u can try lower it 2x AA shadow detail mainstream, the soft shadow doesn't impress me at all.

Agree, Far Cry 2 . Well 8.10 probably soon, end of October.

Well said, who ever said crytek 2 engine is good, you have to do some research on what define a good engine. Good engine is like unreal 3 engine. Perfectly optimised. Even a mid range computer can run the game like 50-60fps. My 9600gt run is 60fps most of the time at MAX setting. The graphics is comparable to crytek 2 engine i can say. Crytek 2 engine nothing to shout about also, no ppl buy their engine, why? Lousy. Unreal 3 engine even expensive, ppl buy until siao edi.

COD4 utilizes quad-core & u gain extra fps from that.

just want to ask, between 8800gts 320mb and this 4670, which one is better? both are worth rm300 ATM..

Is there any 1GB version of IceQ4 4850? What brand have 1GB version of 4850?

I'm still using 17" monitor which is good since I no need to buy higher end GPU to play games at high res. A 512MB 4850 is good enough

Why izit that the 8.10 cat allow the idle gpu temperature up to 78 izit safe i use to use the previous drivers where i had to mod the profile settings to gain control of the fan n i know the new drivers allow to manually control the fan i thought that the new drivers will control the idle temp even better i mean idle at 56-60degrees i still feel my 4870 is runnin hot.

how izit bios mod can help the heat issue? when mod the bios the default fan speed is higher izit ?

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

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My TR-Tad2 arrived

nope... I am quite sure the next generation card will consume less power...  (40nm)
no need to wait further.. since it is direct X 11.0.

Chill dudes. As for me, I would suggest try to avoid any 1k++ GC, get a normal 4870 or 4850 will do. Most probably you'll do an upgrade in 1 or 2 years time which made the GC worthless.

Unless you really sure want to use the GC for the coming years, then spending more on it is alright.

Regarding to dx11, IIRC the current dx10 card will support dx11 too.

i think that is normal temp for 4870x2

If u got Vista SP1, you already have DX10.1, but none of games today support DX10.1 due to TWIMTBP politics.

Just hope that upcoming FarCry2 really support DX10.1 

thinking of going thru the whole page in this thread but it's too big, so straight away ask la...
i have GeCube HD4870 512Mb card, the rest of the system is as per my siggy...been using it a few months already...played Dungeon & Siege 2 previously, no problem. but a couple a week ago, i've been having problem while playing it. it started with game freezed a few second, then ok, then again...and sometime blank, then ok again...then system reboot. last week i fired up Vantage to test it...at loading screen to start the benchy, it frozen again. and this weekend, installed 3DMark2006...same thing also. i've checked the temp via Everest, the gpu temp is idling at 54c, during game it would be around 60ish...full load, dunno coz not able to run any test. GDDR temp is around 60ish on idle/normal use...but still not exceeding 70ish. i've used the Catalyst 8.10...during the ok time, i used 8.7, but then problem, remove 8.7 and installed 8.10...no go as well. i have no idea.
any idea? and what is the best way/apps for me to use to test the vga card - i'm not really into VGA stuff - more on RAM and CPU; so, consider me as noob in VGA stuff . thanks

yes. i faces same thing. normally CCC has GPU activity and Temp indicator, regardless of whether you unlock the thing.
i didn't bother to unlock overdrive, simply because CCC has always come with the indicators and unlocking Overdrive just allows you to do adjustments, not making the dials appear.

I see no temperature reading also i find cacat already.

CCC no temp reading. HWmonitor also no temp reading. In the end, luckily GPU-Z got temp reading.

..waiting for the reviews of AMD 4830 in the coming few days..
I think 4830 is the best buy without changing your current 500Watts or 480 watts power supply unit. While waiting for the DIRECT X 11.0 card coming after march next year..

Don't know if it is available locally or not, but it is released already . RM179 official price in Malaysia 

wats the performance gain of pcie2.0?

Usually Malaysia release 1 day earlier ma, those dates are for USA right?

simply because im not playing games.. and i want to save some of electricity bill...
i choose it over ATI 4670 because 4830 is based on 256bits memory which is faster than 4670 of 128 bits.

I mean watching it at full screen mode.. full HD1080. there should be a slightly differences between 128 bits and 256 bits..