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Title: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 18, 2011, 11:03:22 AM
Can someone else confirm about a new revision of shapphire xtreme HD 5850's in the wild and if so, what there able to get from the card.

My storey is i went out to make a rig of 2 systems with 4 cards each. Blew a 850 PSU on the way but i ended up for 6x 5850's (above mentioned). With a volt mod in trixx all of them bar 1 did 1000/300 @ 1.2v or less which i was more than happy with. Unusually with the 4 cards in, the 1st card needs slowing to 945 to get the best speed out of it. It bombs ober that. Very weird. Pic below:

https://i.imgur.com/xuDAN.jpg
http://imgur.com/xuDAN

Anyways, Off to get some more and low and behold, the new one as the power connectors on the side! not the BACK of the card like all thge others. Closer inspection, things are different! there are more like 24 VRM's to the 12 on the others, and there also set closer to the display ports (away from gpu heat). The code for it is 230SA at the end of the P/N, not the 000SA thats seen on all the others.

299-2E174-000SA
https://i.imgur.com/kHnpy.jpg
http://imgur.com/kHnpy

299-2E174-230SA
https://i.imgur.com/DGNCp.jpg
http://imgur.com/DGNCp

There are also changes at the back of the board but im guessing that's for the difference in the position of the power connectors.

So, I promptly whacked it in the system and saw that its not added to the shapphire trixx suite and thought o no :( I endevered to see what it can do at stock and i think the picture below says it all!!!!

https://i.imgur.com/EqiZC.jpg
http://imgur.com/EqiZC

Thats 1015/300 at 1.088 volts (stock). You cant volt mod these monsters yet but the double vrms seem to have solved there problem with the OC'ing, can this card beat all available cards out there.... i dare say 1100 is possible when shapphire release the trixx software for this card :)

If your not tech savvy, these cards run 35% faster guarenteed. This new bread is looking likie it may reach 60% and behond. This makes it by far the best card for £££ @£120 :P

You see why i dont want post this in newbie section but i want know if anyone else has landed a gfem :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 18, 2011, 11:09:03 AM
Links below pics show full image


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 18, 2011, 01:53:56 PM
See, no interest here! Can a mod move this to hardware section at least! People talking about this stuff there at least!!!!!!


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Ryu.Hayabusa on July 19, 2011, 03:08:33 AM
Those components you have a red box around are not VRMs, they are capacitors, and the black ones might be resistors.  They could be connected to VRMs, however you will have to take off the heatsink of the card to confirm that.


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 09:32:30 AM
Those components you have a red box around are not VRMs, they are capacitors, and the black ones might be resistors.  They could be connected to VRMs, however you will have to take off the heatsink of the card to confirm that.

Hey mate. Im certain they are, there all getting good temps when tested with IR thermometer. 79 to 92-83 along the line of the 230SA varient. IM CERTAIN of it :) But its my mates cardx in all honesty that one.But im poicking 2 up later so will have a closer inspection then :) Stable for 48 hours counting at 1015/300 STOCK :) gotta be close to a record stock :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: tysat on July 19, 2011, 09:41:25 AM
But can you actually buy them anywhere?


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 12:04:09 PM
I know somewhere local. As loads of them. I just checked with them in fact and they got loads of them. I think shapphire have started another run of 5850's due to demand, but also revised it. If you want one ill pick up and sell you them for £160 Thats P&P and finder's Fee :) No hidden costs, id pick it up and post it straight to you. UK only obviously. These are precious cards so im keeping them close to my chest. I can only give you my word im a honest and genuine person obviously and im new here but im sure you can see im here for the cause, and I ACCEPT BITCOINS OF CAUSE :)

Although, i could just have been lucky. When i have another, i will test it more more. Thinking zalman VGA cooler :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: tysat on July 19, 2011, 12:05:57 PM
bread.... breed

cause.... course

You should work on the correct word choice in my opinion.


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 12:21:17 PM
English aint my strong point mate. Neither do i care much. More hands on, as you can see........ :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 12:25:23 PM
and to be honest, the abuse ive had so far from trying to help is unreal. Stick to buying your £500 (EDIT: £620 sorry!!!!) 6990 hogs and beasts throwing your money away. No skin off my nose. Ill beat that with 2 cards worth alot LOT LESS! nearly £400 less haha :)

they really need to shiv the **** out of this forum, its awful. My $0.02


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 03:34:16 PM
I've just ordered one of these, not sure what manufacturer it is..

