ATI Radeon HD 5850

Theblackoutow

Theblackoutow

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I will be receiving my new computer in 4-5 days, and I will be having this card installed. I was wondering if their are any gaming I couldn't play at maxium graphics and not get good playable fps.
 
it mainly depends on the resolution and your cpu, but crysis should not give you any trouble provided you have the 1.2 patch. GTA IV is mainly CPU-dependant, but a 5850 will power through coupled with a good cpu.

whats the rest of your build?
 
mx344 said:
Youll be fine w/ any game on the market atm. ;)

All high on games for you, sick system man.
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I only know of four video cards that are better than the 5850:
1.HD5970
2.GTX 295
3.HD5870
4.HD4870X2

So you should be fine playing on the highest resolution with maximum settings even on crysis, with pretty good fps.

You're lucky, :D
 
O, then you will be playing at 1920/1200. Everygame cept crysis, youll have no problems.

But im sure you could play crysis fine on high.
 
You should play at 1920 x 1080 then. If you play at any other resolution it will not be the perfect 1:1 pixel scaling that you want. You will be able to play most games everything high but games like borderlands, batman nfs:s you will have to turn the graphics back a slight bit but at that resolution games look good no matter what.
 
Oh, okay. Thanks a lot, and I don't mean to kind of troll but I have read the over clocking forum, and I read a certain paragraph saying that if your upgrading from a low end computer to a high end computer, even if you OC you won't notice a difference. If that isn't true that how hard is it to OC safely, because I really don't want to take a chance at ruining my machine. Also, if I play at 1920 x 1080 will everything be small(Stupid question), because when I change my desktop resolution to the maximum supported on the current pc (1600 x 1200) everything looks extremely tiny.
 
Theblackoutow said:
Oh, okay. Thanks a lot, and I don't mean to kind of troll but I have read the over clocking forum, and I read a certain paragraph saying that if your upgrading from a low end computer to a high end computer, even if you OC you won't notice a difference. If that isn't true that how hard is it to OC safely, because I really don't want to take a chance at ruining my machine. Also, if I play at 1920 x 1080 will everything be small(Stupid question), because when I change my desktop resolution to the maximum supported on the current pc (1600 x 1200) everything looks extremely tiny.
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I don't really understand what you just said, maybe you can reword it a little, but OCing a CPU really isn't that hard. It may seem intimidating if it's your first OC, but all it takes is time, patience, and an internet connection :D http://www.computerforum.com/16346-overclocking-101-oc101.html PM Jasmin43 http://www.computerforum.com/members/58148-jamin43.html I think there's a better (more understandable) OCing tut if you ask nicely ;)
 
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Well, I read the overclocking thread, and it said users who are upgrading to a better system then their current one won't notice a difference if they over clock. What else didn't you understand? Also, would OCing the cpu/gfx card/ram be very beneficial and noticeable when playing gaming or multitasking.
 
Yep, you can overclock, but i wouldn't cause you already have a kick ass system, you could probably get an extra 10-15fps out of you rig when you overclock gpu and cpu together.
 
Theblackoutow said:
Well, I read the overclocking thread, and it said users who are upgrading to a better system then their current one won't notice a difference if they over clock. What else didn't you understand? Also, would OCing the cpu/gfx card/ram be very beneficial and noticeable when playing gaming or multitasking.
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Well, I think that's because it's already better than your old one, but if you're on an old system and you OC, you'll very likely notice a difference.
Also, the higher-end stuff is already clocked quite high.

Risk:
(1) extended use of a component in its overclocked state (usually this requires both a fairly large OC to start with as well as for the device to be constantly stressed for a loooooong time i.e., years)
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Benefit:
Overclocking allows a low-end part to achieve the performance of a higher-priced version, or a better-quality model to be pushed beyond what the best models offer. For example, a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 at 3.4 GHz performs similarly to the more expensive Pentium 4 3.4 GHz. Anyone who made this change before the 3.4 GHz version became available was able to sample the Pentium 4's future!
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Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclocking-guide-part-1,1379.html
 
10-15 seems like a very big jump. Maybe not if I'm already hitting 40-50's but if I'm only hitting 25's that 10-15 seems like a lot. And just saying I have a 4.0 ghz cpu is kind of nice to say :-D I don't think I could do that on air cooling with just the Antec 900 fans though.
 
Theblackoutow said:
10-15 seems like a very big jump. Maybe not if I'm already hitting 40-50's but if I'm only hitting 25's that 10-15 seems like a lot. And just saying I have a 4.0 ghz cpu is kind of nice to say :-D I don't think I could do that on air cooling with just the Antec 900 fans though.
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You can, depending on the CPU, I believe you can air cool a i7 @ 4.0ghz, but WC is a nice feature to have, correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Theblackoutow said:
And how big of a difference would I notice? Also, how many steps would I have to do to just OC it 4.0ghz.
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Tbh, I really don't think it's going to be that big a difference, on the other hand, let's do some math here. I believe the multiplier is x21. So 191*21 = 4011mhz = 4.0ghz, 191-133 = 58, lets say you test 2 hrs Prime95 every time you OC, (b/c 131*21 = 2793mhz = 2.8ghz) then it would take about 12hrs to reach 4.0ghz


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Sorry if that confused you. I think I got my math right. It's getting late, I'm getting sleepy, help you in the morning if you still need it. I think Bodaggit and Ganzey's still up.
 
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