Sapphire XFX Gigabyte Radeon ATI HD 5850 Roundup Review

Sapphire Gigabyte XFX Radeon HD 5850 Roundup Review

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Last weeks launch of the HD 5870 and the first DirectX 11 video card has caused a fundamental shift in video cards until at least next year. Until that launch, NVIDIA chips had the performance crown for the single GPU video card market in terms of performance. One could argue about the necessity of DirectX 11 hardware in 2009 as only one game, Dirt 2 is scheduled to be released that supports it this year in December, but the fact that ATI has launched the ultimate performer WITH DirectX 11 support means that the choice for someone wanting the highest performing video card on the market today really isnt much of a choice at all.
XFX started selling ATI cards late last year with the launch of their HD 4890 series. As you might know, XFX has been a long-time seller of NVIDIA based video cards but the market and the economy forced XFX to diversify. Today they sell both NVIDIA and ATI based video cards. ATI launched their HD 5870 at the $379 price point, but that leaves a wide market for video cards under $300. The HD 5850 which is based on the same chip as the HD 5870 but with less SPs and memory bandwidth is less but the performance should be excellent.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Sapphire
• XFX
• Gigabyte
• Radeon
• HD
• 5850
• 5870
• 5770
• 5750
• GPU
• Graphics Card
• Gaming
• DX11
• Eyefinity
• Crossfire

[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

[crackkn]

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

[MrIwesseli]

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

[boxtrap21]

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

[Uncreati0n]

haha i have that card^^

[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.

[drasteek]

@DELTRON1337 NOW!

[Gollsodia]

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

[Flightkid9]

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

[MsMazor]

letest price of hd 5850 please