[atatyrknumber1]

@Ankstek013 THanks for the info. :P

[nexorian]

you got the lowest ver of core i7 too and it requires a good graphic card to play crysis

[owngunz]

can u put this on a macintosh computer like the 2009 mac pro which runs on mac os 10.6 snow leopord?

[GoRiLLaZoExP]

fyi... NOTHING IS COMPATIBLE FOR APPLE!!!.. sorry to tell u.. so if u think that u bought a awsome pc, that u think u can upgrade.... you wasted your money bigtime.... and no ati video and nvidia cards do NOT support apple or apple products.... if u dont belive me, then by all means go ahead and waste money on a video card that A) will not fit... and B) will not have the compatible software...

[OmfgWallHaxz]

@GoRiLLaZoExP

Don't forget about that $500 GTX 285 that works with Macs. You can buy a windows compatible version for about $350.

[LipschitzPhotography]

@GoRiLLaZoExP Actually they have GPU's that are compatible.

[GTXGeforce]

@LipschitzPhotography yeah..sitty gpu's

[sexy3003]

hi, i got some problems whit my DVI cable, i got a DVI cable but the computer says that i have a VGA adapter.. -.- any ideas? btw no games are working they are saying "This craphic card is not suported".. -.- HELP!! :O

[workthis]

did you install the latest DRIVERS?

[sexy3003]

@workthis i found out that, that was the problem :P the CD did not work.. -.- so i installed it from internet :)

[workthis]

im glad it worked out fine :)

[sexy3003]

@workthis I'm glad you tried to help ^^

[GoRiLLaZoExP]

they said wrong then..... problems with the software that you have that is conflicting with the video card and the drivers installation and the card could possibly crash if you did somthing wrong

[DELTRON1337]

does anyone know when the price is going to be lowerd on this card? =)

[GoRiLLaZoExP]

when ever it happens

[Gollsodia]

@DELTRON1337 Yes. Today. Seriously, Just got mine for 150$

[drasteek]

@DELTRON1337 NOW! 

[drasteek]

Warning: I own the Sapphire version, it is an amazing GPU except that the fan failed me miserably! It got louder than a vacuum cleaner. Word of advice for those who might have the same problem: Get the Zalman VF3000A. Great product for defective fans on these cards.

[rfbrand]

Worst review EVER. Video editing SUCKS (thanks for reading the info's text...haha, lame), the sound went "off" in the final bit...a very bad video altogheter.

BTW, the "host" clearly has no clue on WHAT he is reading/talking about.

[dragefyr]

@rfbrand You...sir... are the biggest asshole one planet earth, if you dont like theese videos bounce your ass another place and troll another place you sad disaster. You should be a spot on the wall.

[rfbrand]

@dragefyr Likewise Sir! :-D

[eteknix]

Fantastic set of cards the 5850. I'm using the 5850 Black Edition from XFX and it's a fantastic card with great benchmarks.

[jeffdobbelf]

got the sapphire and i like it ^^

I might even buy a second one :P

[EliorFein]

me too me too ^^

about to get it in 3 or 4 daysss

[judoisoww]

does anyone know why they out preformed the gtx 285 on everything except hawx where the gtx 285 was way ahead. maybe hawx was designed to run on nvidea cards i don't know any ideas?

[tehhalders]

more than likely thats the reason yer.

[judoisoww]

yeah my 5850 runs way faster than my mates 285 on everything excpet hawx mind you that been said i still got an average of 59fps and a top of 362 but i just got annoyed when i installed that game that it said that my card was a poor choice and when i installed it on an old agp pentium 4 machine it gave it the big tick of nvidea

[ImperialArmour]

great review, glad i chose sapphire one over xfx after seeing the benches.

[judoisoww]

the asus card oc very well i've already pushed 1ghz on air with my temps still way under 60 degrees

[hdp26]

roid head wants to sell the children a new gpu

[bizkitboi0327]

well this videocard work 100% if paird with Intel E7500 Cpu? or it will just bottleneck the full potential of this card?

[ModuSublime]

I just wanted to comment on this guy doing the videos. I can't stand listening to this guy reading a piece of paper all the time and reading like someone in 7th grade. At least the guy from TigerDirect uses his knowledge to explain everything and it sounds real. Anyone can read sh~t off the website. It's time to learn how to make better review videos. Where is the block option? Fark.

[Warrior59]

I'm confused, its made on a smaller chip but the card gets bigger? lol Those little chips must produce tons of heat.

