SAPPHIRE- Graphic Card- SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

Expand. Accelerate. Dominate.
Prepare to experience a riveting high-definition gaming experience with ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series graphics processors. Expand your visual real estate across up to three displays and get lost in the action with revolutionary ATI Eyefinity Technology. Using ATI Stream technology, accelerate even the most demanding applications and do more than ever with your PC.3 The first to deliver full support for Microsoft DirectX® 11, these GPUs enable rich, realistic visuals and explosive HD gaming performance so you can dominate the competition.

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Triple Your Vision With Eyefinity.

Get truly immersive entertainment (gaming and video) experience and help boost productivity (home and office) with ATI Eyefinity Technology, extreme multi-monitor support.

ATI Eyefinity technology maximizes your field of view across up to three displays, fully engaging your peripheral vision and putting you right IN the game.

l Flight Sim and Racing Games:

Create the ultimate flight or racing simulation platform by extending supported games across multiple displays for a panoramic view that gives you a true sense of height andspeed.

Role-playing Games (RPG):
Get a bird’s-eye view and spread out game information across multiple screens and still stay in the center of the action.
Real-time strategy (RTS):
See more of the battlefield without having to zoom.
First-Person Shooter (FPS):
Get a better view of what’s going on around you, use your peripheral vision so you can see the enemy before they see you.

Help increase productivity by maximizing your visual workspace so you can see more Windows simultaneously

The perfect solution for your home or office, ATI Eyefinity technology makes multi-tasking a snap by eliminating the need to flip between windows. Surf the internet, do email, edit photos or videos, track your stocks and much more all at the same time.

ATI Eyefinity technology is ideal for multimedia applications; it allows you to keep several ‘palettes’ or ‘panels’ open while you edit images or videos.

Accelerate

Perform tasks on a PC faster with ATI Stream technology, speed up demanding everyday applications and get more done in less time.

Unleash the massive parallel processing power of your GPU to help you do more with your PC than ever before.

With multimedia softwares that support ATI Stream, users can enjoy fast video encoding and transcoding so video playback, editing and transferring content to portable media players is quick and easy.

DirectCompute presents even more opportunities for you to take advantage of your ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series GPU for tasks other than just rendering

DirectCompute, helps improve PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX 11-enabled application’s processing load, freeing up the computer’s mainprocessor to take on additional tasks.
DirectX 11-enabled applications are designed for fast performance on your PC running Windows 7. In addition, programs designed for Windows 7 can convert a digital media file to a different size or format can perform a faster conversion (i.e. transcode) under Windows 7 than under previous versions of WIndows.
Windows® 7 with built-in drag and drop transcoding is a great example how ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series GPUs provide an exceptional experience for the upcoming operating system.
High performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics, for everything from grass to facial features.

Dominate

With DirectX® 11 support you can play the latest HD games with unrivalled visual quality, astonishing realism and ultra-fast frame rates.

Get unrivalled visual quality and intense gaming performance and for today and tomorrow with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11

ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series graphics accelerators and software drivers are the first to offer full support for Microsoft DirectX® 11.
Get striking 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity with DirectX® 11 support, including features like HDR Texture Compression, DirectCompute and Tessellation.
DirectX® 11 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and you’ll get top-notch performance for these titles with ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series GPUs.

Get AMDs most advanced technology and massive compute power with ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series GPUs

AMD’s 2nd generation TeraScale engine dramatically increases the processing power over the previous generation.
Feel the power of more than 2 teraFLOPS plowing through the most demanding games.
Experience the speed, responsiveness and performance of ultra-high bandwidth GDDR5memory.
Get up to 1.8X of a graphics performance boost with ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode.

ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series GPUs are designed to deliver all the benefits of Microsoft Windows® 7

Engineered to take advantage of all the graphical features within the new Windows 7 operating system, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series GPUs deliver a visually compelling experience and a fast, responsive PC.

Valuable Game Bundle

*The games bundled in the box are optional and may vary depending on different sku numbers. Sapphire reserves the right to change the package content in the box.

