The Official ATI RV770 Discussion Thread
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shantanu
Technomancer
Re: ATI HD 4870 & 4850 launch & price?
my GF ( girl F ) does not have a FAN attanched lol ! i already did MX-2 which i bought from the INDIA distri @ 300 bucks no good !they said might take 3 days for the paste to settle ! weird
is there a option ? i didnt found any ?
my GF ( girl F ) does not have a FAN attanched lol ! i already did MX-2 which i bought from the INDIA distri @ 300 bucks no good !they said might take 3 days for the paste to settle ! weird is there a option ? i didnt found any ?
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dOm1naTOr
Wise Old Owl
Re: ATI HD 4870 & 4850 launch & price?
my fren's old FX 5950 Ultra was an induction stove edition which easily crosses 140c, yet was oober stable.
@shantanu
just ask MSI guys that if u can manually do it? and will it void the warranty?
and is they didnt bring up with a soln soon, then the card might be ashes and they ll have to RMA it.
btw, yup it ll take some days, i mean a min of 50~75 hrs of working for the paste to acquire its true property. At first its state is not good for heat transfer, but its easy to apply. After its been treated to heat of bout 100c for some hours, its chemical structure changes and its heat transfer property ill begin to show up.
ive read it somewhere on net...on a comparison b/w diff pastes.
also, any aftermarket cooler that was built for HD 3850 or 3870 will fit perfectly for HD 4850/4870.
but still, those cooler's fan will draw power from card's connector, so will run under speed, due to bios bug. But those cooler's which draws external power from a molex for the GPU might works perfectly.
my fren's old FX 5950 Ultra was an induction stove edition which easily crosses 140c, yet was oober stable.
@shantanu
just ask MSI guys that if u can manually do it? and will it void the warranty?
and is they didnt bring up with a soln soon, then the card might be ashes and they ll have to RMA it.
btw, yup it ll take some days, i mean a min of 50~75 hrs of working for the paste to acquire its true property. At first its state is not good for heat transfer, but its easy to apply. After its been treated to heat of bout 100c for some hours, its chemical structure changes and its heat transfer property ill begin to show up.
ive read it somewhere on net...on a comparison b/w diff pastes.
also, any aftermarket cooler that was built for HD 3850 or 3870 will fit perfectly for HD 4850/4870.
but still, those cooler's fan will draw power from card's connector, so will run under speed, due to bios bug. But those cooler's which draws external power from a molex for the GPU might works perfectly.
Re: ATI HD 4870 & 4850 launch & price?
True about AS-5 but not MX-2, which doesn't need a breaking in period or thermal cycles AFAIK.
True about AS-5 but not MX-2, which doesn't need a breaking in period or thermal cycles AFAIK.
Re: ATI HD 4870 & 4850 launch & price?
i mean graphic card
is there a option ? i didnt found any ?
i mean graphic card
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Re: ATI HD 4870 & 4850 launch & price?
If HD4850 is Rs. 9.7K, whats the current price of HD4870 ? And is the 1GB version available yet ? I think 512mb is soon going to become obsolete, and I think it will be horrible for anyone if a repeat of the old 7900GT situation occures, when people prefered to buy 256mb version over the 512mb version.
@Shantanu: How about making changing this thread title "The Official ATI RV770 Discussion Thread" ? I am sure it will take a lot of time for the hype to disappear.
If HD4850 is Rs. 9.7K, whats the current price of HD4870 ? And is the 1GB version available yet ? I think 512mb is soon going to become obsolete, and I think it will be horrible for anyone if a repeat of the old 7900GT situation occures, when people prefered to buy 256mb version over the 512mb version.
@Shantanu: How about making changing this thread title "The Official ATI RV770 Discussion Thread" ? I am sure it will take a lot of time for the hype to disappear.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
I think maybe ATi themselves did not realise in the pre-launch days that RV770 is going to become a HUGE success. Perhaps they underestimated their own GPUs.
And yes, the last thing I want to see in the market now is a Radeon HD4870 with 1GB ram which is GDDR3 instead of GDDR5. Thats going to take away all the good things said about the chip. They N.E.E.D. to give 1GB GDDR5 to do something good.
And yes, the last thing I want to see in the market now is a Radeon HD4870 with 1GB ram which is GDDR3 instead of GDDR5. Thats going to take away all the good things said about the chip. They N.E.E.D. to give 1GB GDDR5 to do something good.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Surely it can't be that expensive ? 
Rs. 10,000 extra for 512MB extra GDDR5 RAM makes NO SENSE.
Rs. 10,000 extra for 512MB extra GDDR5 RAM makes NO SENSE.
dOm1naTOr
Wise Old Owl
@nvidia
4870 is under 15k locally which is just 5k more expensive than 4850.
And we get a better cooler, higher clock GPU, GDDR5 instead of the GDDR3 etc for that 5k
so i think ATI can easily produce 1GB 4870 under 20k.
btw whats the min price of 260 GTX in here?
last when i heard was for some 26k
1GB 4870 will easily beat 260GTX and even challenge GTX 280.
4870 is under 15k locally which is just 5k more expensive than 4850.
And we get a better cooler, higher clock GPU, GDDR5 instead of the GDDR3 etc for that 5k
so i think ATI can easily produce 1GB 4870 under 20k.
btw whats the min price of 260 GTX in here?
last when i heard was for some 26k
1GB 4870 will easily beat 260GTX and even challenge GTX 280.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Nope. 4870 is available at little less than 15K. This for the 512MB version. An extra 512MB should not increase the cost beyond 18K IMO. 3K for 512MB itself is a bit high. I seriously doubt GDDR5 can be THAT expensive.
keith_j_snyder2
Rising ApocalypsE
Well well well! What did i miss?
I can see that my good friends are talking about the 1GB graphics cards. Psyched!
Well actually 1GB won't make a big difference into 4850,4870. Those 512MB are more than enough.
I read a review at guru3d that used a 512MB 4850 & a 2GB 4850 & the difference was marginal. Infact, 512MB shows much better performance than the 2GB version.
Well we can count on HD4870X2, thats about to wait but - more beef isn't always better!
I can see that my good friends are talking about the 1GB graphics cards. Psyched!
Well actually 1GB won't make a big difference into 4850,4870. Those 512MB are more than enough.
I read a review at guru3d that used a 512MB 4850 & a 2GB 4850 & the difference was marginal. Infact, 512MB shows much better performance than the 2GB version.
Well we can count on HD4870X2, thats about to wait but - more beef isn't always better!
MetalheadGautham
AFK
We are talking about HD4870 not HD4850
Since you mentioned HD4850, I would like to say that it too can do with a ram increase, to maybe 640MB or 768MB.
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