Revived - HOT! Radeon HD 4850 $150 AR shipped - newegg

[manko]

Originally posted by: Tullphan
Well, if it's supposedly better than an 8800/9600, then I assume I made a good choice in getting one to replace my 7900GT?

Absolutely.

 

[Spike]

anyone know if there are good aftermarket coolers that work with this or will it need a new style? I want to pair one of these with my e6550 for my HTPC and my only concern is noise. Though it would be wierd if my HTPC had a better vid card than my main gamer... poor 8800GTS 512, so new yet so far behind.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

from what I've heard the mounting holes are identical to the 3800 series...so any cooler that fits those should fit these

 

[flashbacck]

Originally posted by: Spike
anyone know if there are good aftermarket coolers that work with this or will it need a new style? I want to pair one of these with my e6550 for my HTPC and my only concern is noise. Though it would be wierd if my HTPC had a better vid card than my main gamer... poor 8800GTS 512, so new yet so far behind.

Check the video forums, I think someone there managed to put an accelero S1 on the 4850. The accelero is passive and yet still dropped temps by 40 oC

 

[bryanW1995]

steelsix has done it, so has someone else. the info is in the "4850 temperature" thread that shangshang started.

 

[Jessica69]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995

Originally posted by: GundamF91
Which one is better, ASUS or Sapphire?

sappire rebates take a LONG time to get even if you do everything right. I'd go with asus just because of that.

Is asus going to still honor the rebate even though it's not listed on newegg's site any more? what if they only honor the rebate from newegg for launch day since that was the only day it was listed on their site?

I don't know why ASUS wouldn't honor the rebate.....it runs through July 15 and it's not specific to Newegg.

I don't know why Newegg pulled the rebates for ASUS, Sapphire, MSI, and Powercolor's cards, but if you go to funboy's thread on the 4850 cards from Newegg, all four rebate forms are linked in the thread.

 

[GundamF91]

I got the Asus. Also if you look on Newegg's web section on rebates, it's still there, just that NewEgg isn't advertising the rebate doesn't mean it's not valid.

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: s44

Originally posted by: Sentrosi2121
This card is better than my 9600GT, right? I should jump on this card, right? Convince me not to...for the sake of my marriage! :LOL:

Your 9600GT is fine for current games. Wait until you're dissatisfied.

With his wife ?:shocked:

 

[Greenman]

In for the Asus, thanks.

 

[Mojoed]

It appears the discount code for the Asus 4850 just died. A few minutes ago I applied the code and it worked fine. Upon checking out I got an error and it's now telling me, "Sorry, the promo code you've entered is invalid."

I tried to re-apply the code after clearing my cache/cookies and it's still coming up as invalid.

 

[dakels]

Me too, weird stuff happening in my basket though. It was showing a -$5 discount, then that disappeared when I tried to use the promo code. Now it's just $199.99, $169.99 AR.

 

[ShockwaveVT]

Thanks to this deal I was able to get my brother the Asus 4850 for his new build instead of an 8800GT.

 

[ShockwaveVT]

Also with regard to the temps, apparently the fan speed is set pretty low by default. The software that comes with the Asus allows you to adjust the fan to a higher speed, lowering temps significantly.

 

[GuildBoss]

So I just installed the ASUS 4850 and the stutter in Gears of War with my 8800GT is gone!

However, I chose to install the latest "base" Catalyst drivers from ATI, without the Control Center stuff, and WIndows XP keeps detecting an unknown PCI Device. Any ideas? I'm thinking it's the HDTV component?

Has anybody installed the ASUS software? Looks like a lot of crap. I prefer to keep my system lean and mean...

 

[allies]

If the new RivaTuner is out it should be able to throttle the fan speed, so you can get by the bundled asus software with that...

 

[dakels]

Just got my Asus 4850. I will install tonight. I am going to start with normal ATI Cat drivers. It has built in OC software too and the Asus software should have built in fan controls.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: GuildBoss
So I just installed the ASUS 4850 and the stutter in Gears of War with my 8800GT is gone!

However, I chose to install the latest "base" Catalyst drivers from ATI, without the Control Center stuff, and WIndows XP keeps detecting an unknown PCI Device. Any ideas? I'm thinking it's the HDTV component?

Has anybody installed the ASUS software? Looks like a lot of crap. I prefer to keep my system lean and mean...

my 3870 does that, too. I think that it's related to the hdmi audio driver which for some incredibly annoying reason requires its own special driver. it's a pita to find it, I installed once but after my reinstall last month for the new hd I just disabled the "unknown device". I'll track down the driver in the unlikely event that I ever actually need that feature.

 

[quadomatic]

d'oh...if only my pay check was coming now...

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: Sentrosi2121
This card is better than my 9600GT, right? I should jump on this card, right? Convince me not to...for the sake of my marriage! :LOL:

4850 > 9800GTX+ > 9800GTX > 8800GTS 512 > 8800GT > 9600GT

 

[tr1kstanc3]

just got my sapphire hd4850 installed and i am annoyed by the loud fan even at idle! grrrrrrrr =]

 

[GuildBoss]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995

Originally posted by: GuildBoss
So I just installed the ASUS 4850 and the stutter in Gears of War with my 8800GT is gone!

However, I chose to install the latest "base" Catalyst drivers from ATI, without the Control Center stuff, and WIndows XP keeps detecting an unknown PCI Device. Any ideas? I'm thinking it's the HDTV component?

Has anybody installed the ASUS software? Looks like a lot of crap. I prefer to keep my system lean and mean...

my 3870 does that, too. I think that it's related to the hdmi audio driver which for some incredibly annoying reason requires its own special driver. it's a pita to find it, I installed once but after my reinstall last month for the new hd I just disabled the "unknown device". I'll track down the driver in the unlikely event that I ever actually need that feature.

That's exactly what it was--the audio device.

Fortunately, ASUS was kind enough to put the driver on the CD so that it can be installed without all the other nonsense. In fact, if you "Explore" the CD you can pick and choose the drivers you want and leave out the crap. I ended up downloading the latest Cats (driver only) and then installed the audio driver from the CD. Worked perfectly.

 

[allies]

Deal is back on for Powercolor ($150AR) and Sapphire ($155AR) using this code: VGA62620

 

[dakels]

Thanks Allies. Updated original post.

 

[videopho]

I'm patiently holding off the trigger for the 4870 which is to unseat my current 8800GTS (G92).
Have yet to see a break in price on those.
As a matter of fact, everyplace I've looked is OOS, period.

 

[imaheadcase]

The 4870 are technically suppose to be out on 7/5. They had limited stock till them. Mwave shows 7/5 for them.