Gainward HD4850 512 GDDR3 Golden Sample..

Already received the card fr Lehteck last week yet still no credit given..
Quite bz rite now.. Anyway for all of u guys, Lehteck is surely a very nice trader that i want to recommend him to everyone.. Still got time 2 reply ur sms no matter when u send him any.. Is it 2 much a credit?.. Nah.. That's just truly the good side of him..

The card is awesome, i mean it looks awesome at least.. Barely heard the fan's spinning.. Really effective heatsink n fan, still managed to keep the temp under 60C under heavy load.. 8-pin power 4 better stability i think..

Actually i'm having a prob to put a stress onto it coz i don't know any non-1st person view games that really demand 4 GPU.. Right now i'm playing Tiberium Wars @ highest setting n it runs VERY PERFECT.. Still waiting 4 CnC Red Alert 3 touted to be the best CnC ever..

So u guys, if u have any recommendations on any games that really push the the card to its limit, plz let me know alrite.. Most important : NOT A 1ST PERSON VIEW coz i hate it untill now.. In the future i don't know.. In any reviews there are the likes of Crysis, Call of Duty 4, World in Conflict, Unreal Tournament which are all 1st person view.. Too Bad duh..

Gainward HD4850 GDDR3 512MB Golden Sample

I also got those blackouts prob 3-4 times since completing my rig for about one week ago, but at 1st i thought that was my asus epu 6 engine that causing it.. Well until now i'm still not sure what's the real prob is.. If it is GC, it never happened during gaming.. A little confuse here.. As far as i concerned, one of the blackouts occured when i put the epu 6 engine to auto n it stated that it was on max saving mode so it makes me thing that the software didn't catch up wit the running prog so it crashed.. Too weird coz at that time i was just surfing the internet..

Anyway is it that easy to replace to a new one just like netraid mentioned? Like that, i also want to change la considering latest batch 18th Sept onwards is better.. Is there any procedures to change it..

Any suggestion on how to check mine ok or not? Any idea to stress it to the max lol? Just tell me what software to use n how to use it..

I've updated my siggy.. Anyway furmark is a freeware or not?

Already tested Furmark MSAA 8x @ 1280 x 960.. Fan speed 100% temp +- 70C..
30min running without any problem, is it enough to say that my GC is ok?..

FPS min: 8 AVG:23 max 38.. on stock GS speed
After this, gonna try oc'd clock 750/1150

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Added on September 20, 2008, 7:04 pmNo diff lol...

This post has been edited by Jiraiya1863: Sep 20 2008, 07:04 PM

I've already installed Crysis but unfortunately this message appeared..
"This application has failed to start because d3dx10_34.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem"
Yo geng, what should i do? It's stated in readme file that no need to crack just put the password, install then just play..

Still can't test my Gainward 4850 GS lol.. How sad.. Playing Tiberium Wars looks like no stress at all for the GC.. For all Crysis gamers pls help me to solve my problem thx..

Is it latest one or what?.. i'm dloading latest one right now can or not?..

Ok geng i've already installed latest dx.. The error msg disappeared but unfortunately my display also disappeared.. BLACKOUT...

Damn is it so hard?...

Cleared.. Just now running furmark without any problems.. The blackout appeared to be just a plain black screen without any reboots or VPU recover or whatsoever.. Just black n nothing happened..

Already installed 8.9 ver.. So do i need to remove the driver n reinstall it?..

I'm giving up already on crysis.. Really wasting my time.. Damn.. Anybody here who ever experienced the same prob as mine then eventually overcame it pls tell me what to do..

Unfortunately after an amount of efforts i put on it, Crysis still won't start.. I really don't know what's the real prob.. After entire blackout then it got better by blackout for a moment then back 2 desktop.. GC i think got no prob coz i can run furmark for half an hour with 4x AA.. Could be DX10 issue but i've already installed the very latest one.. Clean install of Catalyst 8.9 driver also done.. Then why it won't start?

I've already tweaked the fan to 100% still got the same prob.. It's surprising that 7600GT worked while HD4850GS the game won't even start.. Before installing the codec, click on Crysis icon and there goes bluescreen n my pc reboot.. After installing codec it didn't reboot but behave better when it blackscreen for a moment then back to desktop n pretending like nothing happened..

I'm not a Crysis fan not even any 1st person shooter game.. Just wanna see how's the graphic n just wanna test the GC performance.. Too bad for Crysis maybe gonna get other game this weekend.. I know that Crysis is crazy but the game not even started n yet no graphic settings tweaked.. It's good to know that somebody concerned n forwarded this matter to Gainward n i hope they will come with any solution if it's caused by GC..

I ran Furmark with 8xAA @1280x960 for half an hour n it did run smoothly.. Let me try other games 1st as ur recommendation.. BTW for exchange, how long will it take once u get the card.. Do u need to investigate 1st or once received, the new one will be posted.. Itu macam kalau tadak rugika bro?.. FYI, my copy is not that "ahem" legit lorr.. Could it be the cause?

Finally found one review on Gainward HD4850 GS...

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=c...=1&limitstart=0

The Conclusion:
"Gainward is a new player on Radeon sales market, and it’s clear that they’ve made an aggressive start. They did a high overclock of Radeon HD 4850, one of the best cards we’ve tested so far. You can play any game you desire, and it’s great for multimedia, too. If you liked Gainward Geforce cards, then you’ll definitely like hearing “the other side of the story.” We recommend this card to anyone, even those who didn’t like ATI up until now, as it’s definitely worth it."

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Added on September 23, 2008, 3:31 amUp 1 more.. From Germany i think.. Hardware Info

http://translate.google.de/translate?u=htt...TF8&sl=de&tl=en

Editor's Choice..

This post has been edited by Jiraiya1863: Sep 23 2008, 03:31 AM

4850 GS even worse.. Same as 4870 GS minus DVI>HDMI dongle.. An efficient cost-saving practice i think.. Go n get urself one what u need rather than everything being supplied n it will end up in the box forever..

My Furmark result about one hour testing @ 1280x1024 MSAA 8X

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Added on September 25, 2008, 7:24 pmGuess that my HD4850 GS is not those bad chips one.. Tonite gonna install COD4 : Modern Warfare, World in Conflict n Need for Speed Carbon (the one that will play instead of the 1st 2..). Crysis already #@$%$**7%2.....

This post has been edited by Jiraiya1863: Sep 25 2008, 07:24 PM


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At 1st me too.. By far, the prob only for Crysis.. That was my original card not the new RMA-ed coz i dont think i have to.. Yeah the temp was quite high reaching 80c.. I didnt tweak the fan setting so just let it spin dynamically yet the result still came out ok.. As i said b4 tonite gonna try those 2 DX10 games n will post to u guys the result.. Also hope to share any probs encountered..

Ok right now i'm installing Crysis Warhead, COD 4 n Grid.. Anyway guys just now i've heard of Grid.. Didnt think it's a racing game at first..

COD 4 reporting in.. Highest setting for me i think n it smoothly playable on HD4850 GS..




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