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ATI Radeon HD 5850

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ATI Radeon HD 5850 Reviews

DigitalVersus

12/2009

Product Survey: Graphics Cards

The Radeon 5850 is a slightly slower version of the Radeon HD 5870, launched at the same time. It's also DirectX 11- compatible. But how does it really compare to older cards like the Radeon HD 4890 and GeForce GTX 285? The 5850 looks a lot like the 5870, but it's a little shorter – 24.2 cm (9.5") as opposed to 28 cm (11") for the 5850. The ventilation system is also a double-decker, and we were fairly impressed with it. At idle, the card doesn't really get hot, with the graphics chip staying in the neighborhood of 40°C. The fan is at low speed and we measured noise at 40.9 dB(A). The sound generated by the movement of the blades is not inaudible. You do hear a whoosh, but it's at an acceptable level and won't be a problem if your casing has any sound insulation at all. In load, the card held up well, with the chip maxing at 87°C and fan noise at 54 dB(A). So while the card is audible, it's not loud enough to disturb other people in the room. ATI has studied power management carefully on the Radeon 5000 series. In 2D – in other words, at idle –, our configuration drew less than 84 W! Under load, the results were just as good, with only 266 W. Despite the low numbers, the card does need two 6-pin PCI-E power connectors.

HotHardware

10/2009

AMD ATI Radeon HD 5850 Performance Review

Exactly one week ago today, AMD unleashed the ultra powerful, DirectX 11-ready ATI Radeon HD 5870 upon the PC gaming world and staked a claim as the undisputed 3D performance leader. Having evaluated the features, performance, and image quality of AMD's latest and greatest flagship we were left thoroughly impressed, not only with the new Radeon's killer performance, but its extensive feature set, excellent image quality, power consumption, and competitive price. In our coverage of the official launch of the Radeon HD 5870, we also revealed AMD's plan to release a more affordable, pared-down version of the card, with a shorter PCB, lower core and memory frequencies, also sans a few stream processors and texture units, dubbed the Radeon HD 5850. Unfortunately, cards did not arrive in time to be tested alongside the 5870. The Radeon HD 5850 did arrive in the lab a few days later, however, and we jumped right on testing it. We've got our evaluation of the $259 Radeon HD 5850 available on the proceeding pages. First up some specs and a quick refresher, then its onto the close ups, performance, and a little overclocking...