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Nik_I   11-10-2008 at 01:14:36 AM
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i've never heard of novatech video cards, but the one pictured looks exactly like the palit 4850, which is a very good card. it has a better cooler than the sapphire one, which is good not only for heat, but it also gives you more overclocking potential, as well as quieter operation.

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crazyguy_60   11-10-2008 at 01:19:45 AM
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so u would go with novatech one?

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The_Blood_Raven   11-10-2008 at 01:20:45 AM
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Go with a 4830 and overclock it to the 4850 speeds and gain the exact same performance for less.

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Bronze Graphics badge cjl   11-10-2008 at 01:24:33 AM
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Not quite - the 4830 has 640 stream processors, while the 4850 and 4870 have 800. Even at the same clock speed, the 4830 is slower.

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The_Blood_Raven   11-10-2008 at 01:31:46 AM
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Actually you are right, but it makes a very small difference. I found setting a 4830 to 650/2000 (625/1983 is a stock 4850) allowed it make up the difference. Those stream processors do almost nothing really, just needs a slight OC over a 4850 to match it.

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the last resort   11-10-2008 at 01:42:27 AM
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i once had a novatech card. it was a Radeon 9550 AGP, but my novatech and this novatech seem to be two different things.

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The_Blood_Raven   11-10-2008 at 01:52:33 AM
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I am pretty sure the "Novatech" card is a 4850 with a cooler some guy from the store put on it himself.

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crazyguy_60   11-10-2008 at 08:53:13 AM
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could someone please answer my question?

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Bowley   01-21-2009 at 11:31:59 AM
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I bought a 4850 from the Novatech store in Cardiff yesterday, it's arriving their for pick-up today. The sales person (who really knew his stuff) I spoke to said that this particular range of cards were bought from Sapphire in the final stages of production, and simply re branded at lower price but higher profit.

Hope that helps, Bowley.

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pr2thej   01-21-2009 at 11:46:53 AM
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How can you sell at a lower price for higher profit?

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Bowley   01-21-2009 at 11:52:36 AM
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The profit earned by a sapphire product sold in a novatech shop is split between sapphire and novatech.

the profit earned by a novatech product sold in a novatech shop is split between novatech and... novatech.

As the cooling systems of the two cards are very different, I can only assume there is more potential for profit between the two products there, that novatech has exploited.

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pr2thej   01-21-2009 at 12:02:50 PM
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would have to be a f*&ked up supplier agreement for that to be the case.

Bad necro either way /wristslap

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