seems like quite number of forumers suffers this..wonder why..
also there is another forumer whose 8.10 dont have fan controller.
he's using 3870.

maybe the fan control for 4850/4870/4870x2?

seriously, i think the fan controller r initially made 4 =>4850 only coz these r the only cards dat faces temperature problem.
4670 already runs fine in default.

kinda agree with that, at 30% fan speed, my card can reach max 40 degrees+ and about 33 degrees at idle (in air conditioned room)

but even without turning on the aircond, i have never seen my card passing 50 degrees

The 8.10 only for 48XX series i read it somewhere can't remember lol

Anyway any one know which brand is better to buy in terms of warrenty and RMA.

sapphire,gainward,gecube etc?

Planning to get 4870x2

thx

This post has been edited by pasarmalam: Oct 17 2008, 02:24 PM

yesterday i monitored the temp found out that the my 4870 idle temp does not reach 80, 8.10 drivers allows max temp at idle 78,my problem solved i custom a few profiles for my fan speed using the overdrive function works fine and even better.

Go for Gainward

Gigabyte has 3 years warranty I think, but Gainward got reliable distributor but 2 years warranty.

if u want to go with the warranty,Asus & Gigabyte provide 3 years warranty.
but of coz their prices are pricy a little.

i vote for Gainward.as Celciuz said,it got a reliable distributor

Ok Looks like Ill get gainward then.

i Just hate the sticker of the asus/gigabyte/sapphire card lol So damn ugly.

Which shop in Lyp carries it?

THX

i am not quite sure which shop at LYP sell it.
why don u jus get here at LYN?
got many fast and realiable shops here COD also can from them.

nah dont like dealing with LYN members.(i dont trust ppl)

prefer shop.I just found that ATE sells gainward.So ill go there and check it out.

thank for info mate

Well for gainward, you can actually go directly to the distro if you face any problem .

then go lowyat, PCZONE sell gainward

i just got sapphire any comments for this brand?

4870 Toxic? Seldom see that unit around. Just googled around for it, noticed the HSF look very nice

sapphire quite good also but i prefer Gainward or HIS,

and sapphire warranty only 1 year right?

Hey dudes and dudettes.

This is my first time here and i gotta congratulate you on this nice comunity from what i`ve seen so far. I have a couple of questions and maybe you guys can help me out:

I recently purchased a Gainward HD 4850 (non-GS version with the black plastic) and i`m a bit confused as to how you should OC that thing cos i tried that using the CCC Overdrive option with Auto tune, and after it tested the frequencies and passed them, the next thing was to freeze my PC and show green vertical stripes on the screen. Is it because of the PSU? I have a Gigabyte Superb 460W. Or something else? I also mention that the black screen problem also arrised but only at the begining and only in Crysis. After searching for a few answers with Saint Google, i changed the PCIe frequency in the mobo BIOS and the problem was solved. I played Warhead for a whole day without anything crashing down all around me.

Another thing is, also in gpu-z the fan speed always shows 6% with 1 RPM, nomatter what the load. That can`t be right, so i was wondering if there is something to be done.

Allrighty then. That about covers it.

Thanks in advance and keep up the good work. Cheers

One question, Is Gainward just came in this year or already available since few years ago? Last year, I never saw it in Msia market b4. Only recently saw a few places got sell.

Install the latest CCC 8.10. There is a fan controller. You can just set the fan speed to whichever that suites your ears . It will be fixed though. What was your PCI-E frequency earlier? 100mhz is the standard and should work perfectly.