From the silver color nickel plated heatpipes, it looks like 2nd batch onwards...

But more importantly is the temp, 2nd batch Waaaaaaaay cooler, idle around 35C to 40C, load around 55C to 60C.

Even our first batch (with golden color copper heatpipes) beat most of the othe brands, lower temp. See this link: http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=1480

First batch review already very cool, now much cooler.

Reference 4850 is too hot and some normal 4850 is still hot, unless you spend RM150+ to buy a 3rd party cooler. If that is the case, then you paid more than Gainward 4850 GS already, for slower speed some more... That's why Gainward 4850 GS is so popular, best value for money. Thanks everyone for choosing Gainward. 

i heard about 4850gs got such 1st batch ,2nd batch thingy la; so 4870gs got such problem like 1st batch /2nd batch thing?

so tempting to get 1 liao~

thanks for any reply 

off topic a bit, how much a 2ndhand value for sapphire 4850 ref

is there any differences between the old batch and the new batch of 4870GS???

4850GS old=copper colored heatsink
4850GS new=nickel plated heatsink..

4870GS??

Same as 4850GS
Try chance to other cable i.e. VGA, DVI, or HDMI.

I'm not sure whether cooper heatpipes exist for 4870GS. Better ask Scanart to confirm.
I'd say 4870GS is among the best factory-OCed 4870 around, with its low temps of 47/60C
And of course 775/1000 is the fastest clock atm.

No cooper heatpipes for Gainward 4870 GS, all nickel plated heatpipes. See these links for more info:


Welcome all new Gainward users to the club! 

Of course there are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th so on and on for ALL products mah. If no batches, that means no sales lar, goods stuck.

Anyway, don't worry so much. There are plenty of 4870 GS users here, read the whole thread yourself. We do not have any batch issue with Gainward 4870.

Furthermore, it's Gainward practice to continously improve all their products if possible. That's why you see such an awesome batch of Gainward 4850 GS recently, supercool and superfast.

i'm planing to get a 4870, compare to saphire, is gainward better ?

can't wait to play tomb raider underworld

Aik, I thought u are already a Gainward owner, no? And your sig has Sapphire 4850 on it, also no gc?

Sorry man, I'm the marketing person for Scanart. In fact, my main focus is on Printers and Networking. I helping here coz the new PM for Gainward is too busy (he's also the PM for Asus). So I cannot let you know our stock status since today is Sunday. Let me check it out tomorrow and update you. Last I heard, we just took in our 3rd batch of Gainward since Nov 6. Be surprised if that also finished (good news for the Gainward team lar).

Have you tried our LYP and Digital Mall dealers?

Hi Gainward users,
Im using the HD4870 1gb Golden Sample.
Im having problem with playing Crysis Warhead in Vista 64-bit. The game will not start in full screen. I have to go the option and tick the full screen, but whenever I restart the game, it still automatically start in a windowed screen. But then again, thats no big deal because I can always manually set it to full screen.
The real problem is, even in full screen mode, it will have black bars at each borders. Thats the case whenever I try to set the resolution to 1920x1080. Instead of giving me 1080, it gives me 1600x1200, which resulting in black bars. The lower resolution; 1024x1280, can fit the whole screen fine but who wants to play at this resolution in a 1080p monitor right? Anyone else having the same problem?

EDIT: I have tried with catalyst 8.10 and 8.11

are u guys dreaming or what

the gtx 260 216 is being sold everywhere
current stock is

zotac gtx260 Amp2 216 sp with free GRID at RM1.1k
and xfx gtx260 Black Edition 216sp with free farcry2 at rm 1.2k..

silly kids.

silly kids
is because didnt check the garage before making the statement its not available in malaysia
or even checking with dealers...

dunno y some ppl cannot check... and think about that first..especially its been in lowyat plaza for already a month...

think they need to upgrade their survey techniques..
like dialing a the dealer phone number at the shop..

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Greeting from Gainward new distro:

36c on load or idle? btw, what casing are you using? Im really disappointed at the fact i can play fc2 on max but the com keeps rebooting after the temp gets too  high. now playing cod4 and the temps are:
GPU TEMP - DISPIO - 61.5
GPU TEMP - MEMIO - 70
GPU TEMP - SHADER -70

FAN SPEED 75%

Is it safe to run fan speeds this high? will it wear the card out? thanks in advance