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XFX Radeon HD 4850 512MB @ 89.99$, free shipping, no rebates

Hmm, seems a decent deal. Any input about upgrading from a pair of HD 3870s to a pair of these 4850s with the system in my Sig? I have Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP (1920x1200).
 
Ya I temporarily ran 3870 xfire before moving to 4950 xfire and with the e8400 I was using in that rig at the time at 4.0 ran great and was a big jump up. I may pick up another at this price!
 
Damn. Now that's how everyone should have built the 4850 from the beginning. I wonder how much cooler this one runs?
 
Be aware that as far as I could tell this model XFX 4850 does not support PowerPlay. At least, it didn't reduce it's voltage or clocks when idle in 2d mode which is what I believe PowerPlay is supposed to do.

The one I had (exactly the same model number with Catalyst 9.6) stayed at a constant 1.26v with 625/1990MHz clocks, didn't change regardless of load. Coming from an X1900GT I was greatly disappointed how much heat it would generate when idle (although the cooler did work well, at least).
 
when did you buy it? it was a known bug in early models that was fixed in later firmwares... contact XFX, they might be able to help you fix it.
 
Originally posted by: taltamir
when did you buy it? it was a known bug in early models that was fixed in later firmwares... contact XFX, they might be able to help you fix it.
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Interesting. I got mine three weeks ago from ZipZoomFly, but that doesn't mean I couldn't have got an older revision. (I was having trouble with bluescreens and opted to do a refund versus exchange so I can't check the firmware. Too bad.)
 
A reviewer on newegg said something about incompatibility with DX10 and 1080P..does anyone know anything about that?
 
Originally posted by: ELopes580
Hmm, seems a decent deal. Any input about upgrading from a pair of HD 3870s to a pair of these 4850s with the system in my Sig? I have Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP (1920x1200).
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Go for cards with more vram at that resolution.
 
Originally posted by: Azn
Originally posted by: ELopes580
Hmm, seems a decent deal. Any input about upgrading from a pair of HD 3870s to a pair of these 4850s with the system in my Sig? I have Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP (1920x1200).
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Go for cards with more vram at that resolution.
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specifically, get 512MB at this resolution. More is not really needed... although... maybe for xfire.
 
Originally posted by: JLee
A reviewer on newegg said something about incompatibility with DX10 and 1080P..does anyone know anything about that?
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Not sure, but I run 2x 1920x1080p monitors and never had a problem with one of these. Going for a 2nd.

Deal is dead.

ZZF has same deal but comes with a game and can get 2.5% with Bing.
 
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