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Which non-reference 4850 card do you think is better?

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SkorchedPC   09-06-2008 at 07:02:59 AM

Hi guys!

I need you inputs in making a decision.

My old 8800 GTS 320Mb gave up on me and I'm planning to replace it with something within budget and found these 2 non-ref cards:

Sapphire's Toxic which runs at 675 MHz / 2200 Mhz

Palit's Sonic which runs at 685 Mhz / 2000 Mhz

Thanks in advance!

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Maziar   09-06-2008 at 07:39:52 AM
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Hello and welcome to the forums mate :)

I would go for SAPPHIRE because its the best ATI brand IMO.

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dirtmountain   09-06-2008 at 07:44:12 AM
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I'd be more concerned with the price that you can get them for. HD4850s with non reference cooling are available at newegg for $140 and $150, i'd have to see the prices those were going for.

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spathotan   09-06-2008 at 08:47:13 AM
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The HIS one with the badass looking IceQ4 cooler with the ripoff Fantastic Four logo is $214, and youre gonna see temps at least 15c lower than the crappy single slot reference cooler.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161244 out of sale unfortunately.

But between the two you linked, I would say the Sapphire despite insufficent cooling on the memory. If I could see more views/pics of the palit one..

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dirtmountain   09-06-2008 at 08:59:05 AM
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Yep, going for $214 for another $30 you should just buy a 4870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814131113

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rogerramjet1   09-06-2008 at 10:13:07 AM
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IMO go for the Palit. It has a far better cooling system. There are two companies who are not very well known in North America, Palit and Zotac. Save some coin and get the palit. Both companies just rock and are just making their way into the NA market now.

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V3NOM   09-06-2008 at 10:20:14 AM
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PALIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i got a 7600GS AGP SONIC and it overclocked 50% on the stock fan (which unfortunately i cant even speed up -_-)

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fshaharyar   09-06-2008 at 10:59:43 AM
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go with Palit because of better gpu overclock.

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rogerramjet1   09-06-2008 at 11:43:30 AM
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Sorry I added no links.

Palit 4850 - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1 [...] index.html

Here is a article/review on Palit and the 4870 and they add their own After Market cooler.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/for [...] eview.html

Don't be afraid to go with Palit





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random1283   09-06-2008 at 11:45:25 AM
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+1 to Palit
but would prefer to get HIS ICEQ 4 Turbo edition or the TURBO X
in Australia there only about $2-30 au more expensive

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V3NOM   09-06-2008 at 11:58:15 AM
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palit puts time and thought into its cooling systems and their products are of very high quality... i am actually pretty new to the overclocking and system building scene being only 13 years old, but i did learn a lot in like a month of tomshardware :) my first custom built system that im using now has a palit in it and WOW.

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invisik   09-06-2008 at 12:40:53 PM
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both r straight up good, but i would go with the one that offers better warranty so if something were to happen (god forbid) u dont need to worry.
=]
Best of Luck.

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Yuka   09-06-2008 at 03:04:01 PM
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Did any ATI card came out actually? XD

I mean the BBA (built by ati) cards.

Anyway, i only know Sapphire (so so cooling solutions) first hand and Powercolor (my Radeon 8500, no issues, but i was a n00b back then, lol). Also there's XFX, wich is cheap, but it's coolers suck big time.

Esop! XD

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SkorchedPC   09-06-2008 at 06:24:17 PM
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Hi guys!

Thanks for replying!

I'll settle for Palit then. Well, to be honest, I was actually leaning towards them to begin with but was waiting if you can share your experiences with these specific cards. I like their approach better when it comes to cooling the 4850 (compared to Sapphire's). I forgot to post the pictues on the original post though :na:

Where I am at, the difference between this 4850 and a ref 4870 is $80-100 US. :o (I cannot afford that much ATM :na: )

Again, thanks!

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