*Official* ATI Radeon HD4850X2 Thread

[skugpezz]

the rez is 16**x10** i dont remember it full but it is 16x10

[Open1Your1Eyes0]

Originally Posted by skugpezz

the rez is 16**x10** i dont remember it full but it is 16x10

In that case, there is a 90% chance your resolution is 1680x1050 and for that resolution it's hard to say whether 1GB will be enough. Seeing as how there isn't much of a difference in price between the 1GB and 2GB version, your best bet is to get the 2GB version. Think of it as an investment for the future too, in case you ever choose to upgrade your monitor.

[ev0styLe]

Originally Posted by xz3rorom3o

I don't know about you guys but I used the most recent drivers from Sapphire's website and the card OCs like crap. I'm hoping it's the drivers.

Also it might help if everyone knows that when you have more than 2 displays connected, you cannot run CrossfireX in CCC...meaning you're only using one GPU if you have more than 2 monitors connected. I found out the hard way.

Thank u for that! & if thats the case it puts this card and CrossFireX at a massive disadvantage. Why should using two DVI outputs affect CrossFireX anyway?

[Auld]

I was looking into buying this card but the noise really bummed me out.... how are you guys with these 4850x2's? i like the performance for the price but all the reviews say the fan drives then absolutely nuts. even at 12% fan speed its 42 dbA.... from this review:http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...850_X2/25.html

For me this test is the deal breaker. The card is extremely noisy in both idle and load. I have never had a card that noisy on my test bench. Under no circumstances could I imagine myself using a system that noisy for longer periods of time.
Please note that the fans running at 12% already result in 41.9 dbA fan noise. Recent versions of the Catalyst Control Center offer fan speed adjustments, but only down to 20%. So if you use the CCC fan speed control feature your card will be even noisier in idle.

So does this bug you guys that are already running this card?

[tool918]

Originally Posted by Open1Your1Eyes0

Yes there is a sticker on the CD paper case it's on. Check it for a number. Mine was slightly worn off so I called up Futuremark and asked them for another key. Post some benchmarks when you got everything set up. By the way, just put you up on the owner's list.

K cool I found the darn thing, it's so freaking small you need a microscope to see that **** lol.

[tool918]

Originally Posted by Auld

I was looking into buying this card but the noise really bummed me out.... how are you guys with these 4850x2's? i like the performance for the price but all the reviews say the fan drives then absolutely nuts. even at 12% fan speed its 42 dbA.... from this review:http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...850_X2/25.html



So does this bug you guys that are already running this card?

The card comes stock at 50% I haven't tried lowering it yet. But it is decently loud. To be honoest it's not much louder than many high end cards that ive had so It doesn't even bother me. My seven case fans drown out most of the noise the card makes.

But if your one of those people that likes a silent computer then you may want to look at different cooling options for it.

[Open1Your1Eyes0]

Originally Posted by Auld

I was looking into buying this card but the noise really bummed me out.... how are you guys with these 4850x2's? i like the performance for the price but all the reviews say the fan drives then absolutely nuts. even at 12% fan speed its 42 dbA.... from this review:http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...850_X2/25.html



So does this bug you guys that are already running this card?

Yeah this card is quite loud but I just put on my nice 5.1 surround headphones and it all goes away.

[tool918]

Originally Posted by Open1Your1Eyes0

Yeah this card is quite loud but I just put on my nice 5.1 surround headphones and it all goes away.

Hey bud I just ran 3dmark vantage and I got a score of 10398. When comparing it to your score I noticed I had a GPU score of 9921 and CPU score of 12149. I understand why your CPU score is lower than man cuz I have a quad but why is my GPU score lower than yours?

Looking at your record of GPU-Z all our information looks the same. When I go to the "Sensor" tab in GPU-Z it shows my Core clock at only 500mhz and memory clock at only 750mhz.... maybe thats why? but on the graphics tab it says its 625 GPU and 993 memory.

[Nirran]

Well I have finally ran out of options. I am still having problems with this video card. I keep getting the crashes with the blue screen error and texture flashing in 3dmark06 and 3dmark vantage.

Summary:
New Motherboard
2nd card with same problems
Tested ram and cpu with no errors
New PSU

Result:
Same damn problems

[Open1Your1Eyes0]

Originally Posted by tool918

Hey bud I just ran 3dmark vantage and I got a score of 10398. When comparing it to your score I noticed I had a GPU score of 9921 and CPU score of 12149. I understand why your CPU score is lower than man cuz I have a quad but why is my GPU score lower than yours?

Looking at your record of GPU-Z all our information looks the same. When I go to the "Sensor" tab in GPU-Z it shows my Core clock at only 500mhz and memory clock at only 750mhz.... maybe thats why? but on the graphics tab it says its 625 GPU and 993 memory.

That's normal I get the same. The card downclocks itself when not in use but puts the clocks back to normal when you turn on a graphic intensive application or game. Make sure you have the Sapphire drivers from their website and that they're 8.12 Catalyst. Also make sure to set everything to default settings in ATI Catalyst set to Balanced.