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 System Requirements

PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
500 Watt or greater power supply with 2x 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connector recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ Technology in dual mode)”
Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
Minimum 1GB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (optional) are required
To support 3 displays, one of the monitors has to support DisplayPort.

Microsoft DirectX® 11 Support

ATI Eyefinity Technology

ATI Stream Technology
Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL

Accelerate Video Transcoding

40 nm Process Technology

Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology

2nd Generation TeraScale Engine

Microsoft Windows 7® Support

ATI CrossFireX™ Technology

Enhanced Anisotropic Filtering

Accelerated Video Transcoding

Display Flexibility, Supports DL-DVI, DP, HDMI and D-Sub

HDMI 1.3

Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ Support

ATI PowerPlay™ Technology – Enhanced Support for GDDR5 memory

ATI Avivo™ Technology Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2)

Supports OpenGL 3.1

SKU Number: 21162-00-50R

I/O Output: Dual DL-DVI-I+DP+HDMI, Triple Display Support

Core Clock: 725 MHz

Memory Clock: Effective 4000 MHz

PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface

1024MB /256bit GDDR5 memory interface

Dual Slot Cooler with Auto Fan Control, 2 Ball Bearing

On-board HDMI, supports HDMI 1.3 with High Bitrate Audio

On-board DisplayPort

Dirt2 Coupon In the Box

Jan 21, 2010

Hardwarecanucks

DAM Good and DAM Good Value Awards by Hardwarecanucks

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

It is quite evident they are both perfectly positioned to take full advantage of the market segments they are competing in. ATI really did make a series of rational, well thought-out decisions when releasing the HD 5770 and HD 5850 since while there is enough of a buffer zone between them in terms of price and performance that they will never end up competing with one another. In our opinion, the Sapphire HD 5850 is truly a card to be reckoned with since it incorporates near-HD 5870 performance into a package which is smaller, more efficient and quite affordable to boot. Affordability is the name of the game these days and in this, the HD 5850 wins hands down. To make matters even better, it is dead silent when compared to ATI’s previous generations. The Sapphire HD 5770 on the other hand is an interesting card in its own right by bringing the features of higher end cards to the $199 price point. No, it won’t wow you with its performance at eye-bleeding resolutions but for those of you on a budget, there is nothing else on the market today that even comes close to its appeal. What we really appreciate is that Sapphire didn’t go down the cost savings road with this card by changing out the cooler or dumbing down the component selection like some of their competitors. Personally, I’m of the opinion that both Sapphire’s HD 5770 and HD 5850 provide excellent value for your money by offering high-end performance coupled with excellent efficiency.

Dec 23, 2009

Benchmark reviews: Highly Recommended

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

"Sapphire Radeon HD5850, kao predstavnik svih Radeon HD5850 kartica na našem tržištu, još uvek nudi sve one prednosti koje smo već pominjali u testu jačeg modela, a među kojima su i podrška za DirectX 11 i DirectCompute 11, viši kvalitet antialiasing-a i anisotropic/triliear filtera, tri vrste konektora i mogućnost povezivanja više displeja nego što ćete ikad imati. Dovoljno je brza čak i za igranje Crysis i Crysis Warhead naslova u rezoluciji 1920 x 1200, čak i kada ih opteretimo teksturnim modovima i podignemo nivo detalja onoliko koliko ni sam Crytek nije predvideo. Istovremeno, smatramo da će biti dovoljno jaka da u narednom periodu prikazuje sve najavljene igre sa prihvatljivim „frejmrejtom“, a već sada se ne može reći da košta previše, zbog čega od nas dobija i zvaničnu Benchmark Highly Recommended preporuku."

