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Asus Radeon HD 5850 Voltage Tweak Edition 1GB PCIe EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5

Based on 13 reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

5
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros

Good Performance, DirectX 11 Support, Supports Multiple Displays
Asussupplied voltage tweaking and overclocking utiltities; slightly cheaper than competitors; 3 year warranty
Bundle, General quality, Supported technologies, Adequate cooling solution, Overclocking abilities, Price.
Good performance, DX11 support, low power consumption, runs cool, good bundle
Game Bundle Dirt2, Supports DX11, CrossFire X support, Software tools bundled SmartDoctor, Spendid and GamerOSD

Cons

Expensive
Tweaking voltages is a bit dangerous; more power consumption if you overclock
Expensive (compared to other HD5850s), availability

By PC Advisor on April 28, 2010

If youre serious about gaming but dont want to fork out 500+ for a graphics card, the Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB represents an excellent compromise. Chris Jager, PCWorld.idg.com.au...

90
By Ocaholic on January 25, 2010

General +-Looking at ATi's recent high-end line-up the 5850 is the entry card. The GPU clock is at a reasonable 725 MHz which makes it 125 MHz lower than the HD5870. Therefore also lower is the cards power consumption. Under load it will draw 170...

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By PCWorld India on December 02, 2009

Asus' take on the Radeon HD 5850 manages a performance that slots it right between the HD 5870 and the HD...

80
By FutureLooks on November 23, 2009

I really dont know what to think about the ASUS EAH5850/G/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 5850 video card. I do read other reviews, and as far as I can tell, it should be playing second fiddle only to its slightly more powerful sibling, the HD 5870. However...

80
By Maximum PC on November 16, 2009

Asus beefs up its stock Radeon HD 5850 for better overclocking All of the Radeon cards tested here are based on AMD’s reference design, including this Asus card. However, Asus includes Smart Doctor software, which allows you to easily overclock...

90
By Techgage on November 16, 2009

It may have been a few months since AMD released its latest HD 5000 series, but I still haven't gotten over the initial "Damn, what a great card" feeling. There's no real competition at the high-end right now, and in some ways, it's...

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By Overclock3D on November 16, 2009

The Asus Radeon HD 5850 has proven itself to be a stunning graphics card, offering performance that is very close to the range topping HD 5870 but with a more pleasant price tag. It should be noted that it sports many of the HD 5870's perks such as...

80
By TestSeek Labs on November 12, 2009

As usual when a new generation of graphics cards are is released, the first cards out on the market are the high end cards. In this case the HD 5870 and HD 5850. Later these have been followed by the 5770 and 5750 and we will soon see some lower end...

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By TechTree on November 12, 2009

The HD5850 is currently the more affordable version in the HD58xx series and who other than Asus to bring us the first sample for testing. Of course being a smaller sibling of the HD5870, the processing power has to be cut down a bit, so ATI have...

70
By OCWorkBench on November 03, 2009

ASUS EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5 is one of the cards that comes into the market. In fact, till today, we aren't able to find that many Radeon HD 5850 in the local market. As most of you are aware, the ASUS version of this card is actually the original AMD...

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