Sapphire Doubles the Memory on Newest HD 5850 Card
Sapphire Doubles the Memory on Newest HD 5850 Card
Posted 03/24/2010 at 11:55am
| by Paul Lilly
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Sapphire today announced a new version of its HD 5850 Toxic Edition videocard. Unlike previous HD 5850 models, the newest model sports 2GB of GDDR5 memory, twice as much as any other 5850 card on the market.
The card also comes factory overclocked to 765MHz on the core and 1125MHz (4500MHz effective) on the RAM. By comparison, ATI's reference design calls for a 725MHz core and 1000MHz (4000MHz effective) memory.
Sapphire's also talking up the "world leading Vapor-X technology" on the 2GB card. According to Sapphire, the Vapor-X cooling solution results in temperatures up to 15C chillier than what you'll get with a reference cooler, while also running up to 10dB quieter.
No word yet on price or availability.
Image Credit: Sapphire
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K0BALT
March 24, 2010 at 2:06pm
I'd love those card housings for my 295's....heck i'd even consider making the jump just for that.
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jonnygotguns
March 24, 2010 at 2:25pm
haha you should make the jump :) i would be Nvidia if the three cards i've had from then didn't blow up from over heating :| ati has nvr done this to me
Jewell Gonzalez
March 24, 2010 at 1:30pm
is 2Gigs even worth paying the extra $$$ for? I doubt it will have any mayor effect on general gaming!?
PFC J. Gonzalez
DBsantos77
March 24, 2010 at 2:06pm
Metro 2033 doesn't mind the extra Vram. Photoshop can also benefit from the extra Vram with OpenGL drawing.
-Santos
gendoikari1
March 24, 2010 at 3:03pm
Then again, Gulftown overclocked to 5GHz with 24GB of RAM, 4 GTX 480s, and watercooled everything might have a chance of running Metro 2033 at max settings.
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DBsantos77
March 24, 2010 at 3:22pm
LOL! Is it really that bad!? Geez. I thought it was just an eye-candy version of Left for Dead lol.
-Santos
gendoikari1
March 24, 2010 at 6:26pm
Just look at the "optimum" system requirements:
Core i7 CPU
NVIDIA DirectX 11 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 480 and 470)
As much RAM as possible (8GB+)
Fast HDD or SSD.
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Peanut Fox
March 24, 2010 at 12:33pm
Does going from one to two gigabytes of memory at 2560 x 1600 resolution or less have a notable impact in performance with today's games?
jonnygotguns
March 24, 2010 at 12:37pm
depends on what games your playing. I know GTA4 needed more than 1gig of video ram to be able to max out the Draw Distance but thats the only game i can think of or way u would need more than 1 gig of Video ram. As far as overall performance goes no it won't really do anything.
drew829
March 24, 2010 at 2:24pm
yea, it's overkill for a single monitor but the extra 1GB of memory should help those who have or want eyefinity setups
jonnygotguns
March 24, 2010 at 12:18pm
....epic....now i want one to put next to my regular 5850 haha
Danthrax66
March 24, 2010 at 12:53pm
you shouldn't run this in xfire with a reference card, the reference card will hold this card back and you won't get it's full value. It's always best to run 2 identical cards.
jonnygotguns
March 24, 2010 at 1:17pm
lol i would be lucky if i can get money for one of these things... some of us run tight budgets man.
Danthrax66
March 24, 2010 at 3:45pm
I still have a 9800 gtx hopefully upgrading soon... but I'm just letting people know my friend had a 4870 toxic/vapor-x and a reference 4870 the reference held the toxic back a lot
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