Question about the Radeon 5870

Duraiden · Mar 23, 2010

I was looking at some cards and I noticed that ncix listed two Radeon 5870's and one of them was a 21161-00-54R and the other was 21161-00-50R Full Retail.

Is there a difference between these cards, or an advantage over the other? Normally they are the same price but the 21161-00-54R is on sale for $20.00 cheaper.

sandyduff · Mar 23, 2010

What are the brands of the 5870's?

Duraiden · Mar 23, 2010

sandyduff said:
What are the brands of the 5870's?

Oh I am sorry I forgot to add that, they are Sapphires.

sandyduff · Mar 23, 2010

Duraiden said:
Oh I am sorry I forgot to add that, they are Sapphires.

Are the clock speeds and the coolers the same?

Duraiden · Mar 23, 2010

sandyduff said:
Are the clock speeds and the coolers the same?

They all have the same specs, but I did notice that the 50r came with Dirt 2 and Battlefield something, the 54r doesn't seem to come with anything it doesn't even have a case displayed. There is also one more which has a case displayed but no games.

The one with the games is $459, the one without a case of game is normally $459 but has a 20$ Instant Rebate, and the Full Retail is $455.

sandyduff · Mar 23, 2010

Just go with the cheaper one... they sound like the exact same card...

Blazing fire · Mar 23, 2010

Is the 54r by chance from the "grey market" or a second hand product?

Duraiden · Mar 23, 2010

sandyduff said:
Just go with the cheaper one... they sound like the exact same card...

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, though it's nice to have the box and extras.

Blazing fire said:
Is the 54r by chance from the "grey market" or a second hand product?

No I don't think so, I think it's probably an OEM since there doesn't seem to be a case shown with it and the 54r is the part number so that would be something issued by Sapphire.

I just thought it might be an improved revision since it costs the same as the other two cards, it just happens to have a $20 rebate right now.

kkpudge7 · Mar 23, 2010

fwiw when I bought mine, it didn't say it came with dirt2 on newegg. I was really disappointed because I really wanted the game, but I bought my 5870 a couple of days after it came out, and choices were not an option, I had to click buy on the first card that showed in stock. Even though egg said nothing about dirt2 my card still came with it.

4DeltA · Mar 25, 2010

what should the PCIe bus speed be for the 5870 on a crosshair III formula, without OC'ing??? mine is currently on 100mhz, is this the recommended speed??

bda1967 · Mar 26, 2010

4DeltA. I believe 100MHz is the standard speed that most people run the PCIe bus.

baris_ · Mar 26, 2010

bda1967 said:
4DeltA. I believe 100MHz is the standard speed that most people run the PCIe bus.

Yep!

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