I hope they match up. Would love to be able to pick up some EK FC nickel blocks for the 4870X2 when it emerges without having to wait for Eddy to get a card to develop around.
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I hope they match up. Would love to be able to pick up some EK FC nickel blocks for the 4870X2 when it emerges without having to wait for Eddy to get a card to develop around.
Yeah exactly =) Right, back to the sitting and waiting.
this guy already bought a powercolor 4850 in Hongkong
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=432522
Link isnt working for me :(Quote:
Originally Posted by waway625
worked for me looks nice but a 4850 isn't my cup o tea I wanna see dem 4870 pics PLZ :)
1GB 4870 please :)
Though with the aggressive pricing of the GTX 260 (if true), it might just make more sense to buy that if the 1GB is going to be > $350
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Originally Posted by oohms
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http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/attach...1&d=1213282092
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/attach...1&d=1213282451
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/attach...1&d=1213282451
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/attach...1&d=1213282451
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/attach...1&d=1213282451
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/attach...1&d=1213282451
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=432522
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is the 4870 launching with 1gb gddr5 or 512 gddr3, im sick of 512mb cards.......any official word?
Partner cards, and the 4870 uses GDDR5.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
4850 1GB should come soon after, I guess July.
Nope, the memory is in a completely different place. Fullcover blocks won't fit. Core only blocks yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by perkam
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Originally Posted by oerekum
I doubt that. If you look at the pictures that are cirkulating, you can see that the mem-chips are in a different config. Maybe some fullcover blocks will fit anyway, but not those with elevated areas for the memory.
4850 Top
3870 Bottom
Edit: Whoops Stargazer relplied while I was creating this beautiful picture comparision
Yea, it seems I was only thinking about the GPU :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by STaRGaZeR
I'm assuming you can grab that a GPU-only block and use it on the 4850 ?
Perkam
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Originally Posted by perkam
Yes a 3850 gpu block would fit for sure.
Ah kk. Ty :)Quote:
Originally Posted by fng77
I'm pretty traditional thinker when it comes to liquid cooling. I've never approved of full-cover GPU blocks due to their size and weight (which should decrease going from air to water imo, not increase) and seeing OPP and Shamino use GPU blocks + copper ram chips has embedded that image in my head :D
Perkam
Weird how the box of the Powercolor 4850 doesn't even tell us SP count or specs
ATI must've REALLY tried hard to keep things under the table this round...
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Originally Posted by perkam
He, he. Yes.
Neither does my Visiontek box.Quote:
Originally Posted by zerazax
the main hole pattern is sized the same as 3850 meaning my maze4 blocks will work. I will be watercooling sunday if i find a clocking workaround by then. the volt mod is found and figured out, it will be up soon.:up:
Is everyone else not paying attention to how hot it is at idle? Like, 68C at idle.
I'm worried about the heat of this card.
Or maybe the fan doesn't spin at idle? lol.
I'd like to know.
ya i cant imagine the load temps, but thats why many of use have water cooling :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark-Energy
my hd3870x2's Idle at nearly that temp because of drivers keeping fanspeed fixed at verry low speed however under full load it barely goes up another 10deg.....
I did end up wireing in a external fan controller for the cards. For some reason using Rivatuner to crank fans to 100% would cause my OC to become unstable (robbing power from the card I guess but the external power supply to the fans cured that).
What makes you think that's the idle temp? The guy just ran the 3DM06 benchmark, the card is just cooling down while he made the screenshot, or maybe he kept CCC open to show the load temp...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark-Energy
My 3870 is 37 celcius idle.
Maybe the fan speed profile is simply set up that way. Stock hd3850s hit 90C+ on load simply because its set up that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark-Energy
We have just put together a £600 system with a P5Q, E8400 and 4850. CPU will be clocked to ~4GHz. We'll be testing it on Monday.
Probably use 3DMark06, Vantage & Crysis any other requests?
http://www.nordichardware.com/image3.php?id=5237
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7860.html
There you go.
//Andreas
A 4870 benching??Quote:
Originally Posted by initialised
eheh, kidding :D
I know this is making some futurology but it will make sense changing a 8800gts 512mb for one HD4870? i miss the reds...:rofl:
regards