desmond1310, i think by opening the cover, your temperature will drop more.

aric_68, evercool rocket v is without led.

Thermal paste pasal kot. Upon removing the heatsink for the first time, the original thermal paste is GLUED to the heatsink. Took some force to remove it. Might've smudged it badly when I was putting back on.

Last time, before I did these mods, idle temps reach 47C under 60%.

Hot ambient....... I feel my upstairs hall is cool though, with windows closed and fan on that is.

I'm still amazed at yours la; idles so low. Where are you staying?

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Added on September 26, 2008, 1:31 pmHmmm exams several days away. I'll do a thorough mod and let you guys know later when I'm free.

This post has been edited by desmond1310: Sep 26 2008, 01:31 PM

woah new thread finally

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Added on September 26, 2008, 2:43 pmfuiyoh another crazy and stupid but superb marketing strategy 2 push the sales up

This post has been edited by skylinegtr34rule4life: Sep 26 2008, 02:43 PM

@netraid thanks for ur comparison~ now clear my doubt already =X

Sure, we are waiting to welcome you to our Gainward club with sexy models.

For more details and comparisons, see all the links below.



This post has been edited by NetRaid: Sep 26 2008, 03:00 PM

netraid is poisoning people!! argg

Nothing wrong with the Vantec. I was actually planning to get Vantec 550W but I can't find any review about it and no one in LYN give me any feedback about this PSU, so I just skip it.

To me it seems like a solid PSU with a very affordable price. And yeah, I love the blue sleeve cables too.

This post has been edited by lotiman2003: Sep 26 2008, 07:23 PM

I chose it because of its price. Didn't think about finding a review at all :\

gainward 4850x2 gs sure nice

This post has been edited by tellmewhy: Sep 26 2008, 08:49 PM

Can buy directly from NetRaid?

wee.. juz bought ASUS 4670 ytd.. it work fine on my old 17" crt =/
btw.. catalyst 8.9 cant support 4670 for now..

well...i'm quite impressed by this card (maybe because i'm a 8500GT user before ), runs smoothly, can play a lot of new game (especially the one with AA... can turn until 16x , i only tried on bunch of games like AOEIII (all settings max...and ya old i know) and C&C3 & kane's wrath (all setting max at 1280X1024) still darn smooth....... very good card for its price

the fan noise is quite neglectable.... as for the temp.. when its idle its quite cool.... in the 35- 40C range... and when in Load it increases quite hot...about double the idle temp.. (maybe because of the small fan and heatsink) but then again im not a technical guy... so i might be wrong


anyways, still waiting for newer driver to see if the performance of this card could be tweaked to the max

O yeah..any news on Gainward HD 4870 X2 GS??

last time i test it... idle temp round 40 or something... when load... max is 70c...

Q: when gainward's hd4670 will be avalible in lowyat???

how much did you buy it?

anyone tried running crysis with it?
gainward version should be available in early october

fuiyoh i can see then *ahem* damm!!

ati 4830 is not bad...
http://vr-zone.com/articles/Radeon_HD_4830...00_GT/6072.html

price is rumoured less than usd150 and launch on 21st oct...

This post has been edited by smokey: Sep 27 2008, 02:46 PM

The performance hit is actually smaller than what is suggested, due to the 4850 being bandwidth bottlenecked already at 2Ghz GDDR3. So this is still closer to 8800GTS/8800GTX/9800GTX than 9800GT.

nVidia can't sell any card without dropping prices crazily nowadays. Ouch.

Yeah, for memory bottlenecked stuff it's going to be pretty sweet. But the AF performance drop should be a bit moar pronounced in this one because the number of filters is now equal to the number of interpolators lol. Ironically, this is the original RV770 design target. Poor nvidia (oh the pun)

This post has been edited by ikanayam: Sep 27 2008, 04:40 PM

is it worth it to sell my 3870 and get d 4850GS??
thanx..