[DanielTaranger]

the newest graphic cards will always have that size the processors get smaller but they put more of them at the same time into the cards so that they stay that size when they are new

[chap1400]

@Warrior59 actually ud be surprised, i have the XFX 5850HD and on desktop its runs at around 38 degrees whereas my old 8800GT was running around 54degrees on desktop :/

[rompecondon]

@motherboardsorg hey a question... if I have a monitor that has an hdmi slot, can I connect it through the hdmi to this video card(ati radeon hd 5850) ???? or do I have to connect it through the dvi??? thanks!! ;)

(and if anyone wants to help me, he can also answer me!!! :D)

[bartjoboy]

Hey, you can just connect it with the HDMI slot if I am right. :)

[rompecondon]

thanks man!!! ;)

[fjkhgkgh]

yes great reviews as always. But this card was unavailable from the start for me here in europe.

I orderd one at one of the better shops but it didnt ship for 3 months so i cancelled it. It seems no shops are getting any new supply of it at all just after they were sold out at launch. no 58xxx or 5970 is being supplied only weak 5770 and 5750. Currently many people moved to them because of there availability in the hope they can sell it off later then go for a 58xx card. i hope it improves soon

[RoCRoikar]

must get this card... to finish my gaming rig

[Gallardo95]

Does this videocard perform well with

amd athlon II x4 620 processor or will it bottleneck it?

[JonTerp]

This guy is like the heavy weapons guy of mother boards.

He also looks like he should be selling something other than motherboards. And taking a speech class.

[cisco760ca]

got 2 sapphires and overclocked them to surpass 2 nvidias 295's . use msi afterburner works like a charm . has voltage increaser too just be very careful on that

[ILikeKiks]

Could you please do an unbox and review by the ASUS EAH HD5850

[JonTerp]

This dude cannot speak well and should not be hosting this video. The way he looks when he is on camera is funny as hell. He annunciates his body language in such a way that makes him look like he's about to attack the viewer.

[wolfvisi0n]

how is this card so cheap yet supports dx11? is it better than a gtx 260

[samstar1412]

@wolfvisi0n Dude this card $hits on the gtx 260, it even beats gtx 285 in all most all games and benches. This card is cheap because thats what ati aims for they aim for high performance at a low price. Im not an ati fanboy but nvidia are way overpriced.

[Tehbarrel]

@samstar1412 the ati 5850 totaly destroys the gtx 260.....

[Sicj]

@samstar1412 Honestly this card is comparable to the Nvidia GTX 275 .. however that was released 1 years ago.. and is very outdated in many comparable respects. It also has no HDMI.. its funny its Nvidia likes to rush there products... but its no wonder. They were late on delivering the Fermi.. it sucks up to much juice . runs to hot.. and its 6months late. I used the 8800gtx(loved it) the shitty 9800gtx.. and now im getting that Sapphire TOXIC.. cant wait.

[RojaDirecta1]

is it better than a gtx 285 xD

[xmykyx]

haha

its even better than a 285

[franzken]

whats ur rig pare?... damn i want these 5850.. only missing videocard in my gaming rig,,

[ishnookie]

this dude looks like Bill Goldberg!

[franzken]

shutup before u get a sphere followed by a jack hammer slam

[ishnookie]

Now that Bill Goldberg is unemployed, would you still watch him if he started doing tech reviews w/ enthusiasm!?!?

[franzken]

this guy is so funny haha...

[franzken]

and ur filipino too ^^

[ishnookie]

proud to be!

[richiewaycool]

@ishnookie

lol so true, im just waiting for him to throw somebody through a table and smack the cameraman with a chair.

[YOTTR]

@ishnookie looks more like the big show!

[matteuklol]

why would they get different scores :S

[Unseen1987]

Because allot of factors.

Different manufacturers provide different build ups from the cards.

They are all ATI Radon 5850's. All speeds and memory sizes are the same. However somthing as simple as the cooler may chance results slightly as shown above.

[bebo3ful]

wait until after xmas to get it, it will surely drop

[sidedead92]

How much power is recommended for this card ?

[Peemon]

500 watt PSU with a combined 40 amps on the 12v rail. Notice that this last bit isn't important if you're running a regular setup with maybe 3-4 fans, DVD-RW, a few hard disks. It's for the top of the line computers that need more than, say, 35A~ on the 12v rails.

[sidedead92]

Thanks dude :)

[ilovedragons]

and the power is YOURS!!

[Tigergruppen88]

how good is it compared to the 4890?

