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HD 4850 V's 9800GTX+

AFAIK the GPU's will throttle/shutdown when they get to a temperature like that so there is little chance of doing permanent damage
 
everyone forgets the length and power requirements (2x6pin) of the 9800GTX.

these coupled with nvidia drivers (first hand experiance with my 7800GT) have put me off nvidia, and thats why i bought a 4850. when it comes, no more 6-7times a day bsods for me :)
 
gurusan said:
^I can tell you, the 4850 owns cod4... I play 8xAA 16xAF 1680x1050 max details and it runs like a dream.
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but cod4 isn't that much difficult to run. my 2900 clocked to 774mhz gets around 60-70fps at 1680x1050 max details but thats without AA :D.. but thats fine for me because i don't use AA.
 
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Shocky-FM said:
It runs hot, thats the issue i'm concerned about, . your actually going to keep responding like this arent you? lol
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My car engine gets hot when it's working, but it doesn't mean it's going to fail...

If it was designed to take the temps, then it's not a problem.

The quick install leaflet with my Sapphire 4850 states that you should only be concerned if you are running the GPU for prolonged periods at 110c.

It will a) likely shut down before damage occurs, and b) even with the stock cooler mine never got anywhere near that.

There is not a problem.
 
Actually a hot core means virtually nothing to the rest of your system. Think about it, if the core is hot, then the heatsink clearly isn't moving all the heat away from the card, meaning less heat is dissipated into your case than if you had a great single slot heatsink which kept the core really cool. Logic is fun. :D :p
 
FrostedNipple said:
Why will my other fans make more noise?
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Higher system temperatures will cause your CPU, PSU and at least a case fan or two to ramp up as they're all likely to be temperature controlled unless you plug them into controllers/power sources that don't do this.

Lightnix said:
Actually a hot core means virtually nothing to the rest of your system. Think about it, if the core is hot, then the heatsink clearly isn't moving all the heat away from the card, meaning less heat is dissipated into your case than if you had a great single slot heatsink which kept the core really cool. Logic is fun. :D :p
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Try testing your 'logic' and get back to me. :) Heat doesn't tend towards confining itself to the small area of a GPU core, it warms up everything else - fans move this out of the system.
 
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