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• you got drunk over a video card : retarded talking dinosaur
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  So did you post it? : dognose
  • The question is, did he want to post it? : Haxim
• I could link you to any of the dozens of ATI driver thread but the fact is you're wrong. : deject
• what brand of 5850 did you buy? Better yet, what is it you are actually having issues with besides shit ... : mastermike569
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  They need to resurrect their Rage product line. : terath
  • I think it just got resurrected right here at the top of this thread. : project13
  • Its the ATI RAGE PRO!!!!!! *tosses it in a can and pisses on it* I feel better. : HL3dsx
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  Trying to decipher what exactly your problem with the card or if your just trolling. I find it hard to ta... : TheEmissary
  • lol what... my Nvidia drivers haven't crashed since the early days of Vista. And even then it would r... : Shadowdane
  • That's not an ATI feature. The fact that video drivers are run in user-mode in Vista/Windows 7 is respons... : GreatGooglyMoogly
• ATI cards have been great for me. : themaestro2657
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  Love mine. Fuck nvidia right now : abrasion
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    Why? The 460 is a great card. : daVinci1980
    • The 4870 is a great card! : i38warhawk
• I'll trade you my 8800GT for that. : MacemanInTW
• Perhaps this might help. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23483767 : capt tripps
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  Really, 10.6 was bad, but it wasn't that bad. : Adm.Snackbar
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    Huh? How is it bad? : deject
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      There's a glitch which causes 5 series cards to do weird stuff. For example, in BFBC2, every once in a wh... : Adm.Snackbar
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        Interesting, I have not heard of this before. : deject
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          Think it's a known issue on their tech support forums. It's not really a big deal, you can just revert to... : Adm.Snackbar
          • 10.6 was great for me because it finally fixed the slow loading times for Bad Company 2. : deject
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  I did that mistake ages ago. Switched from Nvidia to ATI. Never again will I do that. I had so much probl... : BackSinner
  • I did it a while back, but this was in the 9700 Pro days. Fuck that was a sweet card. : MacemanInTW
  • I went the other way around and it will be a while before I go back to nVidia. : Fred Garvin
• The nerd emo is strong with this one. : pres589
• Yeah except the 8800s I owned all died on me, so yeah. I have a 4870, a little older now but works great... : megarust32
• conversely, i adore my 5850, and no driver issues. stupid computers! : hirez
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  Yea, I've suffered through too many ATI cards. Never again for me. They are on my Seagate list. : rosewood
  • Ouch....thats a bad bad list to be on. :( : MacemanInTW
  • I generally prefer nvidia cards myself. I still have nightmares about that Rage 128 I had. I had a 9600 P... : RookieCAF
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  Good to know. I've been holding out with my 8800GT for nvidia to come out with a nice mid-range card and ... : malevolence
  • ATI has been good to me. : i38warhawk
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  other than it not really being much faster than my old 9800GX2, the 5850 is fine : electroly
  • by "the" i mean "my". i bought a 5850 and it works fine : electroly
• haha you suck. maybe you should stick to the wii if a video card is too complicated for you : JINKY
• everything I've thrown at my 5850 has worked. : project13
• maybe the rest of your computer needs to be upgraded as well..... my 5850 runs fine in my new rig, and m... : ghost hacker
• You sound like an avid and enlightened computer power user! +1 winner! : SniperWolf22
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  I wish they would finally fix the dual monitor cursor corruption bug. But yeah, this is the last ATI c... : Arcath
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    I use dual monitors on a 5850 without any cursor problems. What are you talking about? : noxiousgg
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      after a while the cursor on the main monitor will get corrupted and get jaggies in it. but if you goto th... : Arcath
      • Weird. I've never had this problem. I'm constantly moving the cursor between monitors though, so maybe th... : noxiousgg
• The 5850 is a $300 video card. Your post is nonsensical. You need to qualify. : yakz
• My 5850 is vastly better (and less troublesome) than my 8800GTS. : mathyou
• Lots around here will tell you you're wrong or give you opposite experiences. Personally I've also had... : cetra00
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  I'd trade my GTX 260 for a working 5850 anyday *wink*. : mastermike569
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    Same. : jodiuh
    • Although, I do hate the red team's gui. And of course the gameday 1 release bugs. : jodiuh
• been rocking my new 5850 for about 2 weeks now...perfect for my little gaming box because it's cool and q... : brewsterdog
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  Return it and get a gtx460:
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187113
  
  It's about 5% slower than a hd5850
  
  Or if you want to wait until it's in stock, get this one:
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261076
  
  It's about equal, sometimes faster sometimes slower than an hd5850
  
  Both cards are considerably cheaper than hd5850's and offer pretty damn good performance.

