Are there any 4850's due with better coolers?

benskia · 1 Jul 2008 at 21:27

Heya.

I'm really wanting one of these cards, but dont like the idea of all the heat in the case.

Anything coming out with a 2 slot solution?
Or a better zalman style cooler already pre-installed?

Cheers.

Greebo · 1 Jul 2008 at 21:28

I think so far the Asus has a different cooler on it but not dual slot, zalman type AFIK.

MagicBoy · 1 Jul 2008 at 21:30

I've not had any problems so far. The card seems to want to run at around 80C but I'm not finding any obvious heat built up in the case with a low cfm 80mm fan even after a good three hours of GRID.

Big.Wayne · 1 Jul 2008 at 21:50

Yeah the stock HD4850 cooler doesn't seem to bad, obviously works better once the fan speed has been raised!

I'm sure there will be a gazillion different cards out soon featuring all manner of weird and wonderful coolers.

Really though it seems easy enough to remove the stock cooler and add your own, there is quite a gooid choice of heatsinks that fit too.

Aftermarket Cooler For 4850

Wayne~ · 1 Jul 2008 at 21:56

If you wait around someone wil supply the demand for one Id think

C64 · 1 Jul 2008 at 23:25

Arctic Cooling should step in here all it needs is the s1 any revision but with vrm heatsinks not exactly a huge task for them really.

HeX · 2 Jul 2008 at 08:34

HIS are meant to be brining an IceQ version out next month AFAIK.

Tetsu · 2 Jul 2008 at 10:53

I though the cards ran fine? most people that crank the fan up to just 40% report idle temps of around 50c...sounds fine to me. I've even seen a few people with idle temps of around 45c

Greebo · 2 Jul 2008 at 11:05

Just buy the Asus card if you don't want to fit an aftermarket cooler.

Asus are a good brand and good warranty.

If you want to fit an aftermarket cooler then any that fits a 3870 will fit the card.

It's as simple as that.

No doubt over the coming weeks more cards with different coolers will come out just like they did with the 8800GT.

gurusan · 2 Jul 2008 at 11:06

yes I bet in a few weeks we will see some 4850s with nice aftermarket coolers...hopefully the IceQ3 edition will be out this month.

I can really see those flying off the shelves if they aren't priced too close to the 4870

J.T · 2 Jul 2008 at 11:37

What after market coolers are people using/recomending on the 4850 or are we waiting for new ones to come out?

gurusan · 2 Jul 2008 at 11:43

accelero s1, Akasa Neo vortexx are the top 2 at the moment I think in terms of bang/buck.

J.T · 2 Jul 2008 at 11:43

Thanks gurusan.

MagicBoy · 2 Jul 2008 at 12:48

J.T said:
What after market coolers are people using/recomending on the 4850 or are we waiting for new ones to come out?

Check the linked discussion earlier in the thread.

plasmahal · 2 Jul 2008 at 12:54

Tetsu said:
I though the cards ran fine? most people that crank the fan up to just 40% report idle temps of around 50c...sounds fine to me. I've even seen a few people with idle temps of around 45c

I think it's just those ppl out there who want a 4850, upgrade the cooler and overclock the life out of it to get near a 4870 performance as possible.

bigmike20vt · 2 Jul 2008 at 12:55

Big.Wayne said:
Yeah the stock HD4850 cooler doesn't seem to bad, obviously works better once the fan speed has been raised!

I'm sure there will be a gazillion different cards out soon featuring all manner of weird and wonderful coolers.

Really though it seems easy enough to remove the stock cooler and add your own, there is quite a gooid choice of heatsinks that fit too.

Aftermarket Cooler For 4850

i pondered this but really, is it worth it?

the 4870 is what, a £70 premium over the HD4850 so i think i will just cut the bull and go straight for the card which has everything in the box.

benskia · 6 Jul 2008 at 22:07

That's like about 60% more £ over the price of a 4850 tho.

gpuerrilla · 6 Jul 2008 at 23:12

benskia said:
That's like about 60% more £ over the price of a 4850 tho.

After buying the aftermarket cooler adding the effort and risks of void warranty im sure the extra cost is justified.

marscay · 6 Jul 2008 at 23:27

stock cooling on the 4850 is actually very adequate it's just a little loud once over 45%.

for £11 you can't go wrong with the S1 though.

Big.Wayne · 6 Jul 2008 at 23:36

bigmike20vt said:
the 4870 is what, a £70 premium over the HD4850 so i think i will just cut the bull and go straight for the card which has everything in the box.

It's your shout!

Me: The little HD4850 is the best GPU I used in my life (and I used a lot!) It's been running since Wednesday (100% stock/unmooded/unflashed) and I have had no problem. The case temps are the same from when the 8800GT was installed so no problem there. This card does not need a 3rd party cooler for normal use.

I am gonna install a 3rd party heatsink on it (to mess with some overclocking) which is not such a hard task as I have already modded maybe ten cards so the fear factor is gone and the end result will be a very cool'n'quiet running *overclocked* HD4850.

If I had more cash spare £££ I would have gone for a HD4870 but not for its cooler but more for the GDDR5 and slightly better build, I would have still modded that card with a 3rd party cooler which adds to the bill.

You could buy the HD4870 for its cooler but what about when they release those cards with better coolers? and then will come the stock HD4800 X2 series followed by the same with better coolers etc etc etc.

Good luck, I'm off to put my bang-for-buck HD4850 with its 800 stream shaders to good use! :cool: