sigh ... my ASUS HD4670 causes problem for my PC
now waiting for it to be checked, either it's drivers or hardware problem

lol, if it's drivers problem, if i waited for *snip* also the same
the card gives me BSOD everytime i restart my machine, so i had to shut it down first and switch it on again in case i need to restart it
tested with 9600GT and the machine could restart just fine
so now the seller is testing whether it's drivers problem or the hardware problem

weirdly, i could install the new ATI Catalyst 8.10
but i think the drivers remain the same, still giving me BSOD
i never tried with Generals before though
i would help u check on it as soon as i get back my rig in these few days, now using back my 7 years old rig

i used vista, but then, the drivers seem to be the same 8.5xxxx that we got together with the driver cd

already reached, CEX selling it with ready stock
and i saw the real stuff myself today

yup, i was using the "unofficial" final release as well, it could detect my HD4670 just fine, just that BSOD still occur somehow now i wish that it's my hardware problem, just RMA it and after get back everything ok, otherwise if drivers problem dunno whether it would be fixed or not in future updates

not sure about lowyat though
why not u just grab from the sellers here? i think they can offer nicer price

8.10 is great, it fixes my BSOD problem and gives additional 2FPS to my already 278 FPS (now 280 ) Counter Strike Source

no other games to test, i only got AOE3 and Battlefield Vietnam besides CSS
my system is not meant for gaming anyway
trying Generals now coz a forummer here said he can't get it run on his HD4670

i tried already, i am not sure whether its my Vista x64 problem or the HD4670 problem, but here is what i found

when i got to the main menu, there was no animation, yeah, u know, the gunfighting stuff, and the default graphic option seems to set everything to low

then i dragged everything to maximum, turning on every features, and tried to run the game. and it could run just fine, and terribly fast until i got pwned within 10 minutes oh well, mostly because of my lousy skill as well

there, hope ur system could perform better than mine

UPDATE: confirm the animation is the x64 problem, i tried running it in compatibility mode and it ran just fine. but then, after a game of skirmish, crashed to desktop

This post has been edited by cyew86: Oct 16 2008, 11:48 PM

the only performance drop that i noticed is longer boot time into windows
i'd prefer that over BSOD anytime though

and hopefully the "lighter" does not mean BSOD again

seems like goldfries faces the same problem with his HD4670 as well, no fan control and temperature indicator

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

personally using ASUS EAH4670, no problem now although at first it caused BSOD (drivers issue, think happen with all the cards regardless of brand with Vista x64, now solved with Catalyst 8.10)
heard that Gainward is not bad either, and u can consider HIS HD4670 ICEQ Turbo as well (although the fan is said to be more audible)

1. using it with CRT is not an issue coz i am using CRT as well, no problem
2. depends on what u meant "how good", i wouldn't want this card to run Crysis but so far it runs max setting on C&C3, Counter-Strike Source, Age of Empires 3, Generals, and Battlefield Vietnam without problem

it has fan inside the cover, and it occupies 2 slots
ASUS' fan is silent, can't hear any noise at all and it has 3 years warranty
but i am not sure about others, but Gigabyte has 3 years warranty as well. the rest u can do some search for info

mine is mid tower case as well
as long as it's not SFF then shud be fine

at least 550W i guess, Silverstone ST56F is good

lol, maybe 600W would be better
but the minimum requirement stated in official website says ... 500W
cooler master real power still ok, but not extreme power
but there are many better brands out there, e.g. Silverstone, FSP, Corsair, Gigabyte ODIN

This post has been edited by cyew86: Oct 17 2008, 11:22 PM

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
try this, should be around 350W only

last time the seller told me even 500W can support HD4870