HD 5850 €109.90 Pixmania.ie

dkmedia · 24-04-2011 11:07pm #1

Hi guys,

Just posted this is bargain alerts, but may be more useful here:

Link here

Shipping is €15.99. Use fatcheese.ie to get 3% cashback

Not a bad price if you were looking to crossfire, or upgrade as it is usually better for gaming than the hd 6850

Moon54 · 25-04-2011 12:04am

Very nice.
I was thinking about upgrading to a 5770 Vapor-X on Amazon for €124,
but this looks a much better card for €126, including shipping.

Deano12345 · 25-04-2011 12:08am

dkmedia wrote: »

Hi guys,

Just posted this is bargain alerts, but may be more useful here:

Link here

Shipping is €15.99. Use fatcheese.ie to get 3% cashback

Not a bad price if you were looking to crossfire, or upgrade as it is usually better for gaming than the hd 6850

Epic deal here ! If people didnt know, these support voltage adjustments with that new Sapphire TriXX software

Edit : I'll be ordering on on Tuesday, all things going well

dkmedia · 25-04-2011 12:19am

Moon54 wrote: »

Very nice.
I was thinking about upgrading to a 5770 Vapor-X on Amazon for €124,
but this looks a much better card for €126, including shipping.

Pixmania also have the hd 5770 for €89.90 + € 14 delivery = €109.90

although I would suggest picking up the hd 5850 as its much better for gaming & not that much more expensive

Moon54 · 25-04-2011 1:14am

Cheers OP. I ordered that 5850 1GB.

According to hwcompare.com it's about twice as fast as my current 4850 512MB ;
http://www.hwcompare.com/1083/radeon-hd-4850-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-5850/

and also, it's not far behind the 6950 1GB in performance;
http://www.hwcompare.com/6133/radeon-hd-5850-vs-radeon-hd-6950/

Deano12345 · 25-04-2011 1:24am

About twice as quick as a 4850 sounds right ! They run very cool too

dkmedia · 25-04-2011 1:43am

Moon54 wrote: »

Cheers OP. I ordered that 5850 1GB.
According to hwcompare.com it's about twice as fast as my current 4850 512MB ;
http://www.hwcompare.com/1083/radeon-hd-4850-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-5850/

and also, it's not far behind the 6950 1GB in performance;
http://www.hwcompare.com/6133/radeon-hd-5850-vs-radeon-hd-6950/

Excellent, glad the thread was useful to people.
Was stunned when I saw it at that price.
As a matter of interest, did you use fatcheese.ie?

Deano12345 · 25-04-2011 1:45am

dkmedia wrote: »

Excellent, glad the thread was useful to people.
Was stunned when I saw it at that price.

Same with me, annoying as I had to spend 30 seconds picking my jaw up off the floor. I can't wait to put my order in for one now !

Binder · 25-04-2011 7:59am

Keep an eye on the bargain alert sticky in this section

This BA was posted about a week ago there

dkmedia · 25-04-2011 8:09am

Binder wrote: »

Keep an eye on the bargain alert sticky in this section

This BA was posted about a week ago there

Didn't spot that sticky, at least some good came out of posting it in a new thread

Dyr · 25-04-2011 10:33am

I might be a bit dense..but would this be a better card than a Sapphire HD6850 1GB

I've a voucher for peats so pricewise the HD6850 would work out about the same for me as this

deconduo · 25-04-2011 10:52am

It would be a slightly more powerful card, but its about ~30W more power hungry under load.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/295?vs=291

Solitaire · 25-04-2011 3:07pm

Wouldn't the HD6850 claim a slight upper hand in DX11 and during tessellation due to its optimisations?

dkmedia · 25-04-2011 3:11pm

Solitaire wrote: »

Wouldn't the HD6850 claim a slight upper hand in DX11 and during tessellation due to its optimisations?

yep, although

The difference isn't all that much

cinnamono · 26-04-2011 2:36pm

Question here, is that Zen thing mandatory on Pixmania? I can't get rid of it when I got to order. I don't want to pay an extra €40 on my order for it!

dkmedia · 26-04-2011 2:55pm

cinnamono wrote: »

Question here, is that Zen thing mandatory on Pixmania? I can't get rid of it when I got to order. I don't want to pay an extra €40 on my order for it!

