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AMD Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition

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A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

FPS System Benchmark
28 FPS
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The Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition was released on the 30 Sep 2009
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Architecture
Terascale 2 Cypress PRO
Process
40nm
TMUs
72
Texture Rate
53 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
24 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
1440
Driver Support
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Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 11.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.3
Resolution (WxH)
2560x1600
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
1024 MB
Memory Speed
1050 MHz
Memory Bus
256 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
134.4GB/sec
L2 Cache
512KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
735 MHz
Power
Max Power
None
PSU
600 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i7-860 Quad 2.80GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
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Radeon HD 6990
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Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 5850 Sapphire Vapor-X 1GB Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon HD 5850.
This edition comes overclocked out of the box in both central unit and operating memory clock which were raised to 735MHz and 1050MHz, respectively.
Unfortunately, benchmarks indicate there is little to no performance boost when compared to the reference card.


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