Advice on drivers needed

[trackrat]

I have always used Nvidia cards, but I have brought a 4850 1Gb silent (passively cooled) card .
I will uninstall the Nvidia drivers then put the card in, and I then need advice as to which drivers to download as there seem to be several of them.
Which is the best driver for this card.
Any help is much appreciated.

 

[-Aura-]

Official 8.12 drivers from here

Edit: Just noticed your card, is it a Gigabyte by any chance?

 

[trackrat]

Yes it is the Gigabyte, does that make a difference, I only brought it to quieten my computer down a bit.
It will be in a CoolerMaster case with two fans blowing in and one sucking out.
Do I need just the graphics driver or the Catalyst one as well, what does the Catalyst driver do?.

 

[-Aura-]

Catalyst is the control centre for your cards settings. It`s well worth installing.

Aye, I had the Gigabyte, unfortunately I had to RMA it due to it getting so damn hot. Link. That aside though, cracking card

 

[trackrat]

auraindigo, thanks for that information and the link.

 

[trackrat]

I have just installed it and monitoring the temperatures it is running at 51c, when i run a game it goes up to 68c, so i am happy with that.

 

[liquidex]

Those are good temps especially for it being passive. The normal stock coolers run hotter than that.