Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1 GB DDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 100282SR
by Althon Micro Inc.
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Manufacturer: Althon Micro Inc.Model: 100282SR
Product features:
- PCI-Express 2.0 x16 bus interface
- 256-bit DDR5 memory interface
- Microsoft DirectX 11 Support
- Microsoft Windows 7 Support
- ATI Eyefinity Technology, support up to 3 displays
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Customer Review: Great price/preformce card.
Summary: 5 Stars
This isn't the most powerful card on the market, but its pretty close. For under $300 you will be hard pressed to buy a better card. Its quiet, power efficient, is CrossFire capable and can play some of the latest games with their settings maxed out like its nothing. I've personally run Dirt 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Sins of a Solar Empire and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 all with max settings and seen rock solid frame rates, older games of course run even better. This is off of a single card. You can have up to 4 of these monsters install in a single system! God knows what kind of performance you could get with that kind of power. I've been running this card for over 6 months and have had zero issues. Its rock solid.
Pros:
Very Powerful
Moderately priced
Feature packed
Quiet
Reliable
4 outputs; 2x Dual-Link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort
Overclocks well (with 3rd party programs)
Cons:
Large physical size (not suitable for small cases)
No VGA output for older monitors
Hard to find in stock
Crap installation instructions
Default Overclocking software is weak/conservative
Overall the pros greatly outweigh the relatively trivial cons. This is probably the best card on the market for the money and will continue to be until at least the end of 2010. Its also fairly future proof. It supports Windows 7, DirectX 11 and when the price comes down after the next generation of cards comes out you will probably be able to pick up a second one cheaply and run them in CrossFire mode to easily double your graphics performance to stay current.
Description of Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1 GB DDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 100282SR
Prepare to experience a riveting high-definition gaming experience with ATI Radeon? HD 5800 Series graphics processors. Expand your visual real estate across up to three displays and get lost in the action with revolutionary ATI Eyefinity Technology. Using ATI Stream technology, accelerate even the most demanding applications and do more than ever with your PC. The first to deliver full support for Microsoft DirectX® 11, these GPUs enable rich, realistic visuals and explosive HD gaming performance so you can dominate the competition.Digital Cameras and Photo Categories