Lets discuss our newly bought ATi Radeon HD 4850 here

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hell_storm2006 said:
Well i guess you guys would laugh when you hear my custom cooling solution! My cooling solution is provided by crompton greaves fan running in full speed at 5!! :D :p :D
Thats coz my f@%&ing zebronics cabinet has screws with which my Asus P5Q Pro mobo doesnt fit. So i kept my cabinet lying on the ground open. While i search the whole town for bigger screws!!!
Got my 3D Mark scores today. It registered at 41434. No overclocking.
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simply awesome !!!!!!! lol :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Shloeb said:
How many have u experienced VPU Recover errors on your pc or ur pc got restarted while playing a game because during game ur pc hung??
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never faced any VPU errors or anyother whatsoever .....only faced long loading times with crysis and doom3 but thats cos i was on low RAM before now after upgrading RAM ..no issues ...some games stuck for a second ..but i guess thats cos i m using old SATA I 160 Hdd ....upgrading soon to SATA2 WD-640GB ...i m sure even those issues will go too.

@allwyndlima

..i m playing gears of war with catalyst 8.8 and windows vista x64 ultimate without any issues till now ..lets see if i face any when i reach at the end !
 
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try 3d mark 2005 or 3dmark 2006 ...or 3dmark vantage ....go to

*www.futuremark.com/

and they are not free..but u can download and use ...
 
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You can benchmark it by using 3DMark 06 if you are using XP. Or if you are using Vista you can use 3DMark Vantage. That's just to check the graphics part of the machine.

If you want the whole PC benchmark you have get PCMark05 for XP and PCMark Vantage for Vista.
Install all the latest patches. Then run it. :)

They are not free. :(

*www.futuremark.com/download/

imgame2 said:
simply awesome !!!!!!! lol
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Thanks Man!!!! If dust wasn't a problem I would have stuck to this cooling system forever!!!!

I got my 3D Benchmark Scores at 41434!!! How is it??? Is it good, average or too low???
 
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arijit_2404

arijit_2404

still find time for games
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Man they are huge sized download!
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Better skip benchmarking the PC for the time being.

By any chance, is there any free benchmarking software available?
 
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arijit_2404 said:
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Man they are huge sized download!
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Better skip benchmarking the PC for the time being.

By any chance, is there any free benchmarking software available?
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look personally i m not a fan of benchmarking utilities that are coming out of future mark now ...they take so many obscure things into score which doesn't really matter in reality

better benchmark with a game ..see how much fps u are getting in crysis,fear,cod4 or quake wars ...thats the best thing to say for a graphics card !

for general purpose system benchmark sisoftware is good,its not free ...but its lite version is more than anything u will ever need !

*sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=news&location=xii_sp2_release&langx=en&a=

hell_storm2006 said:
You can benchmark it by using 3DMark 06 if you are using XP. Or if you are using Vista you can use 3DMark Vantage. That's just to check the graphics part of the machine.

If you want the whole PC benchmark you have get PCMark05 for XP and PCMark Vantage for Vista.
Install all the latest patches. Then run it. :)

They are not free. :(

*www.futuremark.com/download/



Thanks Man!!!! If dust wasn't a problem I would have stuck to this cooling system forever!!!!

I got my 3D Benchmark Scores at 41434!!! How is it??? Is it good, average or too low???
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which 3d mark score is that ?? 3dmark 03, or 05 or 06 or vantage ???
 
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arijit_2404

arijit_2404

still find time for games
I m getting 71FPS in HL2. I think it's locked down.
In HL2 EpisodeTwo I'm getting 100-120 FPS with everything in highest settings with 2XAA and 60%AF. WOW! Man this is great.


Don't have Crysis yet (reluctant to get it nothing but a superior FarCry, perhaps!).

Will let you know about COD4, WiC etc. when I'll start to play them.
:)


Edit: Quake 4 is also FPS locked game. :shock:
 
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arijit_2404 said:
I m getting 71FPS in HL2. I think it's locked down.
In HL2 EpisodeTwo I'm getting 100-120 FPS with everything in highest settings with 2XAA and 60%AF. WOW! Man this is great.
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HL2 its locked down cos Vsync is on in the settings switch it off and u will see it easily averages 140 FPS or so ..i get variable FPS with all settings MAX (including AA and AF) @1280x1024 res...sometimes it goes down to 100 sometimes it goes upto 300.

u should also increase AA and AF in episode two ! comeon this card can run anything at high setting except CRYSIS.