Nov 24, 2009

Thinkcomputers

Score 10 out 10 by Thinkcomputers

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

The Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 beat the 1GB GTX 260 quite soundly in every test. The overclock gave me more of a performance boost than I would have expected from a 5% overclock, in all but one test the gains were significant. Even in the other test, a gain of 1 FPS is about what I’d expect from a small overclock, so even it isn’t anything to sneeze at. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 turned out to be everything I expected. It looks sharp with its Black/Red motif and excellent graphics. The cooler is very effective, and the fan silent. I found nothing not to like about this video card.

Nov 11, 2009

Rage3D

5 Stars Award by Rage3D

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

The HD5850 is significantly lower priced than the HD5870, but doesn't perform cheaply - this is the bang/buck hero of the Cypress line up. One of the few GPUs to support DirectX 11 as well as support for value adding technologies such as Eyefinity and HDMI 1.3a and premium Blu-ray audio formats, it's a well rounded package. An nice package with good build quality and high performance components, and a coupon for one of DirectX 11's showcase titles means you can buy with confidence.

Nov 4, 2009

Bigbruin

Recommended by Bigbruin

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

The HD5850 is a good option for those looking for a gaming graphics card with solid, above average performance. That statement would fit with just about any HD5850 card on the market, and while Sapphire usually does something interesting to set their cards apart from the rest of the crowd, this one seems to simply follow the norm. I don't really have any negative comments regarding the card itself.. The bottom line is that the HD5850 is an excellent choice for those in need of some serious gaming muscle, but not the kind of muscle that costs $300, $400, or even more. For $270, the Sapphire card offers great performance, fairly low noise output, decent energy efficiency, and all of the cool new features available in the HD5XXX series.

Oct 16, 2009

Overclockersclub

Gold Award by Overclockersclub

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

The Sapphire HD 5850 does not disappoint. It's one step down the performance ladder and it gives the GTX285 a run for its money. When you consider the fact that this card retails for 260 bucks or 100 dollars less than the GTX 285, the former heavyweight single GPU champ takes a beating in the price vs. performance battle. The temperatures the Sapphire HD 5850 produced under load were actually quite low for a card with this kind of horsepower. Sapphire's HD 5850 was able to produce excellent overclocking results by posting a core clock increase from 725Mhz to 870MHz and and increase on the Samsung GDDR5 memory to 1225Mhz from 1000MHz, increases of 20%+ on both counts. When tested, the overclocks yielded significant gains throughout the entire suite of games and benchmarks almost reaching the level of the HD 5870! If you want great performance in the 250 dollar price range you would be hard pressed to make a choice other than the Sapphire HD 5850 at this point.

Oct 16, 2009

Benchmarkreviews

Gold Tachometer Award by Benchmarkreviews

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

In terms of DirectX 10 performance however, the HF5850 was more of a threat to the GeForce GTX 285. In synthetic 3DMark Vantage tests, the Radeon HD 5850 performed up to 22% better than an overclocked GTX 285, depending on the test scene and resolution. Temperatures at load were very good, even though the Cypress GPU has 54% more transistors per square millimeter of chip die than the GT200. Aside from impressive DirectX 11 performance, electrical power consumption was extremely efficient with only 31W consumed at idle and 157W under full 3D load. For the time being, ATI's Radeon HD 5850 is the best value among single-GPU products available, and one the only graphics card capable of playing DirectX 11 games in Windows 7. For the cost, my recommendation is for the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 DirectX 11 video card. High-performance gamers and multi-monitor power users can't go wrong at this price point, and will only get better.

Oct 11, 2009

Motherboards.org

Hot Product Award by Motherboards.org

SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE (Game Edition)

ATI has hit a home run with the HD 5800 series as the cards are the fastest single chip solutions on the market for most applications and the full compliance with DirectX 11 allows you to have a sense of future-proofing more than any other card on the market today. You have two choices with the HD 5800 series, the HD 5870 and the HD 5850 both separated by nearly $100. At this moment the cards available are all reference cards with the same core and memory clocks, meaning that the Sapphire card is a good choice for those wanting a no-nonsense ATI card. At $279, the HD 5850 is an excellent buy doubling the performance from the HD 4870 which is no mean feat.