Asus 5850 TOP Review
Test Setup, Overclocking and Temps
Published: 9th April 2010 | Source: ASUS | Price: TBC |
Test Setup, Overclocking and Temperatures
Test Setup
Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.2GHz
6GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz
Asus P6T Deluxe
Windows 7 64 Bit
ASUS HD5850 Top
Catalyst 10.3 Final
ASUS HD5850 Reference for comparison
Overclocking
Our overclocking tests used a combination between the ASUS Smart Doctor, that allows us to modify the speed of the core and also the voltages, along with Furmark to test the stability of our overclock.
Starting at the default 765MHz we quickly hit 940MHz before any voltage adjustment was needed. It took an increase of 0.1v to move to 980MHz with stability and eventually 1.27v to crack the 1GHz barrier. Even with our fan at a modest 50%, the same we use with all our GPU overclocks, the HD5850 TOP didn't pass 65 degrees C after 5 minutes of the intense Furmark benchmark.
Temperatures
Temperatures were taking from GPUz after 5 minutes of Furmark testing. Because of the auto-underclock when in 2D applications the idle temperatures were within a gnats chuff of each other and so have been left out for clarity.
So we know what we're using, and what it'll do. Let's see how it performs under pressure.
Most Recent Comments
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Originally Posted by name='Msm2'
Spelling mistake..... AMD
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Graph key on Dirt2 graph was backwards. Fixed. So words are right, graph is right, key was wrong.
Danke
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Originally Posted by name='AMDFTW'
grammer error on the dirt 2 intro
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Originally Posted by name='VonBlade'
Glad you boys pay attention. Helps us feel good about our work.
Graph key on Dirt2 graph was backwards. Fixed. So words are right, graph is right, key was wrong. Danke |
You do realise that all our reviews are on the site already? You can look through them if you'd like.
We did a 5 series round up you can look at. We've just done a 5870 both stock and overclocked. They are all easily visible within the website.
Rather than many sites that regurgitate their data month after month, we retest every single time for each review. If we covered every card you could think of, including reformatting between cards, we'd put a review up every couple of months.
So we prefer to test what needs to be tested to get sensible results. If you wish to compare further, feel free to make the effort of reading our other reviews.
@ emax27. No it doesn't. It's the cooler design itself and therefore specific to this model.
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Originally Posted by name='VonBlade'
Everyone's a critic. Care to be a little more specific?
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Thanks anyway
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