Topic: HD 5850 labeled as HD 5830? (Read 2124 times)
There were different sapphire 5830's. Some used the full-size displayport, and others used the mini displayport. But yeah just go get GPU-Z and get the info you need there. If you STILL don't trust it, set all the cards to the same core a memory speeds and hash away on them. A 5850 will produce about 28% more mhash per core MHz than a 5830. A 5830 at 800 MHz should achieve about 260 mhash. A 5850 at 800 MHz should achieve 335 mhash.
Just download GPUz and see how many SP's the card has. They made many versions of this card, it's likely one of the 5830 on a board similiar to a 5850.
Sapphire is the main ATI partner and makes the reference parts afaik.
Sapphire is the main ATI partner and makes the reference parts afaik.
i set all cards to the same gpu clock/mem clock and vcore, they generate exactly the same amount of mhash/s. Would a 5850 just overclock better or is there any other way to tell what card it really is?
Would there be any advantage of having a 5850 board rather than a 5830?
A 5830 core has 7/10 the number of SP a 5870 has, and runs @ 800Mhz, while a 5850 core is 9/10 and runs @ 725MHz.
what do you mean by "SP"? Would there be any advantage of having a 5850 board rather than a 5830?
SP = SPU = Stream Processor Unit. A 5830 has 1120, and a 5850 has 1440. Think of them like hundreds of tiny little cores, all working in parallel.
Since the core is what really does all the hashing work, having a 5850 board really gives you no advantage while hashing.
The only possible advantage I can see was if you had a 5850 board AND a 5850 core with a 5830 BIOS. You might be able to flash a Sapphire 5850 BIOS and unlock it to a 5850. I can't think of any way of finding out if that was possible besides just jumping in and doing a BIOS flash (and hoping it works after), so I think you're better off just leave it as it is and mining away
Cant tell what stock clock they run, but heres another/better comparison:
thats what 3 cards look like
thats what 1 card looks like (the bigger one)..
i set all cards to the same gpu clock/mem clock and vcore, they generate exactly the same amount of mhash/s. Would a 5850 just overclock better or is there any other way to tell what card it really is?
help is appreciated very much
Would there be any advantage of having a 5850 board rather than a 5830?
thats what 3 cards look like
thats what 1 card looks like (the bigger one)..
i set all cards to the same gpu clock/mem clock and vcore, they generate exactly the same amount of mhash/s. Would a 5850 just overclock better or is there any other way to tell what card it really is?
help is appreciated very much
A 5830 core has 7/10 the number of SP a 5870 has, and runs @ 800Mhz, while a 5850 core is 9/10 and runs @ 725MHz.
what do you mean by "SP"? Would there be any advantage of having a 5850 board rather than a 5830?
Those Sapphire 5830s were selling like hotcakes, so it's possible they used a 5850 board with a 5830 core.
A 5830 core has 7/10 the number of SP a 5870 has, and runs @ 800Mhz, while a 5850 core is 9/10 and runs @ 725MHz.
A 5830 core has 7/10 the number of SP a 5870 has, and runs @ 800Mhz, while a 5850 core is 9/10 and runs @ 725MHz.
Hi,
i just looked into my rig (i bought private on this forum) and it appears that one of my 4 Hd 5830 (sapphire xtreme) does look a little different.
i did research on this but i didnt find any case where a hd 5850 was sold as a 5830, if this is the case. All four cards have written "HD 5830" on it, but one card is about 1 or 2cm longer, has this round shape "printed" on the board, a different adapter and the plastic part of the cooler is shaped a little different on the sides.
it looks like this to me:
So, heres what a 5850 looks like, right?:
thats the same adapter this card has.
Anybody knows if there were 2 different versions? Could this be a HD 5850?
i just looked into my rig (i bought private on this forum) and it appears that one of my 4 Hd 5830 (sapphire xtreme) does look a little different.
i did research on this but i didnt find any case where a hd 5850 was sold as a 5830, if this is the case. All four cards have written "HD 5830" on it, but one card is about 1 or 2cm longer, has this round shape "printed" on the board, a different adapter and the plastic part of the cooler is shaped a little different on the sides.
it looks like this to me:
So, heres what a 5850 looks like, right?:
thats the same adapter this card has.
Anybody knows if there were 2 different versions? Could this be a HD 5850?
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