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    Sapphire 5850 Toxic 1GB or 2GB

    Hi all,

    The time has come to upgrade my old 9600 GT. It's a venerable card that's served me well but I want to get something faster now. I want it to be as futureproof as possible as I keep my cards for 2-3 years before upgrading.

    I'm gonna go for a 5850 Toxic edition from Sapphire but can't decide on the normal 1Gb or to spend the extra 60 quid for the 2Gb version. I was under the impression that unless you game an mega resolutions the extra memory would not really be used.

    Currently I game at 1680x1050 so 1Gb is probably fine? However that is not to say I won't upgrade to a bigger screen at some point. I'm unlikely to go Xfire and neither will I go dual display (my mrs would probably kill me lol )

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-S...-DVI-I-DP-HDMI

    It will be going in a SFF case (see my sig) so was drawn to this as it features a decent aftermarker cooling solution which is also allegedly quieter than the stock ATI cooler.

    Also what are ATI's drivers like these days? The last 3 cards I've had have all been from the green team and I haven't had a Radeon card since AGP days (which was an X850pro - great card!)

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    Re: Sapphire 5850 Toxic 1GB or 2GB

    Drivers - great. Updates usually improve things without breaking other things, unlike the green team.

    1Gb will be fine for the foreseeable future - certainly HD res which looks to be the next standard after 1680x1050.

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    Re: Sapphire 5850 Toxic 1GB or 2GB

    nice card should be fine and also matches high end nvidia in crossfire

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    Re: Sapphire 5850 Toxic 1GB or 2GB

    I've had my powercolour 5850 1GB for a few months now and its fine for 1920x1200 for pretty much anything. Any bottlenecking I get will be from my CPU I reckon, but looking at your sig, that shouldnt be a problem. I cant really see 2GB being needed unless textures etc get a massive hike in games, or you run lots of AA. Drivers wise, I think the control panel could do with a nicer interface, but performance and stability-wise, the 10.3 and 10.4 that I have used have been rock solid.

    I cant wait for the 5850 to come down in price in a gen or so, then I'm definitely going to crossfire them. Never thought I would, but the performance is there now (and I actually have a PSU that can cope now!).

    Let us know how you get on once you get one.
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    Re: Sapphire 5850 Toxic 1GB or 2GB

    Thanks for the comments all! Will get a 1GB I think

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