really fast eh u guys reply

well, if compared 5850 oc'ed and 5870, also differ around that rm200 price rite? y dont compare oc'ed with oc'ed??

5850 crossfire can beat 5970 ?

Yeap. The screen size doesn't matter. It is the screen resolution that matters, as that is the only thing any graphics card deals with.

A HD 5870 can easily handle gaming on a wide screen a hundred kilometers tall with 1920x1080 resolution. With an old game, even a HD 4670 can do the same.

guys, will it worth to take the xigmatek bifrost for my 5850?

i thought i read it too, its more on silencing the current stock cooler on max speed

sapphire RMA sucks.....waste 2months of waiting...and burn RM1480......use it for 2 weeks only.....damm 5870 vapor x. i'll go for ASUS 5870 V2 this time....

YEAP ME TOO.....so sad and wasting money for nothing.

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Added on July 20, 2010, 2:08 am
in my case..they sent it back to distributor...can't claim...sent to taiwan ...they say can't claimed...sent back here still the same card...hopeless

Never bought Sapphire ... always got Gaygaybyte only

In the future wanna try Galaxy and Asus.

they can know if u change the TIM rite? u dont know what TIM they use to reapply

yes, will re-email about reapply thermal paste and for cleaning the cooler. i'll post it here once get them replied

I didn't think the performance matters by now. Maybe in a few months time, the price of HD5850 (the former best bang for buck)will drop eventually if more people buy GTX460. The price gap between HD5870 and HD5850 will be huge and considering that it's the best single core card in HD5000's line, ATI will have no choice but to drop it's price to reduce the gap.

happened the whole time from 10.1.

wondering how efficient would the cooler be..

My ASUS EAH5770 CUCore can reach max temps 78C idle-ing around 44C-46C @ stock voltage 1.2v

Now undervolted to 1.125v which normal 5770's voltage are set at.. max temps 72C idle-ing 44C-46C..

I wonder why ASUS set the voltage much higher.. the clocks Core/Memory are stock 5770 clocks.. hmm..

Would I run into any problems running it undervolted? not at stock 1.2v ?

AMD Rolls Out Catalyst 10.7a, Forces AA for Starcraft II Wings of Liberty
Barely a week after releasing the Catalyst 10.7 WHQL software suite, AMD rolled out the Catalyst 10.7a BETA. This new version packs all the features and fixes of Catalyst 10.7, with the added feature of letting users enable forced anti-aliasing for Starcraft II Wings of Liberty from Catalyst Control Center to improve image quality. The fix affects all ATI Radeon graphics processors from Radeon HD 2000 series to HD 5000 series, supporting all Windows client versions from Windows XP. The other added feature is improved 4-way CrossFireX performance in ATI Eyefinity setups.

actually may i know the purpose of enabling v-sync?
better put it on or off?
bcoz i alwayz put it on...

First announcements expected in October
According to Digitimes, AMD will announce the first products in its upcoming Southern Islands GPU series sometime in October. Shipments and retail availability are expected in November.

In addition, the red team will reportedly cut prices on select HD 5000 series cards to make way for new products. So far AMD has been less than keen to cut HD 5000 prices, as it’s still not facing much opposition from Nvidia.

This is in line with previous reports and roadmap leaks which indicated that AMD would indeed launch several new GPU’s before year’s end. However, it appears that this time around AMD will introduce entry level and mainstream parts first, while high end products should appear in early 2011. It's still a bit too early to know the details, so take this with a grain of salt.

Although the news comes as no surprise, it is nice to see AMD sticking to its schedules. Nvidia is also expected to introduce new GF106 and GF108 products over the next few weeks, but they will obviously face stiff opposition from upcoming AMD parts just a couple of months (or weeks) after they hit retail.