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The Box
The packaging of a video card is always important. You can't just have a card shipped to you by itself. If you did it probably wouldn't arrive in one piece. The PowerColor HD 5830 PCS+ arrived in the usual video card box. It stated the cards specifications, and showed an image of a car, which slightly resembled the card. Included in the package was a Crossfire bridge, as well as an HDMI to DVI adapter.
Overclocking
Overclocking the PowerColor HD 5830 PCS+ was very easy. I did my usual increase by 5MHz at a time while playing a few rounds of Crysis to ensure stability. Once I reached an instability in game I began decreasing the clock speeds by 1MHz. After stability had been regained I ran OCCT for 2 hours to ensure the clock speeds were stable. I ended up with a Core clock of 920MHz and a memory clock of 1280MHz. The Core clock wasn't to shabby, however I was slightly disappointed with my memory overclock. That being said, you'll be glad to know that the card stayed nice and chilly even after the overclock.
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I'm interested in this card but am concerned about the size. How far do those pipes stick up from the cooler?
one question though - if the video card remained so cool, why is it that he could not overclock further?
Another thing to note is that those temps are stock temps. When overclocking te temperatures will increase, however I did not see them do so.
The lack of being able to adjust the voltage pobably hindered the overclock as well. Regardless you can't expect a videocard to overclock as far as a CPU. In reality any overclock to a video card should be considered good.
There are more things then just cooling that can hinder an overclock as well. In fairness to the card, I was able to increase the memory and core clocks more, but they weren't completely stable.
Also, glad you enjoyed the "naked" bits
A little bit less then an inch.
also wow, that vid is... Wow
yeah i should have warned you...my hard drive leaked lubricant while watching that video
For future reference, when you talked about the prices, did that include tax or not? Just trying to compare prices with america and the uk
The card is definitely a great buy if you do end up purchasing one
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