[MirceaBv]

At least 15% better!

The 4890 beats GTX 285 in most of the games but the 5850 definitely beats the GTX

[velazkid]

Better, by a good amount. In performance and features. Make no mistake.

[Tigergruppen88]

i ald have a 4890 in my comp... and i tot of buying another to crossfire it... but im also considering buying the new ati cards

[MikeTheMovieDude]

you will get about 20-25fps more with the 5850 in most game

[matrixITALIA]

do all monitors have to be the same brand or model? thks!

[frazel999]

no, they dont all have to be the same brand or model

[ixyoux1]

all cards are exactly the same but they differ in cost.Yet some offer some extra's for a barley noticable diffrence. I recommend the ASUS version because it has the voltage tweak which is great if you are interested into overclocking the card a bit later on as well that it comes with the free game DIRT2 and all other features.

[Pokanimal]

this vid was awesome!! but im kinda stuck im in between the gigabyte 5850 or xbox 360 elite lol no joke anyway thanks!

[ixyoux1]

if you already have a decent graphicscard i would go for the xbox 360 elite. Xbox wont drop much in price anytime soon. however this 5850 will cost €150 within a few months i dare to put a bet on that. ATI has to drop the price once nvidia shows off fermi. However it might not be available in numbers any time soon. a good solution between would be a radeon 4850- 4870 or 5770 if you want a cheap card which will hold until eventualy until a price drop of the 5870 will appear.

[Pokanimal]

lol your right gpus usually drop in price a lot after a while ill stick with my 8800gt for now i just wanted it for dx11 anyway ill probably go with a 360. thanks!!!

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

I just ordered this card

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

Hasn't come yet. I'll let you know when it comes

[TurkUlkucu]

Hey nice video, tnx.

Had one question though, if the Sapphire's comes also with DiRT 2, why is the game only seen bundled with the XFX card in the video.

I wanted to know cuz i intend to buy the Sapphire one.

Tnx, keep up the good work!

[Beat2Chill]

this video really helped me. thanks a lot!

[Arfer1Bar1Genius]

a very help full video thankyou !!!

[ninjaseven]

hrm, would this be a decent upgrade up from my gtx 275 ya think?

[soulmman]

Absolutely, HD 5850 has been proven to be better than GTX 285 in Nvidia Optimized games even.

[ninjaseven]

hrm, alright i'll think about it a bit more. my current card gets between 35-50 fps in crysis at 1280*1024 so hopefully this card will do better than that. i'm thinking of getting this or the 5870 around the holiday season if i do get it. i might just get another gtx 275 and SLI them, but no dx11 support... hrm i just have to ponder a bit more lol XD and i think i'm gonna get a 1920*1200 res monitor soon lol

[ZoneDamage]

If I got this right. Nvidia uses SLI and ATI uses Cross Fire?

[ninjaseven]

yes that is correct

[ZoneDamage]

Thanks

[jhunakizz99]

5/5 nice video!

[abdelilah18]

there is no adaptater for DVI to VGA in the box of XFX or what ?

[motherboardsorg]

Unfortunately not

[MrXrofl]

Still disappointed in the test system. The processor may be bottlenecking the GPU without overclocking. I would recommend a minimum of 3.5 ghz for the i7 920. 4 gb of memory has also become standard. Also isn't Vista SP2 out?

[Gabkicks]

well, the i7 is fine @ stock speeds. My e8400 gets similar framerates to an i7 in Crysis when paired w/ a 5850. in GTA IV, an i7 destroys my e8400 in framerates and gaming performance though. If you're running 2 crossfire, you may see a bit of a bottleneck :p

[isolizer]

very good review! nice introduction & conclusion - keep up the good work!

[chap1400]

would the ATI HD5850 run on a Corsair TX650W?

[nuttynerd]

Yes, easily.

[BrettHauls]

yes. if you're going to be using 2 of them you would want a bigger PSU. I just bought myself the TX750 as I plan on buying myself a second one as a boxing day present :)

[Gabkicks]

yes. my 550 watt runs it fine.

[killerclown789]

of course it would.

[jarvisdavis12]

nice video about Radeon ATI HD 5850

[NunzioMaestro76]

interessante come, dopo le magagne nvidia, la GTX285 venga così surclassata in Batman A.A.

[NickereN2O]

lol, all nvidia dx10 cards fully support DirectX 11 xD

and my OLD nvidia geforce 8600GT can handle 6 screens? xD

come on, ati you can do alot better! :D