I'll post here when I get it.

I wonder if it's only Sapphire cards.?


Im on about shapphire xtreme, specifically ;) even more so, revision number :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: gigabytecoin on July 19, 2011, 07:51:23 PM
I've just ordered one of these, not sure what manufacturer it is..

I'll post here when I get it.

I wonder if it's only Sapphire cards.?


Im on about shapphire xtreme, specifically ;) even more so, revision number :)

The sapphire 5830 extremes worked wonders for me too. The 2L version, latest apparently. Got them up to about 315mhash. Go sapphire!


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 09:49:11 PM
The 5830's did look good cards to me to but the 5850 is by far the best value. Catfish got my shop :) They were 120 l when i brought 6, THe old revision. My friend got one before the £120 deal finished and his was this new revision. They were £135 after until about mid day yesterday when they went back down to £120 (seemingly for good) and the 5830 & 5870 have gone off there listings. I think a previous post might be right, Theres 4 VRMs, on both :/ But theres defo different power layout on them which is making a huge difference. I've had return 2 of the 6 i got origionally as they dont work with diablo or pheonix when in a 4 card system, stopping the other 2 extra cards working also. Very strange but i returned them and picking up new ones tomorrow now as they've tested for faults and found them suprisingly. The cards still work per say except for phoenix and diablo so im happy they were able to find a fault. Hopefully 2 new revision ones :) I'm guessing if you ordered them within last 2-3 days, there new revision :)

All my 6 cards do at least 1000/300 (or over) @ 1.2Volts or less, except one which as to be put to 1.183V @ 995/300. It wont do 1000 no matter what :( All them cards are well over 400mhash mate. There 410-420 using the phatK with update. ANd modified instructions. Workload 256, Fastloops, BFI_INT, Agression 13. This new revision is 420mhash all day long at 1015/300. Just unbelieveably at stock voltage :D I use PC also so have way better graphics drivers. Im using the old 10.4 drivers with the 2.1 stream software. Stream 2.2 onwards isnt as fast for mining, It gets an extra 10 or so mhash :) Also, going below 300 on my memory clock bombs my mhash. as does increasing it. 300 seems to be the sweet spot for me :)

If you look at my first pic, you see 4 instances of phoenix, 400/412/412/412 mhash, thats the origional (old ref cards). Diablo is running in the last pic with the new ref card so it shows all 4 cards in one mhash. But in phoenix it pulls 420mhash with the extra clock :) All at 1.088Volts is VERY impressive. Thats 40% overclock approaching!!!

Shapphire have caught my eye for a few years, as HTC have in phones (been open and all :)) Cant believe your using mac, Mac's are for sheeple, the brain dead and not so tech savvy :P There proving that with the way there taking the company these days. Dumbed down for all :) Suppose there cattering for a big segment of people though these day....... God for bid they think for themselves :P Back to shapphire, There DEFINITLY the best boards out there and id say the coming future. Making trixx was also a good sign of them supporting people like me and thee. I havent had so much fun with computers since the 90's for the simple fact that theres no need to push your hardware these days........ UNTIL NOW :)



Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: BobbyJo on July 19, 2011, 10:14:48 PM
What mother board are you using to get 4 cards on?  Im looking at putting a 4 card rig together but the motherboard is as pricy as a decnt card!


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Ryu.Hayabusa on July 19, 2011, 10:36:11 PM
Those components you have a red box around are not VRMs, they are capacitors, and the black ones might be resistors.  They could be connected to VRMs, however you will have to take off the heatsink of the card to confirm that.

