GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850 GV-R485OC-1GH Video Card

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Upgraded from a GeForce 8800 GS 384MB. Mainly because of the 1GB VRAM for GTAIV high textures.Runs nearly every game at max at 1680x1050 with exceptions being Crysis and GTAIV. Battlefield Bad Company 2, Far Cry 2, Mass Effect 2, Dirt 2, Grid, Command & Conquer 3, Left for Dead 2, and X3 Reunion all run at max with 4xAA/8x or 16xAF. Great Performance.Some minuses are the size of the card and noise level generated by the Zalman VF-830 cooler. The size is full size for a 4850, which considering the custom PCB is disappointing. The cooler, although not a hair dryer, is noticeable over the 3 120mm fans that I have in my Sonata III case. Currently getting a fan controller for it.A nice surprise was the overclockability of the card, especially when voltage is increased via Gigabyte's utility. With the voltage bump OC was possible to 800 for core and 1230 for memory.

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I bought 2 of these cards for a crossfireX rig and will tell you how it works out after I get the CrossFireX cables.

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first time building a gaming pc and this card is awesome only reason i didnt buy a 4870 cause of lots of heat issues i was worried about so picked this up wow its really cool in temperatures idle is arond 3o degrees celsius and load about 45 wow thats amazing

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Overclocked results to 780 gpu and 1035 mem on stock cooling. Basic open air frame case temps at 34 idle and 55 load on o/c as measured by ATI Tray Tools. Great buy but price almost into the 4870 1gb territory.I originally bought a powercolor 4830 which crapped out after 2 days. Comparing the two the gigabyte is superior but the 4830 was MUCH better value. These cards are memory limited so a nicely overclocked 4830 will run with most 4850s and at half the price.

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First time owning a gigabyte product and totally impressed with this gfx card. It's nice to be able to play all of my games at 1920x1080 with aa/af to boot. The gfx card runs very cool in a soprano case, 39c/52c idle/load. Outside the case while i first tested the card was 33c/45c idle/load. No overheating problems on this card. The fan is always running full speed but very silent. My only gripe with this card is that, it didn't come with ram sink or mosfet cooling.Will be buying 1 more to crossfire :)