Nope, a few 24" already has them. Especially those from BenQ lo

Another card... cannot get another 4850 lor, only way for me is to try with another PSU... and it is so hard trying to get one from my friend ._. Most of them gimme the look when I say want to borrow the PSU to test lol.

I'm using the 8.8 right now. So far so good.

I did encounter this once or twice when I first fired up my 4850. But then until now still not yet encounter it. All black screen for a while then suddenly comes back right? Using P43 chipset here.

Err, I uninstalled my old driver, installed the ccc8.8 and it is working... @@... i didn't download any other driver wor?

I'm on WinXP Pro, and mine did come with the driver I think. I used the ati software uninstall utility.

the file name was 8-8_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_67975.exe < dd = driver? and ccc= the ccc? lol no idea =/

My Gainward 4850 GS temp at full load running furmark . Not too bad Just got irritating noise from my PSU when I do that Yet to solve ._.

Mine? 4850 GS is overclocked at the factory @ 700MHz.

ghost321, E8400 + 4850 . Rest pretty much normal stuffs. Not yet benchmark or anything yet... Now trying to solve my PSU thingy first =/

squall_12, mine always run at 55% even when I reboot. Using CCC8.8 though. 8.8 released 1 day after I assembled my PC.. so I don't know if the previous version reset or not.

Yes, was in aircond room. Took another just now, aircond is not turned on since the weather is pretty nice (after a short rain).


danieljoey, I'm using CM690 with the stock fans. 3 12cm (1 exhaust, 2 intake) and 1 8cm blowing at the back of the processor.

Quite satisfied with the performance of the cooler though, I know there's even better ones coming... those zalman fitted and accelero fitted.

But then, I removed the GC today, at the bottom got sort of err parts that aren't as "shiny" as the rest. The "shiny" layer gone due to the heat? =/

This post has been edited by celciuz: Aug 23 2008, 12:55 AM

From the bottom of the card? The back wor? The area that has the "shiny" thing gone is all the hot area.. the pwm and the sockets area =/


Nickel plated heatpipes? @@

Wah, something special

Finally started installing some real games and guess what, my system cannot play GRID nor Crysis! Both got artifacts all over T_T. Using Gainward 4850 GS, now I'm in the same boat as Kaellis.

Any other Gainward 4850 Golden Sample users here?

Using Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3, any known compatibility issue? Heat is definately not a problem for my system.. since full load on Furmark is about 54 or so.

Weird is, I can run 3dmark06, furmark, atitool, cabal, eve-online without no problem at all. But artifacts appear on Crysis and GRID. What other games should I try out?

Using 8.8 got problem, the one provided in the CD also got problem. I don't know if it is 8.7 or 8.6... Forgot to check.. currently running on 8.8.

So far can't play Crysis and GRID... Too much artifacts.

This post has been edited by celciuz: Aug 24 2008, 07:29 AM

Clear the folder containing the profiles? then reinstall?

Some update on my Gainward 4850 Golden Sample, wasn't the driver problem... Instead was my DirectX. I reinstalled with the June 2008 redistributable and everything was working fine Phew lucky thing not hardware problem else

Anyways, LiMcZ's system should can score higher. Unless the CPU is bottlenecking.

at 700/2200, mine was almost able to hit 13k.

Hmm, same processor as me. But your card clocked higher than mine @@. CCC settings maybe?

I don't know? Hmm, will post a 3dmark06 benchmark SS in a while. Playing Crysis now


I'm running the fan at 55%. No noise as far as I'm concern . Though it gets really obvious above 55%. 55% is the sweetspot for me. Inten stockfan for E8400 is pretty much considered silent for me. Noise is on par.

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Added on August 24, 2008, 8:16 pm3Dmark06 score. All at stock.




This post has been edited by celciuz: Aug 24 2008, 08:16 PM

Can't blame it, E8400 is just a dual core and I'm running it on stock.

So far it seems okay for me lar... Most games I think the 4850 will bottleneck first instead for the E8400.

Seems quite hot... @@... Or is it my unit's thermal sensor something wrong? ._.

I always set mine at 55% and get around 42 or so for my idling.

And I can't seem to get the experttool to work on my pc ._. had to use the fanspeed mod from ccc.