@@, your PSU can sing like mine? . Mine only sings when excited by the GC. (When the GC does very high FPS in games lol!). But if the GC is fully loaded but only doing 40-50 FPS (Crysis for example), then PSU doesn't make noise. Hmm.. my 4850GS is a male and PSU is female @@.

wahahaha i change to pc 610 watt already ... sean give me suggestion 1.. that psu ahahaha , if u plug IDE if wont scream~ if plug sata II straight sing whole day

How's the Raya celebration everyone? Still in your Kampung?

Lol @ Celciuz. U kelakar betoi lar...

Bila nak RMA nie?


Download Gainward EXPERTool™ 4.0 for 4850 and 4870 and try it: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/779908


Gainward not new brand lar bro. Been around since 1984. Top brand in Europe, esp Germany last 5 years. Recently re-enter the Asia market.
People love them for their custom coolers and extreme overclocking.


Are you sure? ExperTool should work in both mode: Normal & Turbo. Except it's set at 50% because Gainward felt that is the min speed to prevent accidental overheating coz from overclocking by lesser-experience users.

Guys, lookout for Goldfries's reviews of Gainward 4850 GS and 4870 GS soon. Both from latest batch.


Spidey, you asked too many questions which are easily available here (in this thread or LYN) or online. Try to use the SEARCH button to search this thread or GOOGLE it.

The basic thing to do is to look up the official websites of those brands you are interested in, ie. visit Sapphire and Gainward website. From there, you can read the specs then compare them. Once you are familar with the basic differences, you can try to read some reviews for users' opinions and experience. The will cut down all those general questions like above and you can focus to specific ones.

Eg.

General Question: Which 4870 is better, Gainward or Sapphire?

More specific: What brand of 4870 has better cooling, Gainward or Sapphire?

Very specific: How much better is Gainward 4870 Dual Fan & Tri-Heatpipe compare to the Reference 4870 Cooler?

If you are lazy, perhaps you can start by visiting all the links below. Most of the answers to your questions are there.


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This post has been edited by NetRaid: Oct 3 2008, 10:29 AM

psu wise...if you plan to max out your graphics in everygame you;re playing considering you're using a high end gc aka ATI4850/ATI4870..

chances are, you'll need at least 550W for 4850 and a good 700w for 4870 (i think)... of course it'll be higher for GS modules...

cuz for me, 390w can run the gc at max details in some games, but some can't...which result in sudden power off. Hence now i'm getting a new psu ...

all in all, my best advice is, if you are getting a high end GC..might as well spend abit more on the psu.


spideysam;

of course gainward better larh...distro Hebat here maa...easy to contact also....

picksickrick may i know what is your pc spec? have you tried to use any software like Hardware Monitor to check your PSU watts usage before and after the graphic card? one more thing..what is the PSU you have in mind now

I dont think you'll need min 550watt for 4850 at max power. I am using 450w with 4850GS and still manage to crysis at Very Hgh detail.

very true...hehe...it depends la...just my 2 cents...and to be on the safe side maa...ATI also recommend 500w and above ma


my spec? =.=" i update my sig ba..

we still need to consider his pc spec as it affect how many watts is available for the gc...

Evercool Turbo getting from zhenwei end of this week..

Corsair vx550W getting today...

zzz....getting poorer....i think i sure pengsan wanna pasang the psu tonight....

any professional advice? hehehe..on the psu replacement i mean

yes i use HWMonitor to check the voltage and stuffs...but since now i'm changing my psu, no point

telling you the old reading...but my CM Extreme Power was quite stable...just not enuff juice i guess..

all in all the upgrade costs me 400 T_T (Corsair + Evercool)


actually ATI recommend 450w and above..hehe..my bad...550w is for crossfire..but anyways..just dont be like me..

simply buy a psu..then end up have to change...waste $$$

This post has been edited by picksickrick: Oct 3 2008, 01:07 PM

actually the GS version the recommendation is 500W... the normal is 450W...

the funnier part is...when i bought my 4850...i didnt even know about the minimum power required...haha..darn blur...now regreting cuz didnt do enuff research..

well you did pick a nice good graphic card...

Welcome Corsair PSU owner.

my corsair 650watt (modular) when i CF 2X4850. somtimes it auto shut down. dono not enough power or wat. later need check check.

disable the auto reboot then you will know is PSU problem or hardware problem

hi.. have anyone tried crossfire the 4870x2 with a hd4870? i have 4870x2 and planning to buy gainward 4870 gs coz the cooler looked wicked!

don't u think it'll be a bit unstable?

Well i play C&C3 everything in high detail with 1920*1080, no problem at all. I bet because it's not a FPS game, and dun need so many 3D rendering.
Pal u not need to sad, i pretty sure u will satisfy and can play a lot of game with ur new baby.

According the ATI recommendation, the HD4850 need at least 450watt or above, somemore urs Corsair is high end PSU la. 450watt almost same with other well know brand 500watt oledi based on the spec comparison.

modular is 620watt rite? Anyway 620watt also not enough juice for 4850CF? I think mostly is too heat for ur GC, anyway pal hope you can identical the problem and solve it.

Agree with the Jimmy bro method, just analyze whether is the OS or software crash, or is a hardware issue.

arr so i invest 2k+ for a gaming rig??? will be enough for next year games ar?? plan buy gaming rig next year...

hmmm....depends how high is the resolution and game settings...