AMD to cut Radeon HD 4850, HD 4870 512MB/1GB Prices.. - Page 10

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 27th March 2009, 5:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Phat Devil

I've been using the PCS+ card for quite a while now. Maybe about 4-6 months. I've never had that problem and I havent turned down any settings for the ram speed either. Maybe I was just lucky or the older batches were better, who knows. The only thing that was a problem was the fan speed thing when it switches itself on and off every 10 seconds. But with the new drivers where you can actually set the fan speed, it's been running flawlessly. Used a wide range of drivers too.

They did have some issues at the start, but i only heard issues with some review samples where they were clocked too high.

Domokun · 27th March 2009, 6:09 PM

Well, I never had a problem with ATI until I purchased the PowerColor PCS+ 4870 1GB. I am really regretting downgrading from a Nvidia GTX 285. Sure, it was more power than I needed, but at least it worked and allowed me to get work done (which is the number one priority).

As it turns out, under-clocking the memory speed does fix the flickering/jumping screen. However, I wish that was the only problem. Now the ATI CCC application constantly crashes and freezes my PC. This is on a fresh Windows Vista installation (which is a few days old at most). Absolutely ridiculous.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 27th March 2009, 6:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Domokun

Well, I never had a problem with ATI until I purchased the PowerColor PCS+ 4870 1GB. I am really regretting downgrading from a Nvidia GTX 285. Sure, it was more power than I needed, but at least it worked and allowed me to get work done (which is the number one priority).

As it turns out, under-clocking the memory speed does fix the flickering/jumping screen. However, I wish that was the only problem. Now the ATI CCC application constantly crashes and freezes my PC. This is on a fresh Windows Vista installation (which is a few days old at most). Absolutely ridiculous.

Can't say i've had those issues myself, but i feel for you. If you do buy a ATI card in the future, i hope you have a better experience...but once some users get burned by one company then generally don't go back easily.

Personally i did look at the PCS+ some time ago, but the design of the cooler or lack of design didn't sit well with me. Plus the issues i read about early review samples having issues.

Domokun · 30th March 2009, 5:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

Can't say i've had those issues myself, but i feel for you. If you do buy a ATI card in the future, i hope you have a better experience...but once some users get burned by one company then generally don't go back easily.

Personally i did look at the PCS+ some time ago, but the design of the cooler or lack of design didn't sit well with me. Plus the issues i read about early review samples having issues.

Well, the cooler actually works really well. At a running speed of 40% the fan is quiet and the idle temperatures remain between 52-56c. At load (using FurMark) it reaches a maximum of 89c at the same fan speed.

I have a couple of options. Purchase another video card and return this one (which will be refunded assuming it is found to be faulty). Alternatively, I can flash the BIOS to try and fix the clock speed switching. However, I don't know which application I should use to do this and what the best values would be. All I know is that the memory clocks need to be matched up so there is no switching between 925MHz and 900MHz.

However, I can't say I am really convinced on the ATI drivers, so maybe I am better off just putting this video card behind me and switching back to an Nvidia solution (such as a GTX 260+).

Domokun · 30th March 2009, 10:17 PM

Edit: moved to a seperate thread.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 30th March 2009, 10:30 PM

Domokun its probably best to start another thread, as then you'll get a better response and not derail this thread anymore than it already has.

WangNiNjA · 30th March 2009, 11:50 PM

Anyone know when will the price cuts come into effect here?

EDIT: Oh wait read a few pages into the thread, and apparently it's now...

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 1st April 2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by WangNiNjA

Anyone know when will the price cuts come into effect here?

EDIT: Oh wait read a few pages into the thread, and apparently it's now...

Yep they sure have, some places too longer to pass on the savings, but now you can find 4870's around the $280 dollar mark.

I'd love to see the prices if our Australian dollar was better.

s55 · 3rd April 2009, 9:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

I'd love to see the prices if our Australian dollar was better.

its getting better, was over 71c last i heard

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 3rd April 2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by s55

its getting better, was over 71c last i heard

Yep, but it takes a bit of time for it to filter through.

aussie-revhead · 3rd April 2009, 7:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

but now you can find 4870's around the $280 dollar mark.

Its a shame because they were about that before the prices went up in the first place ....

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 5th April 2009, 6:16 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

Its a shame because they were about that before the prices went up in the first place ....

It is a shame, i would of expected to see these 4870's in the low 200's if we had our strong dollar.

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Domokun Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,882	Well, I never had a problem with ATI until I purchased the PowerColor PCS+ 4870 1GB. I am really regretting downgrading from a Nvidia GTX 285. Sure, it was more power than I needed, but at least it worked and allowed me to get work done (which is the number one priority). As it turns out, under-clocking the memory speed does fix the flickering/jumping screen. However, I wish that was the only problem. Now the ATI CCC application constantly crashes and freezes my PC. This is on a fresh Windows Vista installation (which is a few days old at most). Absolutely ridiculous.

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DiGiTaL MoNkEY Inverted Monkey Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 26,700	Domokun its probably best to start another thread, as then you'll get a better response and not derail this thread anymore than it already has.