Fastest passively cooled card?

[OilyRag]

Is there a faster passively cooled card than the HIS 4650?
Could you cool a 4870 passively?
If not, what's the quietest cooler for a 4870 (air cooled)?

Cheers

Al

 

[Tetras]

You can get a passive 3870 (Sapphire Ultimate, I think), I have also seen a passive 4850 from Gigabyte (don't think it is on the market yet).

 

[mitch212k]

4870 + accelero?

 

[TheCenturion]

you could watercool?

 

[EdGey]

4870 + accelero?

this

 

[Grimley]

it could be this

http://www.sparkle.com.tw/product_detail.asp?id=57&sub_id=152

 

[Skyboat]

it could be this

http://www.sparkle.com.tw/product_detail.asp?id=57&sub_id=152

This is even faster

http://www.sparkle.com.tw/product_detail.asp?id=71&sub_id=213

 

[Strife212]

Could you rig up some unholy heatsink creation to a GTX 280?

 

[cpatain-chaos]

4870 + accelero?

+1 great combination

 

[ACESHIGH]

I would definitely look at the HIS ICEQ cards. They are known for being very quiet and you can get the fastest performance possible.
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4670 IceQ Turbo
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Other than that the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT "Ultimate Edition" is still available
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=416



There appear to be moves towards passive 4850 cards from Gigabyte (model GV-R485MC-1GH)
http://www.gigabyte.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2900
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9278&Itemid=34

and Powercolor (the Radeon HD 4850 SCS3)
http://www.*****.net/content/item.php?item=14981
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8614&Itemid=34

 

[Frame352]

Just out of interest, is anyone running a 4870 with an S1 passively?

 

[willhub]

Just out of interest, is anyone running a 4870 with an S1 passively?

S1 passively on a 4870 results in 70+ degrees idle and very hot when gaming, a single fan cools it to the 40's idle.

 

[MikeHunt79]

If the 4870 is a little toasty is the 4850 cooler?

The thing with passive coolers is that the temps will vary due to the mount of airflow in yer case....

 

[cpatain-chaos]

my 4850 idle's at 40-50 passive and hits 73-75 under load ( load being a hour or two of furmark stress testing at 1680 x 1050 with 8 x msaa ) I'd describe my airflow as average.


with a 120mm fitted it's 25-30 idle and 40-45 load

 

[OilyRag]

I had to laugh at the description of the HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo:

"HIS IceQ 4 is the 4th generation of IceQ cooling technology, which is endorsed by the media worldwide."

Why don't Overclockers filter out nonsense marketing like this?!

 

[S_D]

Because it's true?

 

[Ben M]

4870 with an S1 and a silent fan