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    5850 performance

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Greatass, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. Greatass

    Greatass Notebook Enthusiast

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    Curious, how well can this card push games? I wish I woulda had the balls to buy a 6970, but I didnt lol. I would like to buy a new processor, the 720 is mediocre vs a 2ghz processor imo. My 260 is just a pos, occasional throttling. Im looking forward to my 5850 clearing that up.
     
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Yeah well the 5850 is DX11 and can pull around 9000k in Vantage with a mild overclock and no overvolt. I'm thinking you should be able to get decent playable frames in most games at max settings. My advise is not to go any higher than 4xAA as anything above that on 1080p is useless.
    PS Where are you from?
     
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    Greatass Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am from Canada, B.C. Thanks for the usual good input.
     
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