I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200.
Where did you find a 5830 for so cheap? The best I've seen has been $109 USD.
here's it for ~103 after shipping
Topic: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 (Read 2252 times)
I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200.
Where did you find a 5830 for so cheap? The best I've seen has been $109 USD.
here's it for ~103 after shipping
5850 is really great, too bad the cards under $150 are long gone.
If you're vigilant, you can sometimes find ones for under $150. 
Not true. Im heading over to Newegg in the morning for willcall pickup on a A@#load of 5830's.
5850 is really great, too bad the cards under $150 are long gone.
As for power, I have 4x 5850s in a rig, and the total system power usage is under 650 watts. All 4 cards are slightly overclocked, getting 300 mhash/s, Im not pushing due to heat. Very low power card.
I dont know but I do know that the 5830 uses significantly more power than the 5850.
yeah : 109 was cheapest I've seen. I got 3 of them friday from newegg @109ea. Have seen them going for $120+ on ebay.
How much power savings are we talking about by downclocking memory to 300 ?
How much power savings are we talking about by downclocking memory to 300 ?
I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200.
Where did you find a 5830 for so cheap? The best I've seen has been $109 USD.
2 5830 if your PSU is at least 600w.
downclock the memory to lower power use.
2x5830 = 500-600 Mh
1x 5850 = 300-400 Mh
I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200.
downclock the memory to lower power use.
2x5830 = 500-600 Mh
1x 5850 = 300-400 Mh
I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200.
i got a 650Watt PSU
I already got a 5850 in there.
5850 use about 250 if im not mistaken.
How much power does a 5830 use?
2 5830 if your PSU is at least 600w.
downclock the memory to lower power use.
2x5830 = 500-600 Mh
1x 5850 = 300-400 Mh
I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200.
downclock the memory to lower power use.
2x5830 = 500-600 Mh
1x 5850 = 300-400 Mh
I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200.
As the topic says what would be best to get?
My only concern about getting the 2 HD 5830 is power consumption.
What would be best investing my money in?
My only concern about getting the 2 HD 5830 is power consumption.
What would be best investing my money in?
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