Hey mate. Im certain they are, there all getting good temps when tested with IR thermometer. 79 to 92-83 along the line of the 230SA varient. IM CERTAIN of it :) But its my mates cardx in all honesty that one.But im poicking 2 up later so will have a closer inspection then :) Stable for 48 hours counting at 1015/300 STOCK :) gotta be close to a record stock :)

Here is a link to a surface mount (SMD) capacitor: http://www.wholesale-electrical-electronics.com/p-smd-capacitor-1812-250v-474k-976533.html

And the actual image: http://media.wholesale-electrical-electronics.com/product/imgage/Electrical&Electronics/2010101000/e5678920957c502fe72d5807fcda3411.jpg


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 11:35:47 PM
Erm, you defo got the wrong end of the stick haha. I wasnt insulting you personally, i was meerly putting my thoughts on the whole apple situation. Fair play, you open the mac OSx etc etc. Credit to you but APPLE AS A COMPANY and where there taking the apple brand seriously cant settle well with you either :) Im 28, And i got no time for crap either :) Sorry if you feel i offended you from a comment about my PERSONAL opinions about GENERAL apple users/hardware/software. You make it so its how the equipment IS MEANT TO BE, not with apples gayness jizz all over it. I dont like been locked down and told what i can and cant do with something I HAVE PURCHASED, i.e, I OWN! :) Face time a new feature? I swear video chat was on phones in the year 2000 or so haha. 2010 and apple have invented it!!! RIGHT! there claims and some of there patents they ARE ACTUALLY AQUIRED in the lovly US of A is pure stupidity and ridiculas. The cost of there hardware is ridiculas. I priced a top end mac for a laugh and compared it to an equivilant PC. It was £28,000 for the mac, £7,500 for the PC. 32GB ram from Apple, £4,000+, PC, £400. This is true through most of apples 'upgrades'. UNIX is a VERY capable piece of software and its a shame its disapearing into the abyss. Linux is a decent varient of it though and ALOT more user friendly im sure you'll agree :)


So please, accept my appology if you thought it was directed PERSONALLY at you :) OSX is OSX, not UNIX, i cant do what i can do on unix on OSX :)

Ill post more info on this in the hardware section, although i been logged in on here for over 2 days now
 it still only says 3 hours and 30 minutes. Ill wait till it goes 4 hours and get ouyt of this section :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 11:38:51 PM
Those components you have a red box around are not VRMs, they are capacitors, and the black ones might be resistors.  They could be connected to VRMs, however you will have to take off the heatsink of the card to confirm that.

Hey mate. Im certain they are, there all getting good temps when tested with IR thermometer. 79 to 92-83 along the line of the 230SA varient. IM CERTAIN of it :) But its my mates cardx in all honesty that one.But im poicking 2 up later so will have a closer inspection then :) Stable for 48 hours counting at 1015/300 STOCK :) gotta be close to a record stock :)

Here is a link to a surface mount (SMD) capacitor: http://www.wholesale-electrical-electronics.com/p-smd-capacitor-1812-250v-474k-976533.html

And the actual image: http://media.wholesale-electrical-electronics.com/product/imgage/Electrical&Electronics/2010101000/e5678920957c502fe72d5807fcda3411.jpg

Ah, ill remove the cover on the ones i get tomorrow as the one i have isnt actually mine to take apart :) I think i may have been right first time. As i said above. Ill post a new thread in hardware with pics of both the new and old with covers off. i wanted try out them zalaman vga coolers anyways :P


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 19, 2011, 11:41:45 PM
What mother board are you using to get 4 cards on?  Im looking at putting a 4 card rig together but the motherboard is as pricy as a decnt card!

Use PCI-Ex1 to PCI-Ex16 extenders/PCI to PCI-E x16 extenders, Cablesaurous (spelling) sells them or ebay :) Then you just use a cheap board/processor/ram. Everythings cheap cheap except PSU and video ;)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: trentzb on July 20, 2011, 12:10:53 AM
Those components you have a red box around are not VRMs, they are capacitors, and the black ones might be resistors.  They could be connected to VRMs, however you will have to take off the heatsink of the card to confirm that.

Hey mate. Im certain they are, there all getting good temps when tested with IR thermometer. 79 to 92-83 along the line of the 230SA varient. IM CERTAIN of it :) But its my mates cardx in all honesty that one.But im poicking 2 up later so will have a closer inspection then :) Stable for 48 hours counting at 1015/300 STOCK :) gotta be close to a record stock :)

As Ryu mentioned, the components circled in red are SMD capacitors.


