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Peter C.

Peter C.

Joined on 07/29/06

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GIGABYTE GV-R585D5-1GD-B Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity
GIGABYTE GV-R585D5-1GD-B Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity

Pros: Upgraded from 8800GTS 640Mb. I'm able to run all my games at a playable rate 30+ FPS with all the settings maxed out. Haven't had any slow downs at all yet. Did follow suggestions from other ATI users. Downloaded only the catalyst drivers and then used ATI Tool Trays for all the settings. Played Borderlands, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. When Dragon Age gets hectic, it does drop below 30 but still playable.

Cons: Catalyst Control Center. It is the most useless program ever designed. A few times it wouldn't respond after a i changed a settings. Crashed a few times due to No response.

Overall Review: Have had a BSOD once so far (was making a dvd, browsing the internet and had another program opened) The computer went gray screen and locked up. I possibly overloaded the PSU. Only have a 500W PSU, with 3 harddrives, 1 optical and this mammoth card. I might upgrade my PSU later on down the road. Specs: Win XP w/SP3 Core 2 Duo 6600 OC'd @ 3.0Ghz 2gb DDR2 800 A-Data 500W PCPower & Cooler Silencer

12/19/2009