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Topic: 2x XFX Radeon HD 5830 (Read 1387 times)

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July 30, 2011, 02:00:20 PM
#5
Just managed to find someone in the UK selling these at retail for £90 each. Seems reasonable given the ridiculously low supply of 5800 series cards on the market in the UK here (at sensible prices, that is - I can easily buy a 5870 for £300, which I'm not going to do...). Picked up a few to replace the disappointing single-slot 5770s now I've got more room in the open frame rig... they're on sale on overclock.co.uk - NOT overclockers, BTW...
sr. member
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July 29, 2011, 11:14:09 PM
#4
Didn't someone re-grease their 5830 with arctic silver and it made a big difference?
sr. member
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July 28, 2011, 07:41:58 PM
#3
umm y dont u sell your old one on craigslist u probally can get 95% of original price(from some idiot) LOL

Buy another new one

I got this one back from XFX because the other one was dead. I'll run it for a while till it dies. Lifetime warranty, ftw.

I may also artic silver the GPU to lower temps a bit better. Or get an aftermarket cooler. All in all, under 70C and I'm happy though.
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July 28, 2011, 07:39:56 PM
#2
umm y dont u sell your old one on craigslist u probally can get 95% of original price(from some idiot) LOL

Buy another new one
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July 28, 2011, 07:38:10 PM
#1
I'm running two XFX 5830's. One has the old style cooler and the other has the newer (better) one. I'm running each at 958/300 and I'm getting 307mh/s from each stable.

The older style gpu is getting temps of 68C at 100% fan while the newer style (with 5 heat pipes) is getting 56.5. It's crazy.
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