Anyone can help me with this?
I am planning to get a HD4850 Golden Sample from Gainward but I need to clear some doubts before I buy it.

I am now using a stock PSU from Dell with power rating 305W max, powering T6300 Core2Duo 1.86Ghz proc with 2gb ram and 2 Hdds.
Currently using Nvidia 7300 LE and wanting to upgrade.

If I use HD4850 Golden sample, would my stock PSU able to handle the power consumption?

Um, sorry, I don't quite understand...

I am not planning to overclock it anytime soon.
Just want to buy it for "futureproof" as I might upgrade my whole rig by the end of next year.

Currently not enough money to change everything yet, just the graphics.

This post has been edited by vccy118: Nov 9 2008, 01:47 PM

Ok, decided! I will get a new Thermaltake 450w True power PSU and 4850 GS...
This will cause me to go into 2 weeks of maggie mee or single meal per day diet program but should be worth it, lol.

But then will 4850 GS run smoothly on my E6300 proc and PCIE 1.0?
I saw somewhere that it won't bottleneck on E6300 and difference of PCIE 1.0 and 2.0 for 4850 GS would be around 4-5 frames per second, but I would like to know the opinions of the experts here.

CPU scaling? Sorry, not familiar with the term, still quite noob on comps rite now.

I plan to get 4gb ddr2 800mhz value memory maybe by end of this year. Should this suffice?

About mobo, I am totally out of ideas. Decent mobos with PCIE 2.0 costs RM500 and above is a bit too expensive for me, at least for this year.

Being a student with no income has its disadvantages =/

Can anyone post a specification on the dimension for both 4850GS and 4870GS? I just realized that my motherboard is actually BTX form factor rather than ATX! Hope it fits in my casing >.<

EDIT: Just in case you guys are wondering... My desktop is Dell Dimension E520 with a big ass heatsink+cover right next to the 16 pin pcie slot.

This post has been edited by vccy118: Nov 12 2008, 03:26 AM

Haha, bought a new PSU, 500W true power, so no worries about it.

The only problem remaining is actually more of a "fitting a big graphic card into a strange btx motherboard", lol.

Just wondering if anyone here uses a BTX motherboard like me, can give me some advice please.

EDIT: I actually bought the Gainward 4850 GS 512MB already, waiting it to arrive at my doorstep, haha. Can't wait.

This post has been edited by vccy118: Nov 12 2008, 12:05 PM

Got my Gainward 4850 GS from Cex yesterday!

39 degrees idle at night, 41 degrees during day time.

Average 53 degrees when playing RA3 on maximum graphics and 1280 X 1024 reso.

I am loving it

PS: Casing is left open and lie down on the table due to the enormous size of the GC. Currently my proc heatsink is standing on top of the proc, not skrued on.

Er, nope...
And how do I do that? lol
Can gimme a step by step or redirect me to a how-to?