Why all the interest in 5830s recently? - page 2.

Inspector 2211

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Quote from: grue on April 18, 2012, 07:52:12 PM

the 5800 series is known for its awesome MH/$ ratios. 5850 is probably the best, but it's been tapped out, so it's just 5870 and 5830. Although 5870 has better MH/W, its MH/$ makes it unfavorable to most users. so that's why 5830 is so popular - best MH/$ ratio, most plentiful (of the 5800 series), and low starting price ($100 vs 6990s that cost $500).

I'm interested in selling used 5830 cards, working fine.
PM me with an offer (including quantity of cards desired and a $offer per card).

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the 5800 series is known for its awesome MH/$ ratios. 5850 is probably the best, but it's been tapped out, so it's just 5870 and 5830. Although 5870 has better MH/W, its MH/$ makes it unfavorable to most users. so that's why 5830 is so popular - best MH/$ ratio, most plentiful (of the 5800 series), and low starting price ($100 vs 6990s that cost $500).

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My Sapphire 5830s are some of the coolest and most reliable GPUs in my farm. I have 10 of them running on a pair of 890FX-GD70s and those two rigs have run for about a month now without any intervention necessary. Not the best for MH/w but if I could bulk buy another 10 I'd happily do so.

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Quote from: silverbox on April 18, 2012, 05:50:54 PM

One of the best MH/$ ratios, if not the best..

100 bucks for 300MH is pretty damn nice.

5770's are pretty decent too.

I have 1 5830 and 2 5770s.

They can be had used pretty easily for $60-65. I got lucky and got mine for $40 each.

5770 = ~200 MH/s undervolted @ 890 MHz
5830 = ~300 MH/s

5770: 200 / 65 = 3.07 MH/$
5830: 300 / 95 = 3.15 MH/$

Pretty comparable, however my 5770s are more energy efficient.

silverbox

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One of the best MH/$ ratios, if not the best..

100 bucks for 300MH is pretty damn nice.

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There seems to be a lot of people wanting 5830s in the Marketplace. Was there some new development that I missed or something?

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