radeon hd 4850

can somebody tell me if there is a difference between these two cards? local computer store gave me this:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/ind [...] 99.243.272

when i was looking for this:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/ind [...] 99.243.272

the first one is cheaper, but not sure if there is a reason for that. thanks!

sorry, should work now. i guess it's just the difference between two manufacturers, but i'm wondering if one is better than the other...?

no, but you should make your descision on which one has better customer service...i personally wouldn't know, but owned a couple sapphire cards and a couple asus mobo's, nothing ever went wrong...

i heard sapphire has horrendous customer service soo... asus it is?

This was a sweet deal IMO: http://www.canadacomputers.com/ind [...] 99.243.272

Regarding your question. Actually, you must adjust the fan speed, but upwards. That card (the 1 slot version) runs pretty hot at stock fan setting. Oh, and your card won't become that much noisy, it's a quiet card overall.

I don't remember how to do that tweaking, but there are a couple of utilities that do that. Bad thing is, they're not very user friendly

Ati Tray Tools is one of them. At least for adjusting the fan speed, works fine.

Esop!

the fact that its pretty cheap and has an aftermarket heatsink on it

Yep, it's cause of the after market cooler it has.

I won't say the Sapphire is a bad choice, but you'll have to do a little tweaking on it's fan cause it's going to run HOT with stock settings. With the other one, you won't do anything, pro'lly.

It's a matter of choice actually. Both cards are the same, but the cooling solution is a big fact IMO.

Esop!