As expected we’re dealing with a stripped down version of ATI Radeon HD 5850 where the number of stream processors have been reduced to 1280 and the number of texture units are now 60, which is slightly less than the 1440 / 72 combo of Radeon HD 5850.
The clock frequency will be slightly higher, 750MHz, while the GDDR5 memory will operate at the same clock frequency as bigger brother, 1000MHz (4000MHz effective clock frequency).
Radeon HD 5850 will soon get a smaller sibling
The price is a bit higher than the first information suggested. The initial source spoke of a price less than 200€ and even if we have already located the card in price lists for around 240€ we would assume that the prices will be slightly less when the card actually arrives. The cheapest Radeon HD 5850 costs around 250-260€ and we wouldn’t be surprised if HD 5830 will cost 40-50€ less. It at least sounds a bit more reasonable.
When the card will appear is a bit uncertain right now, but if it’s not here before Cebit there will be a lot of fuzz during the even, we will make sure of it.
I’m looking to get a 5850 in a few weeks, and honestly expected the price to drop by now. Any rumors about a nice price drop on the 5850 instead of AMD filling in the gap with slightly slower cards? I was hoping Fermi would come rescue us consumers, but it sounds like lower yields and a huge die means we won’t see low prices any time soon.
From what I hear, Fermi should be priced better than the last generation.