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 20, 2011, 12:36:19 AM
Right, im confusing myself here :) VRM's are big black things im guessing, If so, theres 4 on each. But again, the layout is slightly different. Bit of a DOH! moment there for me :P

Ive noticed they have 000SA and 230SA varients in there 4850 line also, so maybe it some kind of planned revision they do on all cards? Seems unusal to hold back power but it wouldnt suprise me in this day and age. I mean, release the best it can be after the next series is out is a bit....... gay :)

3 hours 53, Why as it ttok me 2 days of been logged in to get 4 hours, Infact, im logged in on 2 comps right now, I want double time :P


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Ryu.Hayabusa on July 20, 2011, 05:55:57 AM
The second revision of cards they usually cheap out on some components.  Like the 5870 Vapor-X they took out the software controllable voltage chip (forgot the name.. volterra?) in revision 2, in addition to slightly modifying the PCB (different soldermask) and component layout.

The small black components with 3 feet could be voltage regulators (for smaller chips, not the GPU), but considering they have a "Q" next to them on the silkscreen, they are probably transistors. 


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: trentzb on July 20, 2011, 06:16:00 AM
The second revision of cards they usually cheap out on some components.  Like the 5870 Vapor-X they took out the software controllable voltage chip (forgot the name.. volterra?) in revision 2, in addition to slightly modifying the PCB (different soldermask) and component layout.

The small black components with 3 feet could be voltage regulators (for smaller chips, not the GPU), but considering they have a "Q" next to them on the silkscreen, they are probably transistors. 

Volterra sounds right.

Would a "U" on silkscreen indicate an IC/VRM ?


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Ryu.Hayabusa on July 20, 2011, 06:55:29 AM
I believe "U" is for an IC, at least that's what I get on the 555 Timer and HEX Trigger ICs on my project in the design software.


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: CaptainDDL on July 20, 2011, 07:32:22 AM
Hmm, might have to upgrade. I was looking at a 6870, might just get one of these.


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 20, 2011, 09:54:12 AM
Yes, my english is terrible. Never been good at english unfortunitly, top classes at school but never liked/enjoyed english. Net result, I rush words, mispell and dont use sentences and stuff propperly. Maths and logic etx and been hands on is my bag :) Far from stupid, Just getting it out of my head and into words/on paper :) I DO REALLY appologise for that. Proof reading would help :)

I like your view point on apple, its definitly from a different perspective than the usual apple fan :) I owned a 3GS though only 4 months, then went to android for the trvious stated reason. Although it sounds like you just made it your own :)

For the lulz hey......... Are you..... :P

End of the day people have different needs/wants and apple is providing one of them. They do just work i suppose and are harder to screw up. You ought see my mum on a computer...... :/ I still say someone should know how to build a computer/re-install everything before they can even BUY a computer. How much do apple charge when the system actually fails for whatever reason... Im sure it comes with a hefty premium :) Insurance for iphone is £15 a month here. Everything else is £7. You have to pay for your handset, That asnt been around for about 4-5 years at least before the 3G. I cant help but see dumbed down products for dumbed down people. I love tech, But the companies are slowing it all down imo, even going backwards with tablets etc. There rubbish and cannot replace PC's in work places. For one, Touchscreen typing IS THE WORST OF ALL TYPING! Bar none! Locking you down into thunderbolt (INTELS PROPRIETRY CONNECTION). List goes on for apple :) THey look nice though..... I brought a Lian-Li V1100 case once cause it reminded me of the sleek apple power PC's back then :)

I dont know. I think i just find all tech a bit boring and slow these days. But this bitcoin/mining/hardware fiddling as revitalised me :) Aint had this much fun since the 90's :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Wuked on July 20, 2011, 11:31:43 AM
Have you got a guide for volt modding the original cards?


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 20, 2011, 06:32:13 PM
Have you got a guide for volt modding the original cards?

sapphire trixx, just download it


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 23, 2011, 04:17:47 AM
well, after getting another 2 on replacement for the old ones they get to 970/980 respectivly. that other.one reaches 1020, all on stock. looks like that first one is whit.of a gem. just waiting for sapphire update trixx now :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Wuked on July 23, 2011, 09:49:00 PM
Have you got a guide for volt modding the original cards?

sapphire trixx, just download it

I have 3x of these cards, but Trixx won't let me even change the voltage on the only 1 that it sees.


