4670 uses very low power actually. My friend's PSU got the indicator to show how much wattage used, and for 4850GS, only uses about 200+W when playing Crysis. If 4850 only uses that little, then 4670 should be lesser lo.

u mean whole system only use 200w or the 4850 itself? Wat psu is it? Gigabyte odin GT?

Great, can't find the model on CM website. It is a Cooler Master Real Power 450W

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=238&num=1

The PSU comes with a meter to show wattage used.

4670 ftw when play grid @ 17" reso with high setting.. like it very much

cwk88, tried overclock the 4670?

Actually 4670 should be quite powerful if not playing FPS.

hello there,
can anyone tell me which manufacture is the best for ATi 4850

Radeon HD 4830 Gaming Performance vs GeForce 9800 GT
http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Radeon_HD_...00_GT/6072.html

pls dun ask dis kind of question anymore.
there is no so call best manufacture.
most successful non-reference 4850 cooler is gainward GS........@ the moment.

This post has been edited by tech3910: Oct 8 2008, 08:19 PM

nice question!
i like it!
it proves that a lot of people knows only how to read the thread title, and how to ask question to obtain answer, but dunno how to dig a thread!
there is no single all-rounded manufacturer.

hi there,

for reference card, manufacture that gives the longest warranty wins...

on the non-reference side, currently Gainward 4850 GS wins price/performance ratio

well, pikacu, got 2 company gives longest warranty wor

do v really need long warranty period?

if ur ans is yes, go buy EVGA nvidia GC instead.............

well at first i thought of getting myself Gigabyte 4850 512MB but then i read somewhere that Gigabyte Graphic card are not good, that why i ask this question here to see which one would be better.Anyway thanks for the reply

For the f sake,most of them is reference board,just different brand and that it
Some got different cooler or more phase,not much difference actually

a lot of ppl will say the bad things of company A and bad things of company B.
gigabyte is a big company, i dun think it has bad graphics cards.
and i dun think any company's cards are bad either, if bad, then rma it.

Hi pal, ya the 4670 dun need the extra 6 pin power and draw enough from the power from PCI-E (150watt).

Regarding to this, can you do me a favor to ask ur fren whether he got facing any restart or not enough PSU juice symptom?
Since his combine +12v rail is lower than my acbel 450w, thanks.

well, using gigabyte here..so far not problem ..who told u such thing anyway -.-..if gigabyte stuff not good, heck they won't even offer 3 years warranty dude..as for EVGA cards, limited lifetime warranty not available at malaysia. warranty is pretty important imo..

He said he could play Crysis fine no problem. He was having some problem with his first 4850GS, screen was blinking or something (weird, that's the way he described.) After going for the exchange, he said everything was smooth. No driver/software changed in the system.

His system was using about 200-300watt range during gaming. He is using an AMD X2 system.

On the side note: I want my faulty free 4850GS T_T.

I going to grap 1 soon.