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07-08-2008, 05:10 PM
AbelJemka

Quote:

Originally Posted by fireice2

cranking the fans to 100% to get the best cooling performance translate as a crappy stock cooler IMHO. Not all people can stand noisy systems.

What the point?? :confused:
Crank GTX or GT fan 100% and u get? You guess...a crappy noisy stock cooler :ROTF:
Stop telling nonsense please :shakes:
07-08-2008, 06:30 PM
spursindonesia

Having survived X1900 XT cooler in the past, i think i can withstand most if not all stock GPU cooler of todays cards. :D
07-08-2008, 08:27 PM
strange|ife

Just got mine(Sapphire) today @ 4pm dropped like a brick on my doorstep(sure UPS guy hates me).

First Impression's are good, the card is not to long, the hSF is nice and plenty of heat pipe, very similar to the 8800GTS in length and cooler design that it replaces. Could not careless about the women on the card though, ohwell wont see her much anyway=]

at first boot up, of course idle was 79C Did XML fan settings, and made 2 profiles for now. low idle was 42C @74F room temp. Load is in pic with ATITOOL arti scan. Set fan speed to 50% which is damn loud..it was no joke when people said this fan is loud, i tried 100%..but reminded me of Tornando fans or delta..so went back down to 50% for oc settings.no thanks. Made other profile for 2D @ 25%, near silent..good stuff..my system is loud enough

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/...2_Untitled.jpg

ok back to beers tonite, no work tommrow and i want to play some COD4!

BTW enjoy Shay Laren on my desktop

google her, trust me you wont be disappointed!

will try bios and ATI oc tool tommow..so far honestly this card runs fast enough in cod4 even at stock..no need to push it on her first day.
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07-08-2008, 09:22 PM
Dark-Energy

Quote:

Originally Posted by strange|ife

Just got mine(Sapphire) today @ 4pm dropped like a brick on my doorstep(sure UPS guy hates me).

First Impression's are good, the card is not to long, the hSF is nice and plenty of heat pipe, very similar to the 8800GTS in length and cooler design that it replaces. Could not careless about the women on the card though, ohwell wont see her much anyway=]

at first boot up, of course idle was 79C Did XML fan settings, and made 2 profiles for now. low idle was 42C @74F room temp. Load is in pic with ATITOOL arti scan. Set fan speed to 50% which is damn loud..it was no joke when people said this fan is loud, i tried 100%..but reminded me of Tornando fans or delta..so went back down to 50% for oc settings.no thanks. Made other profile for 2D @ 25%, near silent..good stuff..my system is loud enough

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/...2_Untitled.jpg

ok back to beers tonite, no work tommrow and i want to play some COD4!

BTW enjoy Shay Laren on my desktop

google her, trust me you wont be disappointed!

will try bios and ATI oc tool tommow..so far honestly this card runs fast enough in cod4 even at stock..no need to push it on her first day.
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Covering up the background there eh?
07-08-2008, 10:31 PM
Philip_J_Fry

AMD surprise many people with 800 sp, many said "no it has 480sp" and it turned out to be false. I wouldnt be surprise if R700 has 2GB ...
(nordic hwardware was the only site suggest that it has 800sp since like May 15th or something)

but with all that 2GB GDDR5 i hope its not going to be over $550USD, $600 is my limit (499 just sounds a bit too good to be true, sure the lower the better heh) ... i was gonna drop that $650 on GTX 280 .. whew dodged that bullet, and bought a X38 DQ6 for R700 with PCI-E 2.0 slot (vs my old 680i )
07-09-2008, 12:20 AM
strange|ife

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark-Energy

Covering up the background there eh?

google id yout friend@

most of her pics are slutty
07-09-2008, 01:45 PM
XCheater

Quote:

Originally Posted by strange|ife

google id yout friend@

most of her pics are slutty

hey I wonder about your rig
Is your 4870 bottlenecked with your processor?
Mine is too much bottlenecking :rofl:
4850 CF :ROTF:
07-09-2008, 01:51 PM
iTravis

Quote:

Originally Posted by XCheater

hey I wonder about your rig
Is your 4870 bottlenecked with your processor?
Mine is too much bottlenecking :rofl:
4850 CF :ROTF:

He has the same CPU as mine OC to 3.6Ghz, if that bottleneck the HD4870 then I would have a serious problem with my rig. :rolleyes:
07-09-2008, 02:19 PM
Mumid

Quote:

Originally Posted by iTravis

He has the same CPU as mine OC to 3.6Ghz, if that bottleneck the HD4870 then I would have a serious problem with my rig. :rolleyes:

Mine keeps scaling with more CPU power especially with crossfire, can see loads of difference between 4ghz and 4.25ghz.
07-09-2008, 02:24 PM
jpcastro

hy to everyone

just mounted a Zalman VF1000 on the Shappire 4850 :welcome:

http://www.zalman.co.kr/images/produ...oler/rhs88.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7...nvf1000gi8.jpg

temps idle 32\33º more tests to come soon :D

regards
07-09-2008, 02:27 PM
iTravis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mumid

Mine keeps scaling with more CPU power especially with crossfire, can see loads of difference between 4ghz and 4.25ghz.