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 25, 2011, 12:15:23 PM
hey catfish. 000sa cards ( power connectors at back) over volt. the new 230sa ones (power on top of card) don't. your airflow is bad by sounds of it. I've just converted a table and have fans blowing air into the room and out the window. also, fans blowing over the cards and sucking also. on phone so ball ache upload pictures right now with forum rules :( I have 11 up, 2x xfx 5870 (not volt moddable) doing 900/300 @ 410mhash with 1x sapphire 5850 new revision 1020/300 (can't volt mod yet!) which does 420 mhash. that's hanging out of a case with the 5870s in it :) another 4x old rev 5850's all doing 1000 with no more than 1.2 volt. that's run off 1 xfx 750 watt and a standard 650. I blew a standard 850 here, keep away from cheap psu's :) there screwed to the bottom of the top table with the mobo and psus at the sides. ontop of the top table is a unfinished setup powered by a 850 standard psu which is limiting the 2 new 5850s to 925/300 cause its crappy :( I got an akasa 1200 watt for 140 other day but its non standard cable (non kettle) and its not in the box. need pick it up. there not volt moddable until next trixx update. can't wait see what they can do. will have 4 eventually with that 1200 up and running :) purple helmets on ars bitcoin :) got the pc system running to bitcoins lc so 1.250 ghash there and its about 2.4 ghash to ars give or take. 3.2 complete. well, 6.4 when this projects finished :) considering the amount I put in and knowledge gained, I'm on a winner. electric bills are nothing. my bills have been multiple 100s a month, this isn't anywhere near the likes of them  days :p

peace

p.s ill get a pic of the rigs up. my knowledge for free and I been doing this since I was 12. I know dos days so ill let you do the math :) and the scorn I got when I just wanted to post in the right section :p

I just wonder, 'what is the plan'? time will tell :)

EDIT: Pics, thought i may as well :) (:INK BELOW PIC POST IF DOESNT FIT)

Here is the origional concept. 4 cards

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/imag0003cg.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/imag0003cg.jpg/

Thats 4 cards and 2 psus, crappy 650 on left 2 and hdd, other 750 xfx for system and other 2x 5850s.

This is with the crappy limiting 850 watt ont top. I was going make a stand on top but i got a new table instead. Way better layout. Herer it is with 2 cards 'sitting' ontop :P

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/imag0010t.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/imag0010t.jpg/

Here's the system with 3 cards in, not actually mine now, house mates. It was the test bed pc :)

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/imag0009pj.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/imag0009pj.jpg/

If the 2x XFX 5870s were volt moddable they would be aweome. I recon 500 wouldnt be out of nthe question. The 5850 hanging out is set at 1020/300 at stock voltage. Amazing chip :) Its actually 418 mhash, cant quiete get 1025. Ain't tried inbetween..... all on a 900 watt be quiet picked up for a ton.

And air flow, Pretty obvious.....

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/imag0011cl.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/imag0011cl.jpg/

So, DONT BUY CHEAP PSU's is a lesson learned, £60 though, mahh. nvm. Made that in a few days :P

new 7 series touted for september, lower power usuage but dont think processor count will go up. They went down on the 6 series so i expect the same as them. Gaming doesnt need more stream processors like mining does. Or maybe ati masy see where there profits are coming from these last few months..... Still. This is hurting nvidia even more. Bad design choice. Unlucky. Intel fooled you with that larbee :P

Isnt tech getting fun again :)



Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 25, 2011, 01:52:30 PM
ahmen :)

what 750, to be honest there down at 970 them on the xfx 750. I'm not sure if its vrms or psu. mm. need that 1200 up and running. I think you got be more careful around the 600 to 850 watt, its a jungle. anything above is going cost but its going do what it says on the tin efficently. my 900 is 980 peak, 1200 is 1255 peak. sea sonic, be quieter. just read reviews :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Mousepotato on July 25, 2011, 04:46:59 PM
I just bought a used 5850 yesterday morning and I'm not sure what revision it is, but I'll check when I get home.  I can clock it to about 1030 @ 1.088v.  Anything beyond that though, and it becomes unstable.  AMD GPU Clock Tool won't let me volt it beyond 1.088v.   I've had it running at 1020 for the last 24hrs or so without any problems and it's hitting around 412 MH/s.  The power connectors are at the very end of the card (short edge).