  Jul 15, 2010 7:33pm PDT
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  Return it and get a gtx460: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187113 It's ... : ajvitaly
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    The GTX 460 can get the ever loving shit overclocked out of it easily and can reach performance levels of... : mastermike569
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      Throw another in SLI and it is faster, cooler, and draws less power than a GTX 480. can't wait to see nvi... : Serpico74
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        Two GTX460s in SLI draw less power than a single GTX480? : jdcope
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          yup... the GTX460 is using a different chip design from the GTX470 & GTX480. Rumor has it the GTX460'... : Shadowdane
          • This would be awesome and I would buy it. : Serpico74
    • i want one of these but I think I'm gonna wait for the 2nd gen DX11 cards at this point... : Shadowdane
• LOL : YerMothah
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  Isn't it the go-to card for everyone whose 8800GT died? : Dave-A
  • I hate to say it...but my GT is still working. I hope i didn't just Jinx it. :( : MacemanInTW
• calling all fanboys : Shai-Tan
• Haha, what? That card is fucking awesome. You're either retarded or got a bad card, n00b. : Visceral Monkey
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  ATI is the only brand on my anti-fanboy list. It may be an irrational dislike at this point since my only... : Serpico74
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    That is pretty irrational. I've had all ATI cards for the last 5 years with one exception and I hated it.... : Fred Garvin
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      It is irrational since it has been seven years, sure. That said, I still ATI driver posts on hardware for... : Serpico74
      • When I was looking for a solution for my nVidia card problem I saw people with assloads of drivers issues... : Fred Garvin
• Hah, ya, no. : loboca
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  My 4890 is the shiz. As was my 9800 pro and my x800xt. Havent owned an nvidia card since geforce3. I skip... : weevil bob
  • I remember my old x800 xt pe card, it kept me me on AGP boards for such a long time. : Vividvoid
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  I NEED A REBUTTAL I just ordered a 5850 and this post makes me :( WTF is wrong with it, Cashh? The... : Druuge
  • iphone 3 vs iphone 4 : YerMothah
  • Trust me, 95% of the people who have that card love it...or worship it. I have a ref. 5850 that easily ov... : Visceral Monkey
  • It's a good card and the drivers have been acceptable; I would even say 10.4 / 10.5 are "good" drivers. ... : noven
  • Rebuttal: Ati rocks babyyy : themaestro2657
  • People love talking about shit when things go bad, there are probably tons of people loving the card but ... : hirosushima
  • I've had 0 complaints with my 5850. Runs great, haven't had any problems in games, and I don't hear it. : PointlesS76
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    GTX 460 1GB is better value @ this time. Comes damn close in performance too. : jodiuh
    • Yep. I'm not dissing the 5850, but I wouldn't buy it over the GTX460 1GB right now. : Conan
  • Despite my driver post above, I'm quite happy with my card. Replaced two 4870x2's with a single 5970 and ... : Adm.Snackbar
  • He's just unlucky. Mine has been running great; BFBC2, Dragon Age, Borderlands all maxed 1920x1200. No dr... : reelbk
  • Got one at launch when it was $260 and it's the best money I've spent on a video card in a long time. Ne... : owly
  • Everyone experiences different things, don't let this post hold you back from buying the card that you li... : Darkfox76
  • I'm running a 5850 with 3 23" LCD's. The 5850 is the best single component upgrade I have made in the ... : echoinggreen
  • I've had tons of ATI and Nvidia products in the past, and I've recently installed a 5770 and while I had ... : ServiusOrtus
  • 5850 is pure hotness! : jcrockerman
  • It is an ATI card. : [7]kami
  • I have the 5870 and it rocks my cock : moshman
  • I haven't had an ATI card since my Mach32 1MB back in 1994 so I can't really comment on it but I can say ... : sanchez
  • It wont fit in his agp slot. : DarkWolf5
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    i have the 5870. i love it, the only negative thing: it is fucking huge. almost didnt fit in my case : naabster
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      you must have a girly hello kitty case, fag! : moshman
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        how did you know? http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/hello-kitty-computer-case-mod-1.jpg : naabster
        • that is shocking : moshman
  • I've not used an Nvidia since the Geforce 1 and I'd NEVER had a driver issue until Bad Company 2 and that... : marmite
  • nothing is wrong with it, it's a fucking fantastic card. : Milleh
  • I went from an 8800gt to a XFX 5850 in May and I love it. BC2 runs like a champ @ 1920x1200 with the sett... : liqker
  • If his post was indicative of the average customer experience, they'd be out of business already. : DinK
  • I've got a 5850 and I'm happy I switched from the 8800 GTX. The 8800 GTX was giving me horrible overhe... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  It goes both ways. I've seen threads like this for both ATI & Nvidia. I will say that it does matter who ... : jingletard
  • yah this is true... I've seen shit from both parties! I went through 3 ATI 9800 Pro's for example an... : Shadowdane
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  Umm, we have 5850's at work and they are fine. : Fred Garvin
  • lucky :( : Milleh
• Yeah! Fuck you ATI! : jodiuh
• Yep. I always end up regretting every ATI purchase I've made. : zigzag
• I've owned both NVIDIA and ATI cards (9700 Pro, 6600GT, 8800GTS, 4870, 4890) over the years and haven't r... : Sapiens
• Never had a problem with mine. So much better than my 8800gts. Did you buy a Sapphire or another non-r... : razlebol
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  Do you have Windows 7? No? That is your problem. : Lightzout
  • I don't think he's given any information about the problem whatsoever. : Sapiens
• I have an old 8800GTS that my brother uses and he never had an issue.I just bought another GTX275 to SLI ... : Darkfox76
• I have no problem at all with my 5870, you're doing it wrong. : moshman
• My 5770 is dogshit. So many problems like random crashes with green lines all over my screen and driver n... : Lawgiver
• ATI cards might be good if they wouldn't fuck up the driver all the time... : matthaeus
• My 4870 hasn't had an issue in the almost 2yrs Ive had it. : sixfoot6
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  This post has Pebcac written all over it. : Pettytheft
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    problem exists between card and computer? cock and computer? I'm confused. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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      cock chair : Shadowdane
      • The lack of the customary K (for keyboard) confused me. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• happy 5850 owner here, been using it for months on Win7 64-bit and havent faced a single problem : hanged_man
• just bought one from a fellow shacker a few weeks ago. its great. : herradura99
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  Have been using a 5870 for about 2 months now. Decided to "upgrade" from a pair of 8800 Ultras in SLI. ... : Feisty Cadaver
  • I'll give you 200$ for it. : ryuuseki
• hahahahaha : Milleh
• Why bad? : dael