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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Great price for what you get, very sharp looking and awesome speed. I had no problem installing it within Windows XP PRO. Doesn't seem loud to me, but then again I have 7 case fans and two hard drive coolers going.
Cons: Like everyone else said, its big. I have a full size case and had to remove a drive bay. Then again its too cards squeezed into one, so what do you expect? Couldn't they have combined the power to use just one 6 pin?
Other Thoughts: If you have a PS that has two 6 pin PCI-E's consider getting a 6pin to 8 pin or 6+2 pin PCI-E adapter. Otherwise you will use their adapter and take up 2 4-pin molex connectors.
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Great but Big
Reviewed By: MightyDathin on 2/8/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Great graphics OverClocking built into control software 4 dvi ports
Cons: This thing is huge, you may want to consider upgrading to a bigger case if you are considering purchasing this card and you have a mid tower.
Other Thoughts: People are complaining about the noise. These people must have cardboard cases that sit right next to thier heads. I have a solid case and it sits in my desks tower cubby and when I crank the cards fans I can't hear a differance.
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Huge card, but fitting for its performance!
Reviewed By: Gazornenplat on 2/6/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: This is a VERY fast card. I was really blown away when I started benchmarking it and playing games like Crysis and Supreme Commander. I've actually turned VSync ON, which I've never done before.
The cooling solution works well and it runs totally quiet at idle (I hear that older models had a different BIOS that ran the fans faster/louder at idle).
Windows 7 64-bit drivers have worked well with no problems so far.
The price for this card is amazing. I can not find a better card for the money.
Cons: Biggest con is its size. It's about 11.2 inches long, which is .7 inches longer than the standard space allotted for a video card in an ATX mid tower. I had to cut out a portion of my 3.5" cage for this to fit. Thankfully I knew this beforehand so I was prepared with my power tools!
The dual fans keep the hot air inside the case, raising the system temperature. However, the hot air doesn't make it to my CPU because the card is so large that it blocks all of the airflow from the bottom of the case, which is another con, sort of. I installed an 80mm exhaust fan right by the card (it fit perfectly on the side panel of my case, which was not specifically designed for a fan, but convenient), and this helped tremendously.
The fans at max speed are the loudest I've ever heard, although it's never hit close to that in normal operation.
Other Thoughts: One important lesson I learned about Crossfire: ENABLE Catalyst A.I. and set it to Standard. Disabling A.I. caused a 30-40% performance hit in all applications and caused enormous graphical glitches in 3DMark Vantage (i.e. Jane Nash "jumping water").
I also recommend disabling adaptive anti-aliasing. This made the shorlines in Supreme Commander very blocky and ugly.
System Specs and 3DMark Vantage scores and Windows Experience Index:
Cooler Master Centurion 5 Case Asus P7P55D EVO Intel i5-750 OC @ 3.2Ghz CM Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler 4GB Corsair XMS DDR3-1600 (8-8-8-24) 2x WD Caviar Black 750GB in Raid 0 Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
3DMark Vantage Performance Preset Score: 13305 3DMark Vantage High Preset Score: 8779 I can't run the Extreme Preset due to my monitor resolution topping out at 1920x1080 (1900x1200 is needed).
Windows Experience Index: CPU: 7.4 RAM: 7.7 Graphics: 7.3 (both scores) Hard Disk: 5.9
Pretty good!
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Model
Brand
SAPPHIRE
Model
100270SR
Interface
Interface
PCI Express 2.0 x16
Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer
ATI
GPU
Radeon HD 4850 X2
Core Clock
625MHz
Stream Processors
1600 Stream Processing Units
Memory
Effective Memory Clock
1986MHz (effective)
Memory Size
2GB
Memory Interface
512-bit (256-bit x 2)
Memory Type
GDDR3
3D API
DirectX
DirectX 10.1
OpenGL
OpenGL 2.1
Ports
HDMI
1 x HDMI (via Adapter)
DVI
4 x DVI
TV-Out
HDTV / S-Video Out
General
RAMDAC
400 MHz
Max Resolution
2560 x 1600
CrossFireX Support
Yes
Cooler
With Fan
System Requirements
650 Watt or greater power supply with one 2x3-pin PCIeR power connector and one 2x4-pin PCIeR power connector is required (1K Watt with two 2x3-pin and two 2x4-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode)
Power Connector
6 pin / 8 pin
Dual-Link DVI Supported
Yes
HDCP Ready
Yes
Packaging
Package Contents
100270SR Driver Disk User's Manual HDTV Cable Power Cable DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter DVI to HDMI Adapter CrossFire Bridge S-Video to Composite Adapter Software Disk
Reviewed By: on 2/8/2010
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
