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Title: Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box? Post by: 1.21gigawatts on June 16, 2011, 01:13:36 AM Can anyone shed some light on the 2 different kinds of packaging for the Sapphire 5830s? They come in 2 different sizes. Does anyone know the difference? Is 1 more overclockable than the other? Why the difference in packaging for the same product? Did the earlier releases come in the smaller box?
Any ideas? https://i.imgur.com/r2cXG.png Title: Re: Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box? Post by: jme621 on June 16, 2011, 01:26:28 AM maybe the proof is in the picture, pcie 2.0 on one and 2.1 on other
one is black version, other is not Title: Re: Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box? Post by: 1.21gigawatts on June 16, 2011, 01:28:10 AM Pci 2.0 vs 2.1 shouldn't effect hashing rates, but is one more overclockable than the other?
Title: Re: Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box? Post by: fascistmuffin on June 16, 2011, 01:44:53 AM Look at the gpu and memory clocks. If they're the same, then I'd say they'd have the same hashing potential. There's usually stats on the side of boxes.
Title: Re: Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box? Post by: hardly on June 16, 2011, 02:10:32 AM The smaller box has a different PCB from the bigger box. The card in the smaller box appears to have more/better VRMs which should allow for cleaner power and better overclocking.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9039/differencev.jpg Title: Re: Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box? Post by: LegitBit on June 16, 2011, 01:43:51 PM The smaller box has a different PCB from the bigger box. The card in the smaller box appears to have more/better VRMs which should allow for cleaner power and better overclocking. Cool, hope those I ordered yesterday are those. Title: Re: Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box? Post by: 1.21gigawatts on June 16, 2011, 04:34:34 PM Hardly, thank you for your insight into the 2 cards. Did you scan those 2 PCBs yourself from the pictures?
FYI if anyone is wondering... I got the larger box from Newegg and the smaller box from NCIXUS. I haven't set up the smaller box card yet, but I can report back later on overclockability vs newegg stock |
