HD4850 - which BIOS is the newest and the best?

[sarmat]

Hi.

Which BIOS of ATI Radeon HD4850 is the newest and the best? I have PowerColor ATI Radeon HD4850 with VER011.003.000.000.029117 (http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/15998/Powercolor.HD4850.512.080523.html). I'm going to flash it and I think about changing BIOS version. There is around VER011.004.000.000.000000 from MSI (http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/16357/MSI.HD4850.512.080605.html) and VER011.004.000.000.029193 from PowerColor (http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/16845/Powercolor.HD4850.512.080602.html) or Sapphire (http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/16834/Sapphire.HD4850.512.080602.html). Which should I use? I think that PowerColor 1.004 will be the best, because MSI have smaller subnumbers. Is that safe to change BIOS version? What's the difference?

[GAR]

The MSI one.

[Reznik Akime]

The MSI one.

Okay, but any reason why?

[non]

Same as GAR's opinion, might not be the latest BIOS but I prefer it than the others since it has thermal look up table in it. The other bios doesnt have it, which only allows u to edit fan cycle via transfer function..also it has lower 2D clock at 160mhz, others at 500

[RaZz!]

my sapphire stock bios looks like this:



Clock State 1
Core Clk: 500.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 750.00 MHz
Voltage: 1.046 V
Flags:


the msi bios has the following:



Clock State 1
Core Clk: 160.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 500.00 MHz
Voltage: 1.046 V
Flags:


i've read in another forum that there's no difference in the temperatures between 500/750mhz and 160/500mhz. isn't there a way to reduce the voltage for a specific state? i think the voltage is causing the high temperatures at idle - and i doubt the card at 160/500mhz needs the same voltage as the 3d-performance state...

[LagunaX]

Hmm...might flash to the MSI bios