Nope not mandatory, under each item there is small text - a gray colour, "find out more" "remove"

cinnamono · 26-04-2011 2:58pm

dkmedia wrote: »

Nope not mandatory, under each item there is small text - a gray colour, "find out more" "remove"

Aha, missed that. Cheeky sods. Thanks

Jonny7 · 26-04-2011 2:58pm

oh i remember that little bastard

look at the zen charge - in very small writing there is a link to 'delete' it

kill it.. kill it with fire

Moon54 · 27-04-2011 1:53pm

I just received my 5850 and I'm very happy so far.

Windows Experience Index is up to 7.5 and it runs a lot cooler than my
4850 on idle, about 42 degrees. Nice and quiet too.

I'll be trying a few games later on tonight. Thanks to the OP.

Dyr · 27-04-2011 2:11pm

Mines sitting on my desk right now..dunno if I'll stick it in my current rig in case the PSU keels over, it might have to wait for an upgrade

Floodric · 29-04-2011 3:43pm

Bought mine on wednesday, payed the extra euro for the express shipping, but its still in the preperation stage, yet to be shipped. Anyone else have this issue?

dkmedia · 29-04-2011 3:50pm

Floodric wrote: »

Bought mine on wednesday, payed the extra euro for the express shipping, but its still in the preperation stage, yet to be shipped. Anyone else have this issue?

If you ordered it after 12 noon, then I would have expected it delivered today.
Send an email to customer_careIEUK@pixmania.com & explain the situation & ask them when the order will be dispatched. I had a problem the other day with them, I ordered an ssd which was in stock, once ordered it suddenly became unavailable in my order info, sent them an email & the next day it was delivered.

Just be prepared for automated like responses :rolleyes:

Floodric · 29-04-2011 3:57pm

It was after noon, but it should still be on its way if not deliverd already. Sent an email there, fingers crosses there won't be any problems. Thanks

Floodric · 29-04-2011 4:02pm

And just like you said I got an automated response saying they'll get back to me within 48 working day hours, so it'll be tuesday probably. Hopefully it'll have arrived by then.

dkmedia · 29-04-2011 4:05pm

I emailed them this morning about another order & within an hour I got a response, so keep an eye on your emails!

shuyin1 · 29-04-2011 9:10pm

How loud is this card under load?

Moon54 · 29-04-2011 10:23pm

shuyin1 wrote: »

How loud is this card under load?

I'm using default settings in CCC, auto fan only, and I can't hear the fan at all.
My load temp after a bit of gaming was 57 degrees which is nice.
Idle temp is about 42 degrees for me.

hamhamwich · 02-05-2011 1:44am

Hey guys.

I'm thinking about buying the HD 5850 but my power supply is only 400W. Do ye think it could work with this supply?

If not could anyone please recommend a power supply that I would work for this card? Something cheap.

Thanks.

Dyr · 02-05-2011 10:24am

box says 500w minimum and 600w for crossfire

Deano12345 · 02-05-2011 10:58am

hamhamwich wrote: »

Hey guys.

I'm thinking about buying the HD 5850 but my power supply is only 400W. Do ye think it could work with this supply?

If not could anyone please recommend a power supply that I would work for this card? Something cheap.

Thanks.

Provided your other components aren't too OTT (I ran my rig with 4890 off a HX450 to give you an idea) , and your 400W is a decent PSU, then you could get away with it. If it doesn't, then a Corsair CX430 or the Super Flower 450W are ideal choices for a 5850 equipped rig

hamhamwich · 02-05-2011 1:16pm

Deano12345 wrote: »

Provided your other components aren't too OTT (I ran my rig with 4890 off a HX450 to give you an idea) , and your 400W is a decent PSU, then you could get away with it. If it doesn't, then a Corsair CX430 or the Super Flower 450W are ideal choices for a 5850 equipped rig

Ok thanks.

I might try my 400W PS but I really don't think it will work.

I if not I might go for this Super Flower 550W since its only €4 more expensive than the 450W.

Does anyone know how much P&P is from that hardwareversand site? I cant seem to find it in English.

HD 5850 €109.90 Pixmania.ie

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