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    Cheap and Quiet 4850

    I’m looking at the 4850’s on offer and am trying to find the cheapest and quietest I can find. Unsurprisingly all those with non standard cooling come at a (albeit reasonable) premium. Has anyone found any quiet cards they can recommend that are at the cheaper end of the price range?

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    The stock cooler is not noisy it just leaves the GPU a bit warm for most peoples liking.

    After market cooling wise the Powercolor PCS+ (£132 from ebuyer) is very quiet powercolor also offer the Play version (£125 on eBuyer again) but I have not seen reviews of this to comment on its fan noise. The Asus available from Scan (£116, currently on pre-order) has a cooler which does not alter in speed but when used on other cards was cool and quiet (however just because it could cool those other cards efficiently does not mean it will do the same for the 4850).

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    Thanks. The asus looks nice and the price is right. Problem with anything from scan is that I'm tempted to wait for it to appear on today only I'll see if I can find a review of that particular card.

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    The reference design is both noisy and hot. Try looking at the newer Sapphire and Asus models; they both have higher-end models that are overclocked, but their latest version basic models are cheaper and well cooled (i.e. quiet).

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    Quote Originally Posted by zarn View Post
    The reference design is both noisy and hot. Try looking at the newer Sapphire and Asus models; they both have higher-end models that are overclocked, but their latest version basic models are cheaper and well cooled (i.e. quiet).
    what about the sapphire 11132-11-20R????

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    i can recommend that card. i have it and i love it

    pity it's gone up in price.

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    Must admit to being a little suppisious of that cooler, it looks like it's an intel stock cooler and most of us seem to replace them with something better on our cpu's.

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    Quote Originally Posted by pardal51 View Post
    what about the sapphire 11132-11-20R????
    Yes, that's one of them
    Standard clocks, RAM etc, but Sapphire have upgraded from the reference cooler

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    The reference cooler actually pretty quiet as long as you dont force the fan speed up, but it is hot though. Try the ICEQ by HIS, they are meant to be one of the best around.

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    Quote Originally Posted by Infinite View Post
    The reference cooler actually pretty quiet as long as you dont force the fan speed up, but it is hot though. Try the ICEQ by HIS, they are meant to be one of the best around.
    ended up buying it yesterday from pixmania @ £110 inc VAT. I hope it is silent with the stock cooler, running Flight Sim X and few other FPS games just for 2hrs/week

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    sorry to hijack this thread. but similar situation. i realized that my gfx card is INSANELY noisy. i thought it was the PSU so i was going to buy a new one. but turns out it was the mini fan that is on the GFX card!!! im interested in a card that is a) a big boost from the 8600GTS and b) very silent!
    the noise drives me crazy because i have an Antec P182 and the point of getting such an expensive case was to cut the noise! but it seems like its pointless since the fan blocks everything out!

    also on a side note. the top fan on my P182 sometimes doesn't spin unless i prod it. possible reasons? it was not spinning for a while because a cable was blocking it. think it could be damaged?

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    Re: Cheap and Quiet 4850

    on the fan, could be but seems unlikely, are youu reduceing it's speed in any way? fan controller or simular?
    many fans can have problems at 5v or below.

    On a graphics card, you could replace your cooler with a decent aftermarket one.
    With your current set up, I'd say a decent 9800gt would be a good option.

    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149066 should be good.

    cheaper and passive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148039 I'd strap a 120mm fan on it

    Ati low cost option
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139617 I think that's the one with the improved fan (it's auto controlled by a temp sensor on the fan, not the older one which was fixed at 100&#37

    4850
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148952
    Good card but overkill on a 19", my 9800gtx is slightly slower than the newer 9800gtx+ (which is the same performance as the 4850) and there's very little that maxes it out on my 17" (1280x1024) with every thing turned up to max setting.

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