ASUS Radeon EAH5850

Rob Williams · 11-17-2009, 02:47 AM

If we had an award for the "best bang for the buck", it would require little thinking to give it to ATI's Radeon HD 5850. For the price, it offers incredible power, superb power consumption and temperatures, and of course, DirectX 11 support. We're taking a look at ASUS' version here, which along with Dirt 2, includes a surprisingly useful overclocking tool.

You can read our full review of the card here and discuss it here.

Doomsday · 11-17-2009, 01:33 PM

very nice review!

They say, ' the fastest single GPU'...but what good is it if ppl cant even buy the damn thing, hahaa!
oh man its so weird! just when something goes Really really right for AMD and ppl want to buy it....they don't have it in stock.......true bummer!

Psi* · 11-25-2009, 10:31 AM

Nice review & upon reading it, I put "EAH5850" in my watch & notify me lists. The 1st thing that happened at egg was that it from out of stock to deactivated. Now it is back to out of stock

woohoo!

Rob Williams · 11-26-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Doomsday

They say, ' the fastest single GPU'...but what good is it if ppl cant even buy the damn thing, hahaa!
oh man its so weird! just when something goes Really really right for AMD and ppl want to buy it....they don't have it in stock.......true bummer!

I couldn't agree more, and it's unfortunate. There's no way AMD was oblivious to this issue long before it occurred, because at the product's immediate launch, I don't recall hearing anything about a potential availability issue.

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Originally Posted by Psi*

Nice review & upon reading it, I put "EAH5850" in my watch & notify me lists. The 1st thing that happened at egg was that it from out of stock to deactivated. Now it is back to out of stock woohoo!

I noticed the same thing. I'm not sure the reason, but I just figured that ASUS notified Newegg that it wouldn't be producing more GPUs (ASUS isn't pushing the high-end graphics market much right now), but that's apparently not the case given it's just out of stock at the moment. Hopefully it won't take too long to get in stock... this situation is getting ridiculous. Could you imagine if Intel or AMD released a new CPU and no one could purchase it for over two months?

11-17-2009, 02:47 AM	#1
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11-17-2009, 01:33 PM	#2
Doomsday Tech Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KHI, PAK Posts: 1,539	very nice review! They say, ' the fastest single GPU'...but what good is it if ppl cant even buy the damn thing, hahaa! oh man its so weird! just when something goes Really really right for AMD and ppl want to buy it....they don't have it in stock.......true bummer! __________________ PSU: Corsair AX850 - Case: Cooler Master HAF X - CPU:Core i7-2600k - Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT - Motherboard: Asus Z68 Maximus IV Extreme Z - Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB-1600Mhz - GPU: AMD MSI R6970 Lightning - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB, Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green - SSD: Intel 520 Series 120GB - K/B: Razer Lycosa Mirror - Mouse: Logitech G700 - MouseMat: Steel Series 4HD - LCD: Samsung 2333SW 23" - Speakers: Creative Inspire M4500 4.1 - Headset: Logitech G35 7.1 "Do not look at a man's prayers nor his fasts, rather, measure him by how well he deals with others, the compassion he shows his fellow man, his wisdom and his integrity" - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

11-25-2009, 10:31 AM	#3
Psi* Tech Monkey Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Westport, CT Posts: 766	Nice review & upon reading it, I put "EAH5850" in my watch & notify me lists. The 1st thing that happened at egg was that it from out of stock to deactivated. Now it is back to out of stock woohoo! __________________ Win 7 64 bit, ASUS P6X58D Premium i7-990 @ 4.5 GHz 24 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR NVIDIA Tesla M2090 + NVS 290, Seasonic X750 Swiftech Apogee XT block, Indigo Extreme TIM Swiftech MCR220-QP Radiator, Eheim 1040 pump, 1/2" ID Tubing

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