Don't have Crysis yet (reluctant to get it nothing but a superior FarCry, perhaps!).
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its so much more than Farcry,its just wow in every sense,graphics story and gameplay!!

Will let you know about COD4, WiC etc. when I'll start to play them.
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i will be waiting to see how it fares

mukherjee said:
^^^^cheers!
btw,did ya get ur sennheiser headphones?
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BTW i checked out spore is 999/- india and i downloaded the trial and installed but it doesn't work on VISTA x64 Ultimate :mad:,it doesn't start saying some problem with dx9 file not found on the system perhaps updating the vista will do the trick!
 
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Ethan_Hunt

Aspiring Novelist
arijit_2404 said:
^^
Great! One more question. Does it has replay value?
I don't want to buy any games which I don't like to play twice or thrice !
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I completed it twice already.It offers more replay value in terms of increased difficulty on online co-op mode.It's an absolute treat playing this game in co-op.

i m playing gears of war with catalyst 8.8 and windows vista x64 ultimate without any issues till now ..lets see if i face any when i reach at the end !
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It happened to me on 2 occasions.The first one was when me & Dom have to reach the gas station.During one such sequence we have to take cover behind the a burning car & push it so we can cover more ground to kill some locusts & save our butts from those Krylls.While pushing that car the display went whitish & all of a sudden when I hit the ESC button, I can't see any of the menu entries.Meaning the options for 'Quit game' 'continue' etc. are not visible.

Next was just before I reached RAAM over the train.That's where I got the VPU recovery error too.I have installed Catalyst 8.8 as well, so no dramas till now.The temps have shot up though.Previously it used to idle at 53 degrees & now it's 67 degrees with fan speed set to 70%.I guess it needs more cleaning.:(
 
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s18000rpm said:
hey guys, which brand to go for - HD 4850.

will be getting the card from NYC.

i wants better Customer support :D
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since u are from chennai go for palit or gecube whichever u get cheaper ....both are supplied here from tirupati so ...and as a distributor they are good! i

haven't heard good news of support for sapphire in chennai ! moreover sappphire is difficult to find in richie street,

MSI u won't get in chennai(well u can get it in mahavir computers at insane prices) since it has pathetic service support!

so far palit or gecube is good choice ! i bought palit HD4850 ...so far no problems whatso ever!
 
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s18000rpm said:
^getting the card from USA (nyc) ;)

then Palit/GeCube it is :D
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oh if u are getting from USA ...then why not go for MSI the quad pipe cooling solution (v151) or better get a sapphire toxic model with zalman cooler it will be much cheaper for u,

they run cool

also actually u can get a HD4870 at the price we are getting HD4850 ...its about $289 =12.5k here in india ....

u can go for ASUS models as well as they cost almost same as other companies model ! and with ASUS u will not face any support problems...just look for international warranty.
 
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s18000rpm

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almost forgot ASUS :D

btw the budget is strictly $200

tell which brand to go for.
support is compulsory .
performace should be also better, & no heat issues ;), coz will be gaming & designin (catia) at HOT Chennai:D
 
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allwyndlima said:
It happened to me on 2 occasions.The first one was when me & Dom have to reach the gas station.During one such sequence we have to take cover behind the a burning car & push it so we can cover more ground to kill some locusts & save our butts from those Krylls.While pushing that car the display went whitish & all of a sudden when I hit the ESC button, I can't see any of the menu entries.Meaning the options for 'Quit game' 'continue' etc. are not visible.

Next was just before I reached RAAM over the train.That's where I got the VPU recovery error too.I have installed Catalyst 8.8 as well, so no dramas till now.The temps have shot up though.Previously it used to idle at 53 degrees & now it's 67 degrees with fan speed set to 70%.I guess it needs more cleaning.:(
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when i will reach there i will let u know ..actually i m playing/testing too many games right now ...so just get stuck with one when i start playing it !
 
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