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AMD's popular Radeon HD 4850 graphics card is the latest to be given a HIS IceQ 4 makeover.
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AMD's popular Radeon HD 4850 graphics card is the latest to be given a HIS IceQ 4 makeover.
Finally a decent one.... hopefully it will be competitively priced to give the 9800gtx/+ some real competition...
Looks interesting :)
I already got a sapphire, but, tbh if its any more than £140 its not worth it :/
Wait for the turbo version if you want a speed boost, but this looks nice. Now all we need are several UK retailers to stock them...
£140 is more than the superior 9800gtx+! £120 max would be competitive... ideally less though because the 9800gtx which comes with a decent cooler can be had for less than that!
I reckon the turbo version (or this version if its the "top" one) will cost £150 though, these after market coolers always cost a big premium...
IceQ always carry a premium for their DHES style cooling, however they have very little room to manoeuvre since the HD4870 will be around £160 soon.
512MB of GDDR4? That's an upgrade in itself isn;t it, thought the standard spec was GDDR3 on the 4850 and GDDR5 on the 4870 or have I missed a move?
It uses GDDR3, the Hexus article is wrong/typod.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountStex
yeah, i think that's wrong and it will be 3...
wonder how this cooler compares to my akasa vortexx
Ah, fair enough, thought ATi had started making things as unclear in their product line up as nVidia!
Online specs sheet on HiS website confirms DDR3
I'm waiting for a good propriety cooler system before upgrading to a HD4850, or at least until they fix the bios on the stock models to make it run cooler! :confused:
I've been using a HIS ICEQ3 X1900XT for a couple of years and it's been great, however for the 4800s I'm liking the look/idea of the Force3D
H iMadduckUK , I do truly believe that our product the Vortex NEO is currently the best of breed set new level of the bar of performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadduckUK
On the 48xx series I would endrose the use of our little coolers (http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa_english..._ak_vmc_01.htm)
for the VRM & magnetics & use the thermal tape adhesive .
http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa_english...0.htm:rockon2:
Also just to further add - we had been submitting our design to HIS late last year and this year andQuote:
Originally Posted by Howard - AKASA
this is why they are similar - but I will let you make your own conclusions :censored: