Wait a bit longer, till mid August, great custom design for HD4850 and HD4870 coming from Gainward. Save your money buying 3rd party cooler and risk voiding the warranty.

YES, please see Coolice review on the signature below.

See my reply above. Patience will save you money. Just remember to lookout for Gainward.

Hi Guys,

Gainward will come out with 4 custom models:

1. Gainward 4850-512 Golden Sample (extreme OC) with Heatpipe and Fansink available sometime mid Aug.

2. Gainward 4850-512 cost effective with nice fansink.

3. Gainward 4870-512 Golden Sample with Heatpipe and Dual Fans, HDMI, 2 DVI and Display Port (1st for ATI).

4. Gainward 4870-1GB Golden Sample with Heatpipe and Dual Fans, HDMI, 2 DVI and Display Port (1st for ATI).

Both 4870 should be here by end Aug. Hold your purchases, have patience. Good things come to those who wait.

Please PM us if you have any queries. Thanks.

Force 3D is a subsidiary of Inno3D, but they don't dare to come out openly like Gainward for fear of offending NVidia. If they have solutions for ATI like their iChill series, than great, but I don't see anything solid at the moment. The worse fear is that Force3D revert back to becoming a NVidia exclusive partner.

Hey guys, please WAIT for our Gainward 4850 and 4870 Golden Sample factory overclocked cards with powerful cooling solutions (see below):



Gainward will come out with 4 custom models:

1. Gainward 4850-512 Golden Sample (extreme OC) with Heatpipe and Fansink available sometime mid Aug.
Specs here: Gainward 4850-512 Golden Sample specs

2. Gainward 4850-512 cost effective with nice fansink & PCB cover.

3. Gainward 4870-512 Golden Sample with Heatpipe and Dual Fans, HDMI, 2 DVI and Display Port (1st for ATI).

4. Gainward 4870-1GB Golden Sample with Heatpipe and Dual Fans, HDMI, 2 DVI and Display Port (1st for ATI).

Please PM us if you have any queries. Thanks.

Good things come to those who wait, but grab it when it lands.

This post has been edited by NetRaid: Aug 2 2008, 12:58 AM

Whoops, what can I say. Look at the features of Gainward 4850-512 Golden Sample:

1. Faster core at 700MHz and mem at 2000MHz. Allowance for further overclocking.

2. An innovative cooler comes with PWM fan (two-ball bearing) and solid heatpipes to ensure high performance, reliability and low noise. Totally solve the thermal issue.

2. Dual slot, better performance.

3. Less noice, below 37dB compare to reference at 47.8dB

4. 3-phase PWM GPU power circuit to provide sufficient energy for stable overclocking operation.

5. 8-pin supplementary power connector supply sufficient power to stabilize the board.

Might be so-so outside, but real solid inside.

Our Gainward HD4850 custom models will be here by Tue next week.

For all those who have booked, get ready to rock with 700MHz+ !!

Enjoy!

Hi All,

Gainward is currently testing to enable their HD4850 Golden Sample core to be 700MHz+, which should set allowance for push till 725MHz and 750MHz or beyond...

We will pass this model to Coolice and Goldfries for benchmarking once they are here.

Same with their HD4870 Golden Sample and HD4870X2. But both these models won't be here till early Sep the fastest.

Thank you all for your patience and support.

YES, Gainward just launched HD4850 with Custom Cover and HD4850 Golden Sample (factory overclocked 700MHz+ with heatpipe cooler & 3 PWM power). Check the specs on the links below.

Available from Leh Teck, Moderno and Karom. Thanks.

Here bro,

Relax ler, read this page for detail comparison: http://www.netraid.com.my/Custom-HD4850-comparison.pdf

This has been addressed earlier here: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/746229/+780 (see middle of page)

Hope this helps.

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce that Gainward 4850-512 Golden Sample and 4850-512 Custom Cover should be here on Mon onwards.

The delay is really worth it because Gainward 4850-512 Golden Sample has 2 fantastic features now:

1. Overclocked Memory at 2200MHz+

2. Use Samsung 0.8ns hyperfast memory.

Most brands are using 1ns or slower memory. Just having Samsung 0.8ns memory alone is worth about RM50 extra!!

Your wait will be over soon. Enjoy fantastic gaming experience with Gainward.

See the links below for more details. Thanks.

Hi All,

Gainward HD4850 with Custom Cooler is here!!

We have 2 hot models:

1. Gainward HD4850 with Custom Cover: 512MB DDR3, Core 625MHz, Mem 1986MHz
http://www.netraid.com.my/images/Gainward-HD4850-512MB.jpg

2. Gainward HD4850 Golden Sample: 512MB DDR3, Core 700MHz+, Mem 2200MHz+, Samsung 0.8ns Memory hyperfast memory
http://www.netraid.com.my/images/Gainward-...lden-Sample.jpg

3. See comparison here: http://www.netraid.com.my/Custom-HD4850-comparison.pdf



These cards will be available in:

Low Yat Plaza: PC Zone, ATE, Thunder Match, Wawasan

Digital Mall: Octavo, Wawasan IT

Penang: Pristine Wireless http://forum.lowyat.net/PristineWirelessTechnology

LYN resellers: Leh Teck, Moderno, Karom, Zhen Wei and CEX

Yup of course it comes with 6-pin to 8-pin power cable and:

1. Driver CD
2. DVI to VGA converter
3. User Manual

Remember we use 3-phase PWM GPU power circuit to provide sufficient energy for stable overclocking operation.

Some reviews are out for Gainward 4850 Golden Sample, google it or see the links below.

This post has been edited by NetRaid: Aug 19 2008, 01:12 PM

Gainward 4870-512 and 4870-1GB Golden Sample coming... No time to update yet.

Will upload the specs and pics soon.

Gainward HD4850 Golden Sample is the FASTEST pre-OC 4850 card at the moment with core 700MHz+, mem 2200MHz+ and Samsung 0.8ns chip!!

Details here: http://www.netraid.com.my/Gainward-3850-4850-specs.pdf and http://www.netraid.com.my/Custom-HD4850-comparison.pdf

You can get them from:

Low Yat Plaza: PC Zone, ATE, Thunder Match, Wawasan

Digital Mall: Octavo, Wawasan IT

Penang: Pristine Wireless http://forum.lowyat.net/PristineWirelessTechnology

LYN resellers: Leh Teck, Moderno, Karom, Zhen Wei and CEX

Thank very very much to all those who have bought this model. Please contact us if you need any info or assistance whatsoever.

From our experience, R&D and lab tests, Gainward cards have solid tolerance to high temp, esp our flagship Golden Sample series which is very well known in Europe for it's overclocking capability.

Our meetings & interactions with Malaysia's top overclockers like Coolice, Sanko and Lolhalol from Team K.O.C. revealed that most mid/high end graphic cards can withstand high temp up to over 100C.

Watch out for our limited Coolice Edition soon.

IMHO, cooling is overrated compare to performance. At the moment, our Gainward 4850 Golden Sample still has the fastest core and mem at 700MHz+ and 2200MHz+

To those who have bought this awesome card recently, thank you very much.

OK guys, as requested, here it is... Gainward HD4870 Golden Sample. See this link: http://www.netraid.com.my/Gainward-HD4870-Golden-Sample.pdf

YES bro, clever observation. But it's not the heatpipe that makes Gainward special. It's our design & engineering. You'll be surprised how much a twitch here and there can improve the performance of our cards. Wait for the benchies soon. Bet it'll knock your socks off!




YES there is, but it's from Gainward labs. To view it, you need to be a Gainward staff or distro. I can't tell you the scores but I can say it'll definitely make you smile with glee. Read this carefully: http://www.netraid.com.my/Gainward-HD4870-Golden-Sample.pdf




BTW, to all Gainward 4850 Golden Sample & 4850 Custom Cover owners, we will have something special for you soon, to further improve the performance & durability of your card. Please wait for the announcement here.

This post has been edited by NetRaid: Aug 23 2008, 02:34 PM

Hey bro,

What are you talking about? I thought your problem caused by your motherboard (ASROCK 775Dual-VSTA), no?

I already PM you and Celciuz. Anyone else with problems please PM me or come to our office (next to Low Yat Plaza, see website below).

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Please see my reply in red below.

So bro, all settled now? Let me know if any problems ok.


For Gainward 4850 Golden Sample prices, please visit our resellers here:
LYN resellers: Leh Teck, Moderno, Karom, Zhen Wei and CEX

Well, as Gainward local distro, we allow you to change or clean the heatsink/cooler as long as you keep the original cooler in good condition. We try our best to be flexible in warranty claims to ensure customers satisfaction. For more details re cleaning your cooler or changing it, please ask the local cooling experts here like Moderno, www.modernopc.com

Generally reference cards refer to the first batch of graphic cards made exactly according to NVidia or ATI specs. Also known as stock fan/card. Later most manufacturers will IMPROVE the cards by using their own designs/components and cooling solutions.

Some eg. of differences between reference and non-reference cards:

http://www.netraid.com.my/Custom-HD4850-comparison.pdf (see totally different looks and components)

http://www.netraid.com.my/Gainward-4850-Go...-4850-Toxic.pdf

http://www.netraid.com.my/Gainward-HD4870-Golden-Sample.pdf

No problem lar, please READ the users posts carefully, it's NOT confirm yet it's the VGA problem. So far we have zero claim on 4850 GS. Celciuz and Kaellis problems are caused by other reasons according to them. Since this is a popular model (here and overseas), we appreciate all the feedbacks here.

So please don't worry bro. Please understand a model as popular as Gainward 4850 GS will sure have plenty of comments since everyone have different specs on their PCs.