BTW, your RS facing upwards? Giving better temp than facing the exhaust? I'll be getting the CCF with 2x 14cm fans exhaust on top. Still deciding between facing the rear or top.

hey bro , sorry to ask u this can i know where u get ur vortex cooler ?

hmm .... i like the cooler hahaha dn know the performance is better then 4870gs or nt o.o

4850GS and 4870GS has different cooler. About that Akasa vortexx being better than the stock... no idea though. But my 4850GS has better load temp that the akassa's temp pic posted though. Maybe different ambient perhaps.

Seriously... I would not mess with the cooler though, who knows you might need the warranty later on. 4870GS has dual fan + 3 heat pipes compared to the 4850GS.

Those aftermarket cooler like Akassa is worth changing if you're using reference coolers. If you've those non reference, not worth to change =/

Turbo and Normal has different voltage setting in the BIOS maybe? But for the fan rpm, 4870GS cannot adjust speed? Don't own one, but haven't seen the rest complaining about their 4870GS not being able to adjust the fan speed.

back in some page in this thread i posted my rig using CM690 case with HD4870GS. my card auto fan at 50% and under load oso the fan will only go till 60%. checked using rivatuner's graph. idle at 50C load at 65C +-.
click here to see
CM690 user with HD4870GS. side panel fan pls convert to blow out instead of blow in. open all the PCI back plate for air intake. HD4870GS not only exhaust air to the back of the card it also stray out from the side coming out from the heatpipe area so if u have your side fan blowing in it will only spread the heat throughout the inside of the case.

owikh84: can i know the spec of your PC? what motherboard you using there =D

my gainward 4870 1GB benchmark result for 3Dmarkvantage:

P7207 3DMarks

Normal ar?

what's the resolution you using?
weird eh..your 512MB how come higher score compared to mine?

or is it because of your overclock settings?

He was using Turbo mode and you're using Normal mode perhaps?

790/1050 lose to 750/1000? @@. 4870GS not 780/1000 (turbo)?

._. Wondering, why you guys buy the 4870GS and yet running under normal mode instead of the turbo mode?

bro u using what setting entry or perfomance?

Catalyst 8.9

didn't download 8.10 yet though...

could it be due to the system? maybe like his system support PCIE 2 vs my system only supporting PCIE 1?

for crysis using 1680 x 1050 settings, what average fps should i be getting...trying to get a general number here to compare with my own benchmark...

thanks!