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Which 4850 to get?
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If you're worried about temps I'd get this one, mainly because of the fact its not got the ATI standard cooler on it which aint much cop IMO. The extra memory does make a difference at higher resolution AFAIK.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
you can also control the fan speed using Ati's latest CCC & drivers too.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
you can also control the fan speed using Ati's latest CCC & drivers too.
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I have a sapphire with stock cooler, it gets hot but so what, it is stable and I got it at a good price. Personally I would buy the cheapest 512mb card.
Get this one Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS Extreme 1024MB . the diff between the cheapest 512mb and 1gb is like 12quid only.
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I went for this:
Sapphire Toxic.
It very nice, I dont need 1gig for 1600x1050 so all in al very nice.
Just noticed its out of stock...
Sapphire Toxic.
It very nice, I dont need 1gig for 1600x1050 so all in al very nice.
Just noticed its out of stock...
Its not very noisy but I wouldn't get it for a silent system (similar to a low speed 120mm case fan) but its nothing compared to blower systems at full tilt
Just checked out the prices.. damn they've gone up in the last month or two
Great card and software bundle but maybe too much for that price! Get the Powercolor PCS instead
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I've got a toxic with a vortex neo cooler fitted to it. The toxic stock cooler is fairly quiet, but the vortex is quieter & gave a decent temp drop.
I did have to file down the heat sink on the back of the card a little to get the vortex on though, so if you don't want to mod the card in anyway I wouldn't get the vortex.
8.10 of CCC is out now & that has fan control in it so stock coolers can be tweeked a little easier now
I did have to file down the heat sink on the back of the card a little to get the vortex on though, so if you don't want to mod the card in anyway I wouldn't get the vortex.
8.10 of CCC is out now & that has fan control in it so stock coolers can be tweeked a little easier now
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It is fairly quiet, no louder than my CPU fan. It not as quiet as my v1000 Zalman that i had on my 8800gt. TBH I kinda dropped a bollock. wish i had bought the powercolour for £120 and OC it, the only thing i would say is that i dont think you can overclock the RAM on the PC very much cause of the cooling.
That said im very happy with the Sapphire, i think you could get same clock speed on the PowerCol but not the Ram... maybe diff ram chips or summin but im not sure tbh.
That said im very happy with the Sapphire, i think you could get same clock speed on the PowerCol but not the Ram... maybe diff ram chips or summin but im not sure tbh.