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Board CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
Re: Newegg 5830
by
Xenomorph
on 05/07/2011, 22:01:04 UTC
It's a little confusing, but BOTH the Sapphire 5830 cards are the Xtreme versions.

The $109.99 card comes in a box labeled "Xtreme", and easily clocks to 1000 MHz with the TriXX utility. Me and a friend ordered these, and are loving them (we get up to 330 Mhash/s, stable).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878


The $129.99 (+ $7.56 shipping) card also comes in a box labeled "Xtreme".

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102946

The only differences I know of is that the $129 card has a full-sized DisplayPort connector, while the $109 card has the Mini-DisplayPort adapter (like a Mac).

Honestly, the $109.99 card seems like the better deal. It is $27 cheaper than the other one, and has a more-common Mini-DisplayPort port. I already have adapters for that since I work with a bunch of Macs.
I haven't seen anything other than the DisplayPort size on the $129 card that makes it any better.