4850 Sonic

hey guys, i'm in the market for a new graphics card right now. the 4850s look taaasty as, and for the price...im getting one.
i'm looking at the palit/xpertvision 4850 sonic edition. is it noisy (compared to the stock 4850), anyone know from experience? i'm sick of noisy cards!!
also, i plan to OC it a fair amount. With its 8pin power input, can i expect much more speed out of it?
thanks heaps

goood, my current card sounds like a friggin truck! cheers for that yuka
here's a link of the card:

http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalo [...] s_id=34638

i've heard of 4850s hitting 700mhz fairly easily, bearing in mind the 4870 is just a 4850 with a higher core clock and gddr5 blistering memory. im guessing overclocking the 4850 would improve performance towards 4870 level then...

I'm actually using that video card right now.

It's highly recommended. Stock overclocked, dual slot cooler, idles temps are 50+. Load temps never excedded 70 degrees celsius.

Simple stress tests allow me to overclock the 4850 to = 735 / 1045. Using Rivatuner to overclock.

The fan is quiet, but you can set the fan to 100% using Rivatuner and hear turbine sounds again. due temps could easily drop to 50+ levels again even on full load.

The only gripe is that it seems it's too effective in transferring heat from GPU to heatsink, as you can easily burn yourself touching it when it's on full load.

can't comment on noise because i have water, but im stable at 735/1121 for clock speeds. i notice enough of an increase in warhead to make me happy.