non reference diamond 4850 temps

[AmongthechosenX]

I've put my 8800GTX up for sale, and someone offered me a straight up trade of it for this graphics card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...diamond%204850

now from what I've read people say even though its a single slot cooler, it idle's in the mid 40's, low 50's. Anyone use this card to confirm these temps? anyone have load temps as well?

 

[AmberClad]

Why are you doing that particular trade (8800GTX for a 4850) to begin with? Just looking for something new and different to try out?

 

[AmongthechosenX]

mainly Power consumption reasons.
my 8800gtx eats up so many watts at idle, and i'm hardly ever home to game these days. I want to be able to game when I feel like it, but i don't need my sytem churning up 220 watts at idle all day when my little brother is using it for simple web games.

and someone offered me the trade. i would never try to push a trade like that because its simply stupid. I get something more and the other guy gets something less. but in this case he said he wanted to try that card, so we're going ahead with it.

 

[AmberClad]

Ah I see. I figured the cost of ground shipping would have negated the power savings, but I guess if you leave the system on all day, it'll start to make a difference.

Maybe the other guy just wanted a card with a dual slot cooler. Can't really speak for the GTX, but the G80 GTS had a pretty quiet cooler.

Did you read the NewEgg reviews for that Diamond 4850, btw? Not that you should ever take NewEgg reviews as gospel, but still.

 

[AmongthechosenX]

yeah, i did. most people on there are idiots though. i'm sure I can coax diamond to do warranty services if it breaks.