XFX Radeon HD 5850

This graphics card I have been using for about 1.5 years. I bought this product at the time of initial release for about $ 300. The price is quite high, but the performance that I got quite worth. It's been 1.5 years since its initial release, so I think the price is cheap right now, maybe about 150-180$.These cards can handle the latest games pretty well, by setting high-very high, even now. When not in use, this graphics card lowers power consumption which is used automatically, until only about 19watt. The technology is called ATI / AMD PowerPlay. This I think is very efficient to prevent ... more

The moment i installed this card, i booted up the PC and played crysis. i was AMAZED at the speed that it had. I first had a 8600gt so you can imagine the difference in preformance, and it was better than i had ever imagined. I also tried it out on some other games and the FPS seemed to fly. The card runs cool and never heats up, and if you have an old CPU i would recommend upgrading it because the card is FAST, so if you have a bad CPU it can really bottleneck the card. Also if you're worried about heat and the appropriate cooling for the card, i assure you that the card will run cool and ... more