HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors?

goodman123 · 05-November-09, 12:26 PM

It's been a long time since i bought a new graphic card , anyway i could get the Power Colors right now the guy got it in stock or wait till tomorow for the MSI one or wait until monday or tuesday for the Sapphire wich i think would be the best of the three...

1- Is there any differences from the 3 cards at stock speed?

2- what about overclocking?

3- i know years ago , Power Colors add slower memory's on the graphic card to give a better price range but what about today is it the same thing?
because all 3 of them have DDR3 & same speed on the core & memory's

Thx!

Slaymate · 05-November-09, 05:25 PM

The last ATI card I had was a Power Color X800XT. It held 2nd place in the old 3DMark05 thread until SLI came out. It's still showing me as number 4

http://www.forumapex.com/results/239...mark_05_a.html

I really don't know how good they are anymore, but I would buy another one just because that last one was kick arse

goodman123 · 06-November-09, 11:25 AM

I think i'll go with the MSI since the card have 4+1 power phase should be better on overclock , i hope...

MSI Global – Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more

Anyhow if i don't like it after a week or so i could always exchange it for another one

Zaltan · 06-November-09, 01:00 PM

Why not look for a HD5700 card...
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3658&p=6

goodman123 · 06-November-09, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaltan


	Why not look for a HD5700 card... AnandTech: AMD’s Radeon HD 5770 & 5750: DirectX 11 for the Mainstream Crowd

Because of the price , around here the 5750 is $159-$169 cdn (+13.5%tx) way to much for my wallet , i'm allready pushing my wallet for the HD4850 1gb at $135.cdn

Yep! some of us don't have that much money ...

Hak Foo · 07-November-09, 12:58 AM

Any chance for a fanless one?

I prefer 'em for the reliability aspect (nothing to die)

goodman123 · 09-November-09, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hak Foo


	Any chance for a fanless one? I prefer 'em for the reliability aspect (nothing to die)

The 5700 & 5800 series?
so far all i'ved seen have fans on it but maybe a later revision?

goodman123 · 09-November-09, 01:34 PM

Looks like i'm gona get the MSI after all , i've got one question about Crossfire , if later on i get another 4850 but this time a Sapphire would it work ok with the MSI?
do i need to exact same make or as long it's the same GPU i'll be fine?

Edit: Forgot to add i'll be getting the 1Gb version if later on all i can get is a 512MB would that be ok in Crossfire , would that give me 1.5 Gb of memory or only 1 Gb (512MB on each card & "loose" the other 512MB?)

Thx!

xgeko2 · 21-November-09, 03:13 AM

If you haven't figured it out already yes they will work but with the memory its split and shared more than likely you will have a total of 1gb accessible and thats going to get split between both.

05-November-09, 12:26 PM		#1 (permalink)
goodman123 Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors? It's been a long time since i bought a new graphic card , anyway i could get the Power Colors right now the guy got it in stock or wait till tomorow for the MSI one or wait until monday or tuesday for the Sapphire wich i think would be the best of the three... 1- Is there any differences from the 3 cards at stock speed? 2- what about overclocking? 3- i know years ago , Power Colors add slower memory's on the graphic card to give a better price range but what about today is it the same thing? because all 3 of them have DDR3 & same speed on the core & memory's Thx!

05-November-09, 05:25 PM		#2 (permalink)
Slaymate PCApex Reviewer From Hell	Re: HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors? The last ATI card I had was a Power Color X800XT. It held 2nd place in the old 3DMark05 thread until SLI came out. It's still showing me as number 4 http://www.forumapex.com/results/239...mark_05_a.html I really don't know how good they are anymore, but I would buy another one just because that last one was kick arse

06-November-09, 11:25 AM		#3 (permalink)
goodman123 Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	Re: HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors? I think i'll go with the MSI since the card have 4+1 power phase should be better on overclock , i hope... MSI Global – Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more Anyhow if i don't like it after a week or so i could always exchange it for another one

06-November-09, 01:00 PM		#4 (permalink)
Zaltan Apex Tech God	Re: HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors? Why not look for a HD5700 card... http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3658&p=6

07-November-09, 12:58 AM		#6 (permalink)
Hak Foo Apex Elite Tech	Re: HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors? Any chance for a fanless one? I prefer 'em for the reliability aspect (nothing to die)

09-November-09, 01:34 PM		#8 (permalink)
goodman123 Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	Re: HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors? Looks like i'm gona get the MSI after all , i've got one question about Crossfire , if later on i get another 4850 but this time a Sapphire would it work ok with the MSI? do i need to exact same make or as long it's the same GPU i'll be fine? Edit: Forgot to add i'll be getting the 1Gb version if later on all i can get is a 512MB would that be ok in Crossfire , would that give me 1.5 Gb of memory or only 1 Gb (512MB on each card & "loose" the other 512MB?) Thx! Last edited by goodman123; 09-November-09 at 01:48 PM..

21-November-09, 03:13 AM		#9 (permalink)
xgeko2 Apex Master Tech	Re: HD4850 Sapphire , MSI , Power Colors? If you haven't figured it out already yes they will work but with the memory its split and shared more than likely you will have a total of 1gb accessible and thats going to get split between both.

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