expensive but worthy imo ...warranty wise ...btw cyew86,how is the card? nice ...

could be.
or maybe people attracted to ASUS's 3 years warranty.
ASUS always more expensive.

not bad la running on old games, 277+ FPS on Counterstrike: Source with full details. can run Age of Empires 3 at full details without problem too. new games never tried, my new PC not meant to play games anyway

E8400 + 4670 should enable you to play most of the new games IMO @@.

Those games you played... is ancient... >.<

i want to ask.. let say i dont play games often, i just let my computer idle.. which Gc that save power? i play games seldom.. i aim to get 4870 actually.. please give u opinion

This post has been edited by arethusa: Oct 10 2008, 11:05 PM

as i said, my rig is not really meant for gaming i just want a lag-free system that let me run my office application in peace
and maybe casual gaming, looking forward to Red Alert 3

HD4670 is a good card if u want a card that does not draw much power

how about HD 4850?

4850 has the best price/performance among the 4800 series. (Err, this was during 4850 and 4870 only...) Not sure if the newly introduced cards have better price/performance ratio?

I forgot what are the numbers like, 170+W during idling I think? Including the CPU, Mobo, and the drives.

This post has been edited by celciuz: Oct 10 2008, 11:10 PM

HD4850 and 4870 are quite power consuming in comparison to HD4670
unless u are into serious gaming, i would recommend that u take HD4670 instead

it is save power when my computer is idle?

4850 and 4870 both will down clock a little to save power during idle.

4850 goes to 500MHz core from 625MHz (reference).

will it effect the performance?

Downclock is only during desktop though, it will automatically go back to the original clock when required.

Anyways, manage to find some numbers of wattage usage.

For 4670, http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405&p=9

For 4850 + 4870, http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=22

in xp, my 4870 downclock to 300/300 on idle.
also i lowered the voltage.

alternatively, i just use 8400GS also downclock 300/300

wah! i can't believe the power consumption of 4850 is so much higher than the rest!

and it is also the best performer among all of those cards tested

eh?4850 reference card downclocks to 160/500mhz. not 500/700Mhz. 4850 mid range card mah..btw that is base on which ccc o.o?

u can always downclock ur GC summore using rivatuner or ATI tray tools.

Oh my bad, 4850GS idles at 500/1100. But weird enough, in tweaktown's review the 4850GS actually idles lower than the Gigabyte reference.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1607/17/g...card/index.html