Powercolor HD4850 512Mb (single & Crossfire)

[Guilherme]

the first part of review was hd4850 Crossfire and CAT 8.5 ( the only single card test i done @ 1st part of review was the crysis but i tested wuth Cat 8.6 and samething)


i only started 2nd part review today @ testing single card in Games and already with cat 8.6 ( i didnt test singel card in games with cat 8.5 before)



regards

Beleza, valeu cara, boa sorte nos testes!

[Stuen4y]

Good work @mascaras, that was what we've expected.

[TreSs'972]

Sorry you test with 8.6 hotfix or 8.6 ?

They talk about stability gain, any change ?

[mascaras]

Sorry you test with 8.6 hotfix or 8.6 ?

They talk about stability gain, any change ?

tested with 8.6 Hotfix


btw:

single card tests added


assassins creed
Lost Coast
Grid
Cod4
Vantage (Perf. & Xtreme)

[TreSs'972]

And about temp, do you try to change Thermal Compound for Artic Silver 5 or Noctua ? Because it seams that there is to much on stock...

[TreSs'972]

To make you're thread more completed you can go to make a look there : http://www.generation-3d.com/article...50,ar295-1.htm
They talk about architecture of the card if you don't sign an nda :p... & if you know a lil'bit french...

[mascaras]

And about temp, do you try to change Thermal Compound for Artic Silver 5 or Noctua ? Because it seams that there is to much on stock...

nope , the cards are not mine ! (today @ last day)

but yes , lots of ppl reporting that changing thermal Compound the temps are much better , also the Artic Accelero S1 seems to be very good with HD4850 !


i only had 4 days to test HD4850 (single & Crossfire) , i tried my best testing all the games i could !


But with the EVGA GTX280 i will have lots of days to test it , so i will Full review the card with lot of benchmarks and games (reviews section / card should arrive tomorow or tuesday)


i didnt posted the hd4850s in reviews section because is more a Testing Report than a Full review !


best regards

[TreSs'972]

OK, you make a great job for 4 days & 3 different catalyst to try, great !
Good luke for GTX 280
If you'll have time try to add your HD4850 test to have an idea (like if you sould allready think about it :p)

[mascaras]

Tests with System Default (CPU & VGA) with single Card @ Crysis




E8400 Default (3Ghz)
Asus P5E
4Gb Gskill 8000PQ
HD4850 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotifx





1280x1024 - VERY High Settings - DX10



Average FPS: 23.65
Min FPS: 17.19
Max FPS: 28.20 at frame 868




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1680x1050 - High Settings - DX9




Average FPS: 35.34
Min FPS: 23.41
Max FPS: 41.36




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1680x1050 - High Settings - DX10





Average FPS: 31.16
Min FPS: 20.84
Max FPS: 37.91





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1680x1050 - VERY High Settings - DX10





Average FPS: 18.23
Min FPS: 9.49
Max FPS: 21.45



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1680x1050 - High Settings - DX10 - Anti Alising 4x





Average FPS: 26.31
Min FPS: 18.26
Max FPS: 32.00 at frame 998




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Now with CPU default and just a litle OC on VGA (+30Mhz core & +25Mhz memory)



E8400 Default (3Ghz)
Asus P5E
4Gb Gskill 8000PQ
HD4850 OC @ 655Mhz/1025Mhz (Default = 625Mhz/995Mhz )
Catalyst 8.6 Hotifx






1680x1050 - High Settings - DX9



Average FPS: 36.54
Min FPS: 25.95
Max FPS: 43.93



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1680x1050 - High Settings - DX10





Average FPS: 32.47
Min FPS: 22.56
Max FPS: 38.80






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[bullit]

well,regarding to performance i've nothing to say unless it's the best bang for the buck actually,but i have a problem,my monitor is a HP2207h HDMI and have two connections...sub-d and HDMI, and using the hdmi dongle and plug a cable to my monitor shows a washed out image as if the brightness setting was to high,the blacks are dark grey and not only in movies...games and windows too,i've tried the sub-d and everything is ok,i've pluged the monitor by hdmi to my tv box and works well,meanwhile i opened a ticket at AMD to see waht they say about that,if anyone have a clue please just let me know.

kind regards,

[Snake Eyes]

What about ATItool.....wont that work as a overclocking app on the HD4850?

also....was curious... wil 2 of these (crossfired) fit in the Antec P182 casing?