ATI Radeon HD 4850

[webmonkeyuk]

Right ive decided to get one of these but looking in the 4850 section which one do i go for £150 max is my limit. Should i wait for the 1024MB's to be instock or would a 512MB do and is there any difference between the names or is it any one will do?. One thing of note is my pc is located wheres theres not much airflow and reading some reviews on the cards some peoples do run hot. Mine will be left standard and not overclocked, will it be ok with the standard cooler?

 

[~>Dg<~]

just get cheapest

 

[OLDPHART]

+1
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

 

[webmonkeyuk]

thanx guys

 

[reflux]

Get the cheapest, and with the change left over, get one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-047-AK

Built a rig with an HD4850 last night, and after Crysis the card was too hot to touch for several minutes. You definitely want an aftermarket cooler.

 

[psychas]

iceq4 tbh saves you buying any after market coolers and mounting it. saves time and money

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

 

[willhub]

With the change left over get an Accelero S1, its cheaper by abit and better cooling.

 

[Skyboat]

Another vote for the HIS IceQ4 if I had the change. Exhausts hot air out of the case too.

 

[EdGey]

Another vote for the HIS IceQ4 if I had the change. Exhausts hot air out of the case too.

this

 

[reflux]

Actually yeah HIS ICEQ for the win. They are great cards.

 

[nands]

I am sure that the Iceq 4 is the right one, just have not seen any reviews.

Anyone with an Iceq 3 care to comment on noise and heat?

 

[slimsymeat]

I had a pair of ICEQ3 3870's and they were at the time awesome, replaced with a pair of 4850 with Zalaman GV1000's. The cards clocked well and never rose above 72c. The fans never ramped over 60% and I never noticed the noise over my OCZ Stealth psu.

 

[fastwunz]

Ive recently got hold of this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Runs at a stupid temperature though

 

[Skyboat]

I'm happy with my 4870 atm, running @ 780 core it peaks at 76c and 37% fan speed on the stock cooler

 

[TheCenturion]

what is the rest of your spec and what res will you play @?

 

[fs123]

sorry if this is off-topic but the better cooled HD4850's end up in the 98000gtx+ price range. Then what do you do? is the 4850 still better?

 

[webmonkeyuk]

Conroe E6400, Gigabyte 965P-DS3, GeIL 2GB PC6400 800MHz, mainly at 1280x1024 sometimes less

 

[Grimley]

With the change left over get an Accelero S1, its cheaper by abit and better cooling.

a pig to fit though, the ram heatsinks kept falling off!