Sapphire HD5830 Xtreme & HD5850 Xtreme Review

Specifications:

Features:

HD5830 Xtreme

• Microsoft DirectX 11 Support
• ATI Eyefinity Technology, support up to 3 displays. *
• ATI Stream technology
• Microsoft Windows 7 Support
• 40nm Process Technology
• Digital Power Design
• TriXX Support
• 2nd Generation TeraScale Engine
• PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface
• Advanced 1GB/256-bit GDDR5 memory interface
• HDMI 1.3 support with Deep Color and 7.1 High Bit rate Audio
• On chip HDCP Support
• ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance. (Use up to four discrete cards with an AMD 790FX based motherboard)
• ATI Avivo HD Support
  • ATI Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD) for Blu-ray™ and HD Video.
  • Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
  • DVD Upscaling
  • Dynamic Contrast
• Built-in HDMI with 7.1 surround sound support
• Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay™ technology including memory clocks
• Dolby® TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio TM Support

HD5850 Xtreme

• Microsoft DirectX 11 Support
• ATI Eyefinity Technology, support up to 3 displays. *
• ATI Stream technology**
• Microsoft Windows 7 Support
• 40nm Process Technology
• Digital Power Design
• TriXX Support
• 2nd Generation TeraScale Engine
• PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface
• Advanced 1GB/256-bit GDDR5 memory interface
• HDMI 1.3 support with Deep Color and 7.1 High Bit rate Audio
• On chip HDCP Support
• ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance. (Use up to four discrete cards with an AMD 790FX based motherboard)
• ATI Avivo HD Support
  • ATI Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD) for Blu-ray™ and HD Video.
  • Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
  • DVD Upscaling
  • Dynamic Contrast
  • Built-in HDMI with 7.1 surround sound support
• Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay™ technology including memory clocks
• Dolby® TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio TM Support

System Requirements:

HD5830 Xtreme

• PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
• Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
• Minimum 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive
• Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
• For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5830 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (not included) are required.

HD5850 Xtreme

• PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors
• for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
• Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
• Minimum 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive
• Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
• For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (not included) are required.