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Title: 2G or 1G Radeon HD 5870. Post by: SD57 on May 20, 2011, 05:24:54 PM Is there any difference?
Title: Re: 2G or 1G Radeon HD 5870. Post by: [Tycho] on May 20, 2011, 05:29:32 PM Is there any difference? Yes. 1G will draw a bit less power.Title: Re: 2G or 1G Radeon HD 5870. Post by: SD57 on May 20, 2011, 05:43:03 PM And in performance?
Title: Re: 2G or 1G Radeon HD 5870. Post by: [Tycho] on May 20, 2011, 05:43:33 PM And in performance? No.Title: Re: 2G or 1G Radeon HD 5870. Post by: SgtSpike on May 20, 2011, 05:43:52 PM No difference in performance for hashing, some difference in performance on games, particularly at higher resolutions and higher AA.
Title: Re: 2G or 1G Radeon HD 5870. Post by: allinvain on May 20, 2011, 06:42:35 PM Get the one that is cheaper! But make sure in either case to underclock your memory (VRAM) to 300 MHz or lower. This will make a noticeable difference in the cards overall power consumption (20-40W typically. for me it shaved off 40W!)
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