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ATi Radeon HD 5850
At A Glance
Manufacturer:ATi
Series:Radeon HD 5k
GPU:RV870
Release Date:2009-09-23
Interface:PCI-E 2.0 x16
Core Clock:725 MHz
Shader Clock:725 MHz
Memory Clock:2000 MHz (4000 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth:128 GB/sec
FLOPS:2088 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate:23200 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate:52200 MTexels/sec
Details
Max Power Draw:158 W
Noise Level:Moderate
Framebuffer:1024,2048 MB
Memory Type:GDDR5
Memory Bus Type:64x4 (256 bit)
DirectX Compliance:11.0
OpenGL Compliance:3.2
PS/VS Version:5.0/5.0
Process:40 nm
Shader Processors:1440 (1600)
Pipeline Layout:VLIW5
Texture Units:72 (80)
Raster Operators32
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Camera HIS Radeon HD 5850 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera HIS Radeon HD 5850 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
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Camera PowerColor Radeon HD 5850 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
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Camera XFX Radeon HD 5850 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera XFX Radeon HD 5850 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera Diamond Radeon HD 5850 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
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Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
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Camera PowerColor Radeon HD 5850 (HDMI Cable) 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Visiontek Radeon HD 5850 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera ASUS EAH5850/G/2DIS/1GD5 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera Albatron HD5850-1GH 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera XFX Radeon HD 5850 Black (DiRT 2) 765 2250 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera XFX Radeon HD 5850 XXX Edition (DiRT 2) 755 2250 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera MSI R5850-PM2D1G OC 765 2250 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera ASUS EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera Gigabyte Radeon HD 5850 OC 765 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 2GB 765 2250 256 bit 2048 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB 765 2250 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
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Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 (Modern Warfa... 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera ASUS EAH5850 DirectCU TOP/2DIS/1GD5 765 2250 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera ASUS EAH5850 DirectCU/2DIS/1GD5 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
Camera HIS Radeon HD 5850 iCooler V 1GB 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
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Camera XFX Radeon HD 5850 725 2000 256 bit 1024 MB HDMI / DP y - y d y
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8 Comments
Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:32:14 AM
jimday
n00b
excuse me Steve, but these new fresh cards have OpenGL 3.2, and shader model 5 in them, please correct it in both cards.
Monday, October 12, 2009 8:22:25 PM
These cards rock!
Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:01:38 AM
but DX11 supported games haven't popular yet... useless for future 2 years
Monday, November 30, 2009 8:54:49 PM
Radiator
Senior Member
Coolingmy - most likely less than that , considering unlike Vista , Win7 isn't a major flop .
Thursday, April 08, 2010 3:06:23 AM
"Memory Clock" should be changed to "1000 MHz (4000 QDDR)" (similarly for the 5870 and 5970). Also, you shouldn't be able to compare a card to itself...
Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:45:59 AM
Steve
The Progenitor
@The_Assimilator
I agree on both points. Both of those things are the fault of our current system and I have no control over them. Mike does have control over those things and hopefully they will be fixed in the update that he has been working on.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:13:41 PM
EXCELENTE UNA MASAAAAAAAAAAAA
EXCELENT VIDEO CARD!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, June 09, 2010 6:14:51 AM
Radiator
Senior Member
Err... it's actually inaudible if you use the stock fan settings , so WTF at the "moderate" noise level .
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