HD 3870 vs HD 4830

[SniperDude]

looking at 2 cards now what would you go for if you wanted to keep you pc silent but be able to play games to a ok/good standard

Sapphire HD 3870 Ultimate Edition 512MB passively cooled

or the newer HD 4830


PowerColor HD 4830
or
Sapphire HD 4830

i would need to buy a Accelero S1 cooler for these 2 were as the 3870 is ready to go


bangs head on desk i hate picking hardware

 

[jak731]

budget?

4830 between those 2

 

[SniperDude]

£120 max including any after market cooler i would need


just wondering how much of a difference there is between the

Sapphire HD 3870 Ultimate Edition
and the
Powercolor 4830


some people have said there isn't much in it ?

the powercolor card has 3 outputs something that's worrying me is will there be a difference in display between the first 2 outputs vga and dvi on my 2 monitors ?

it had a hdmi but i am sure that i would have to disable a monitor to output via this (not a problem)

 

[gurusan]

stock vs stock there's not much but the 4830 has more raw power behind it and is a very good overclocker, also better with AA. It should do 4850 speeds.

 

[sausagerolls]

if your budget is £120 cant u just get a 4850?

 

[SniperDude]

no cos i would have no money for passive cooling to replace the noisey
they have on this cards


if noise wasn't a problem i would have just got the 4850

 

[james.miller]

the powercolor 4830's are actually pretty quiet. i'm letting ATi overdrive play around with the card ive got here and its currently sitting at 690/1005 (500/750 stock) and still rising. the gpu's sitting at 62c and the fan is running at 37%.

i can jut hear it over the sharkoon silent eagle case fans ive got in my HTPC

 

[hp7909]

Search for HIS 4850 IceQ 4 non-turbo edition (OcUK don't stock them). Can vouch for that being silent

 

[AtaRo]

your budget is good for a 4850.the stock fan is not that noisy just set the speed between 40%-50% unless you water cool most of your part then the noise will be audible.