I did see a noticeable difference going from 3.4Ghz to 3.6Ghz but I'm just wondering this only applies to benching or in gaming performance as well.
I just got the E8400 and I don't know if I should swap with my Q6600 in my 1st rig or use it for my 2nd rig just died week ago.
07-09-2008, 03:13 PM
Mumid

Quote:

Originally Posted by iTravis

I did see a noticeable difference going from 3.4Ghz to 3.6Ghz but I'm just wondering this only applies to benching or in gaming performance as well.
I just got the E8400 and I don't know if I should swap with my Q6600 in my 1st rig or use it for my 2nd rig just died week ago.

For me theres a noticeable difference in 3dmark and in Crysis, talking around 1000 3dmarks + going from 4 to 4.25 ghz and round 3-4 frames higher in Crysis.
07-09-2008, 06:30 PM
strange|ife

of course runing 4GHZ+ will net you better performance. Although i doubt there is much of a bottleneck running 3.6ghz on a quad with a single 4870..maybe in crossfire. But i dont have the proper board for crossfire. Holding out for the next years procs and mobos.
I havent ran 3dmark yet
07-09-2008, 11:50 PM
Hornet331

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mumid

For me theres a noticeable difference in 3dmark and in Crysis, talking around 1000 3dmarks + going from 4 to 4.25 ghz and round 3-4 frames higher in Crysis.

crysis is cpu limited, even at high reses -> look the the pcgh test. ;)

and that are the only 2 things that are cpu limited. :p
07-10-2008, 12:03 AM
Papu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hornet331

crysis is cpu limited, even at high reses -> look the the pcgh test. ;)

and that are the only 2 things that are cpu limited. :p

valve games scale better with higher cpu , tf2 , halflife 2 , css. :P
07-10-2008, 12:56 AM
Hornet331

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papu

valve games scale better with higher cpu , tf2 , halflife 2 , css. :P

how much fps you want, 300? :D
07-10-2008, 01:18 AM
RaZz!

computerbase also has good reviews about the 4800 series which aren't in the OP:

ATi Radeon HD 4850 (CF) und HD 4870: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...50_cf_hd_4870/
Radeon HD 4870 (CF) vs. GeForce GTX 260 (SLI): http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...e_gtx_260_sli/

they're in german though.
07-10-2008, 05:13 AM
overclock

Quote:

Originally Posted by RaZz!

computerbase also has good reviews about the 4800 series which aren't in the OP:

ATi Radeon HD 4850 (CF) und HD 4870: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...50_cf_hd_4870/
Radeon HD 4870 (CF) vs. GeForce GTX 260 (SLI): http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...e_gtx_260_sli/

they're in german though.

It is one of the best review : so many games are tested.
07-10-2008, 09:39 AM
SNiiPE_DoGG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hornet331

how much fps you want, 300? :D

I intend to play my CS:S at no less than 600 FPS, otherwise I would get screen lag and i wouldn't be leet pwnzors anymore :( :p:
07-10-2008, 09:53 AM
JohnZS

I am not sure if anyone is interested but the 1024MB version of the HD4870 will be out in the UK on the 31/7/08 and is currently priced at £234 ($400ish).
John
07-10-2008, 09:59 AM
cantankerous

Thanks for the info. July 31st is a bit later than I thought though. What brand exactly?
07-10-2008, 11:23 AM
Lightman

Quote:

Originally Posted by cantankerous

Thanks for the info. July 31st is a bit later than I thought though. What brand exactly?

+1

I might jump on 4870 512MB for now then! Besides I can get this card for under £170.00 next week :). Decision decisions :p:
07-10-2008, 12:02 PM
Calmatory

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papu

valve games scale better with higher cpu , tf2 , halflife 2 , css. :P

Yeah, and so do the rest of the games which are using an engine introduced in 2004.

Seriously, you can play CS:S with GeForce 2. :(
07-10-2008, 12:13 PM
Papu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calmatory

Yeah, and so do the rest of the games which are using an engine introduced in 2004.

Seriously, you can play CS:S with GeForce 2. :(

doesnt dispute the fact that the engine scales better with a higher Cpu , i was just making a point.

and no you cant , an fx5200 gets <20 fps on very lowest settings 800x600.

also just got one of these :D
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/55419/APPROVED.jpg
07-10-2008, 01:15 PM
JohnZS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightman

+1

I might jump on 4870 512MB for now then! Besides I can get this card for under £170.00 next week :). Decision decisions :p:

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5

That is the link from the e-tailer selling the card (I really should have posted that earlier..sorry)

John

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