Sapphire toxic 5850 2GB or sapphire vapor-x 1GB

[bruiswater]

Hello,

Which of the following 2 graphics card is the best solution for my pc?
The sapphire toxic 5850 2GB or sapphire vapor-x 1GB?
I'm using my pc for gaming on 1 monitor or working with 2 monitor at a HD-resolution.

PC: Windows 7 64bit, rampage extreme III motherboard, intel core i930.

 

[Rustyy117]

1GB of VRAM is more than enough for HD resolutions, the extra 1GB on the Toxic card just wouldn't be used.

Save yourself some money and get the 1GB model.

 

[bruiswater]

A little detail I forgot.
It's a vapor-x 5870
So the sapphire toxic 5850 2GB or sapphire vapor-x 5870 1GB?

 

[Rustyy117]

Well the Toxic has a slightly better Overclock meaning its slightly faster ( but not by much at all)

They both seem to have the same cooler.

 

[bruiswater]

Specification HD5850 TOXIC 2GB
GPU 765 MHz Core Clock
40 nm Process Technology
1440 x Stream Processors
Memory 2048 MB Size
256 -bit GDDR5
4500 MHz Effective


Specification: VAPOR-X 5870 1GB
GPU 875 MHz Core Clock
40 nm Process Technology
1600 x Stream Processors
Memory 1024 MB Size
256 -bit GDDR5
5000 MHz Effective

If I compare them the toxic has 1GB more memory but is a little bit slower and the vapor-x has a little bit more speed and stream processors.

So should I go for the speed or the extra GB memory?

 

[Rustyy117]

oh sorry My bad I thought you were comparing two different 5850's

Yeah it you can afford the 5870 then go for it, its about 15-20% faster than the HD5850.

 

[bruiswater]

First of all, thx for the fast responses.

So It's better to have a faster graphics card than having that extra GB on memory?

 

[Rustyy117]

In your case, Yes it is better to have a faster graphics card, rather than extra video memory.

I would only recommend a card with 2GB of VRAM to someone that was using a 2560 x 1600 resolution monitor and played games with the AA and AF to the max, or someone using Eyefinity technology.