my sapphire 3850 at load is around 77'c (fix fan speed at 60%)

my antec smart power 400W (not even true power) runs fine with HD3850 ..no prob so far but haven't done orthos to test out
i think should be ok coz the power consumption isn't much diff than 86gt

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Dec 28 2007, 08:18 PM

already got my 3850 for 1 week but still cant figure out why i cant run 3dmark06 supplied together with the card ...

running ati catalyst 7.12 from amd's website and vista ultimate 32bit
any clues?

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jan 2 2008, 07:04 PM

what's the best driver for 3850 now?

hehe ..just sharing my findings on hd3850 power consumption
below is the chart of the measurement. i used a clamp-type current meter from Proskit brand. (dun remember the model liao).

measured voltage at wall =~240V
power = current x voltage
for cpu load i use orthos blend and for gpu load i use atitool

** the measurement is on the power consumption for the whole PC (17" LCD + Whole PC + No speaker)



See my rig specs on my siggy.
Basically it's a E4300 @ 3GHz + Sapphire HD3850 @ Stock
wow, now i knew at load (cpu+gpu), my pc actually eats upto 240W with the lcd

** do note that i mistakenly included the LCD inside the measurement, on samsung website it says max power is 40W for the lcd ...
sorry .. i didn't manage to measure the lcd alone or the system without the lcd

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jan 4 2008, 02:40 PM

i got my sapphire 3850 256mb from viewnet for RM589

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jan 10 2008, 07:21 AM

why is it sometimes our 3dmark result is displayed directly to us after finish benchmark, but sometimes have to be viewed online?

any info on this?

*sigh* so many 3870 users now ... now my 3850 256mb seems not enuff also ... previously i tot i rarely had time to play games so i pick up 3850 only ...
but now ....argghh ... feeling greedy to get 3870/88gt and play at reso higher than 1280x1024

lol

i think what he meant was, u can just leave ur rivatuner monitor running in background so that it'll record for u the whole 'stress test' temps.
that way, it will be easier for u, no need to jump back to desktop just to see the max temp




This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jan 27 2008, 02:19 AM

how's this 3dmark06 result ?

total score : 9042
sm2.0 : 3868
hdr/sm3.0 : 4147
cpu score : 2329

it was run on e4300 @ 3ghz (333x9), 1gb ddr2 667, and stock speed radeon hd3850

oo ...it's good enuff?
i did saw -pWs- benchies on 3dm06 with an athlon x2 3800 @3.2GHz and oc'ed HIS 3850 (749/999):

total : 9793
sm2.0 : 4098
hdr/sm3.0 : 4755
cpu : 2371

probably have to oc the card summore to match his.. hehe
mine :
total score : 9042
sm2.0 : 3868
hdr/sm3.0 : 4147
cpu score : 2329

hey, anybody know what's the core/mem limit for this sapphire 3850? seems mine is not stable enuff for oc.
This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Feb 3 2008, 07:09 AM