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: dISh on July 25, 2011, 06:46:15 PM
im jealous.. i got like 10 of these extremes and they wont clock that hard under linux.. havent tried windows

core 897
mem 299
volt 1088
@ 370Mhash/s

gonna have to play more with the tweaks


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Mousepotato on July 25, 2011, 08:29:00 PM
Yah I seem to get really lucky with hardware usually - my 5830 clocks to 1040MHz and cranks out 330 MH/s stably 24/7.  Though on the other side of the coin, I have a 5870 that has problems with anything over 990MHz.  Oh well, you can't win em all :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 25, 2011, 11:50:32 PM
ahmen :)

what 750, to be honest there down at 970 them on the xfx 750. I'm not sure if its vrms or psu. mm. need that 1200 up and running. I think you got be more careful around the 600 to 850 watt, its a jungle. anything above is going cost but its going do what it says on the tin efficently. my 900 is 980 peak, 1200 is 1255 peak. sea sonic, be quieter. just read reviews :)
Hmmm... the PSU was a 750W job that happened to be on offer at Maplin - £65 or something like that. Recognisable brand-name PSUs with big power outputs are over £100 and that seems a hell of a lot to me.

Then again, I *do* have 4 5850s and 1 5770 to use, and if I can get ALL of them into a custom frame using ONE high-quality big-power PSU, then perhaps it's worth it.

I just REALLY wish I could use the PSU from my old Quad G5 Powermac - that needed a special wall plug because it was 1500W or something mental, due to the insane power draw from the water-cooled G5s. I'd install PPC Linux on the machine in a shot, as it has lots of PCIe x16 slots - sadly ATI's stream SDK proprietary code is Intel x86 only. So I can't run the OpenCL miner under Linux on the old Mac box :(

O yes, i drew over 3600 watts which would have spiked at 7200 when it all kicked in. That never did anything to the electrics :) from 1 plug socket. UK 230-240V mind you but still. 1500 is peanuts. Plug it in, connect the black and green cable together (pins 3-4 it would be going along the top row) and the power stays on ;) The bit that plugs into the motherboard, the 24 pin one. That just sends the signal for on.

.0 MASSIVE SPIDER just ran at me haha. Jeepers :)

I just lost my mobo with 4 x1 and 1 x16 socket on and they have no more :( PCI to PCI-E are expensive :( well, £20 haha. But still, just got my akasa 1200 up, Was going test the 5 cards but my other mobo is only 2 1xPCIE and 1 x13PCIE, 3 :( Ordered 1 PCI converter but need another. This is mint if true though as i will get 5 cards per system with a 1200/1250 PSU there ain't a problem. REALLY wanted see 5 cards running 400+ mhash each too :( My 'RIG' now comprises of 10 cards, not 8 when complete now :) 4 Ghash a sysytem, Costing about 1700-1800 GBP. I dont think thats too bad. It earns £20 a day, £140 a week, Card payed for :) Thats conservitive and i recon values going go up. Rose for the first weekend ever this one i believe :)


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: m3sSh3aD on July 26, 2011, 09:19:55 AM
CONTINUED HERE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=31718.0


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: h4gb4s3 on July 26, 2011, 09:37:46 AM
You need something like this:
http://ht4u.net/reviews/2010/gesamtvergleich_leistungsaufnahme_grafikkarten/index2.php

Power consumption Furmark  !!gpu only!!  

http://ht4u.net/reviews/2010/gesamtvergleich_leistungsaufnahme_grafikkarten/index5.php




Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: simonk83 on July 26, 2011, 10:14:30 AM
Got one for sale if anyone's looking :)  Brand new, unopened.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260823868229&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: norulezapply on July 26, 2011, 11:54:25 AM
I really need to get myself another of these


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Tx2000 on July 29, 2011, 07:51:55 PM
230SA ... only 810core on default vcore =(


Title: Re: New bread of 5850's in the wild :) (HARDWARE)
Post by: Tx2000 on August 05, 2011, 06:14:11 AM
Actually able to get it to 975 on stock voltage.  Still testing the limits though as I go about 12 hours of stability tests per 5 mhz increase from here.  So far I am liking these new cards.