Finally have something good to say about my 4850

[NewbieOneKenobi]

Played all day long today, like since 8 am to 11:30 pm. Looks like my 4850 OC'ed to near max didn't reach 50C. Well, it was 43, but I had left the game on pause for half an hour before checking, anyway. The CPU temp rose to what I hadn't seen before (34C, 51C on each core). Its normal idle temp is about 38, although I've seen as low as 35. This basically means that a day of Neverwinter Nights 2 doesn't really move a 4850 on Accelero. It's just a couple of degrees to it. And this game is quite a hog. It was notorious for giving high-end machines 15-20 fps when it was released. I got a couple of CTD's, but it wasn't as annoying as on certain days I remember.

Time for a BIOS OC, I guess.

[Neuromancer]

OHHH cant wait to reinstall that when I get my new boxen up and running :)

Yah I love my 4850 once I got a 3rd part sink on it...

Going back to stock HS for some CF action though... Just going to up fan speed to 65.. have a nice dual core for my always on PC :)

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I got 2 boxen of donuts that I fed to a flock of moosen when I saw them in the woodsen

[NewbieOneKenobi]

OHHH cant wait to reinstall that when I get my new boxen up and running :)

Yah I love my 4850 once I got a 3rd part sink on it...

Going back to stock HS for some CF action though... Just going to up fan speed to 65.. have a nice dual core for my always on PC :)

Using a 12 cm Xilence fan close to the heatsink but with some distance (it hangs from the heatsink on cords). It blows upwards, i.e. onto the card instead of blowing air away from it. Figured this would be the best because the fan itself is rather close to the floor and the air is cold there, so it's best to draw that air and push it upwards. Part of it sweeps the GPU and the other components and part goes up through the ribs of the heatsink. It doesn't harm CPU cooling because the CPU has a tower cooler that takes air from the right and throws it out on the left, so air going upwards from near the graphics card has a limited effect if any at all.

The fan isn't very strong. Well, strong enough to make for some bleeding when you stop it with a finger, but I didn't want a stronger Thunderblade because it was too loud even on low rotation. Originally, I had planned to use two 12 cm coolers. If they wouldn't fit (they will), I could use two 92 mm fans, but I don't have silent ones or even ones with regulation. I might use a single 14 cm fan if I come across any because that will mean wider coverage for memory and power unit heatsinks, as well as a wider stream that goes upward through the ribs, cooling the heatsink itself.

[rainless]

Played all day long today, like since 8 am to 11:30 pm. Looks like my 4850 OC'ed to near max didn't reach 50C. Well, it was 43, but I had left the game on pause for half an hour before checking, anyway. The CPU temp rose to what I hadn't seen before (34C, 51C on each core). Its normal idle temp is about 38, although I've seen as low as 35. This basically means that a day of Neverwinter Nights 2 doesn't really move a 4850 on Accelero. It's just a couple of degrees to it. And this game is quite a hog. It was notorious for giving high-end machines 15-20 fps when it was released. I got a couple of CTD's, but it wasn't as annoying as on certain days I remember.

Time for a BIOS OC, I guess.

I've been playing Neverwinter NIghts 2 without a hiccup on my 8800GTS. I think it's more of a CPU hog than a GPU hog. (I fondly remember it on my 7600GS)


I got 2 boxen of donuts that I fed to a flock of moosen when I saw them in the woodsen

I feel like crap today. But THAT made me smile. :)

[NewbieOneKenobi]

I've been playing Neverwinter NIghts 2 without a hiccup on my 8800GTS. I think it's more of a CPU hog than a GPU hog. (I fondly remember it on my 7600GS)

Possible.

But the merry ride is over. I passed tests fine but I got artifacts. Looked like rain or stuff that flies around in a jungle but wasn't. Removed OC, it stopped. Explains all. Tough luck.