I was coming from a 9800 GX2, a very fast card. I got rid of the card to a friend and decided to get this supposedly "budget" card, Tested on an AMD Phenom2 955 CPU with 4gb ddr2 in 3d mark both of these in crossfire mode beat out my 9800 GX2, i was able to hit 18792 in 3dmark.
this card Overclocks like a dream!!! temp never went above 48C for me got the core to 840 from the stock 700 and the mem to 1255 from the stock setting as well. working perfectly, no hiccups, no problems! and LOW temps!!! the card runs quiet, i dont notice it.
the eyefinity multiple display ability, Dx11 support small form of the card itself..great features.
this card will fit in any tower case i ever seen, its much shorter than the 5750 and even the 5850
this card is able to run all the modern games at excellent framerates. The beauty part is, that 2 of these (non OCed) in crossfire mode easily outperforms the 5850, and if you overclock them? Even better!
if your on a budget and want a extreme gaming rig with a 260 dollar video card investment, then buy 2 of these, and youll be ready to go,...for a while. (i got mine for 130 a piece), if you have time and dont mind waiting .wait for a single card that does roughly the same thing, like a 5850
i was skeptical at first when buying the one card...i thought.."you get what you pay for" well ...somehow XFX and ATI broke the rules here...and delivered incredible power and gaming bliss at low a low price!
UPDATE:
The graphic quality seems to be better than my 9800 GX2, the textures have a warmer feel and look.
This card is great also at multitasking between different jobs. I have run 1080p movies to my HD TV and at the SAME TIME ran games like Left 4 dead 2 at MAX settings while having an mmorpg like Runes of magic (also max settigns) also running minimized on my computer ...NO SIGNIFICANT DROPS in framerates, no unplayable slowdown or choppiness whatsoever...
2 games, at the same time, i ping pong between the two of them while playing an HD movie on the TV
yeah im pretty happy with this card.
UPDATE 5-5-10
just one of these cards RIPS through games like Buishock2 and Mass effect 2 on MAX SETTINGS. framerate never drops in framerate i cant verify if its slightly under 60fps or higher, but its so smooth to play, its a beauty to behold.
as i test more newer games ill add them
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