Which is the quietest air cooled HD4850?
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Which is the quietest air cooled HD4850?
Hi,
I'm about to upgrade to a 24" widescreen monitor and my budget will stretch to a Radeon HD4850 card as well. I want the quietest one I can get my hands on though. Obviously a fan-less design would be best, but I'm not sure my system will take the extra heat right now, so I'm looking for solutions with fans.
I think I've narrowed it down to the Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic and Powercolor Radeon HD 4850 PCS+, or as someone has suggest below the HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo.
Does anyone have any idea which card is quieter?
Thanks!
I'm about to upgrade to a 24" widescreen monitor and my budget will stretch to a Radeon HD4850 card as well. I want the quietest one I can get my hands on though. Obviously a fan-less design would be best, but I'm not sure my system will take the extra heat right now, so I'm looking for solutions with fans.
I think I've narrowed it down to the Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic and Powercolor Radeon HD 4850 PCS+, or as someone has suggest below the HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo.
Does anyone have any idea which card is quieter?
Thanks!
Last edited by gremboid on Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
Hello,
I have read a comparison of various 4850 cards (with non-reference cooling) in a Turkish hardware site I frequent..
The HIS 4850 IceQ4 was written to be the quietest of the bunch. (The website is not nearly as interested in silence as SPCR, though.) What I especially liked was that the cooler draws in air from inside the chassis and expels the heated air out of the case from the back.
Here's a link to the page; just to check out what the card looks like: (I hope linking to other forums is not frowned upon here.. It's in Turkish, BTW.)
link
I'm sure, though, that the people in here can give a much more informed advice about silence. I just wanted to post an example.
Good luck!
I have read a comparison of various 4850 cards (with non-reference cooling) in a Turkish hardware site I frequent..
The HIS 4850 IceQ4 was written to be the quietest of the bunch. (The website is not nearly as interested in silence as SPCR, though.) What I especially liked was that the cooler draws in air from inside the chassis and expels the heated air out of the case from the back.
Here's a link to the page; just to check out what the card looks like: (I hope linking to other forums is not frowned upon here.. It's in Turkish, BTW.)
link
I'm sure, though, that the people in here can give a much more informed advice about silence. I just wanted to post an example.
Good luck!
no fanned VGA cooler comes close to being silent, most have small fans, that can spin very fast
Gigabyte produce passive 1GB model.
You can make your own fanless card with Accelero S1 Rev. 2, but you have to provide some airflow to cool the RAM and mosfet sinks.
You can tie 2 quiet (80 or 92mm, or even 120mm) fans to it too, like I did
Gigabyte produce passive 1GB model.
You can make your own fanless card with Accelero S1 Rev. 2, but you have to provide some airflow to cool the RAM and mosfet sinks.
You can tie 2 quiet (80 or 92mm, or even 120mm) fans to it too, like I did
Heres the Gigabyte GV-R485MC-1GH passive 4850 for $200 on newegg.
I have a Gainward HD4850 GS (Golden Sample). At 20% the fan spins at 850rpm. Even with your ear close you can`t hear it. At 40% where it stands right now, being in the case, the gpu isn`t heareable, deadsilent. (~980rpm).
Good luck.
Here are some pictures from my gpu:
Enjoy!
le: More quite than that is only fanless S1!
Good luck.
Here are some pictures from my gpu:
Enjoy!
le: More quite than that is only fanless S1!
Hello,
They mentioned that HIS IceQ4 Turbo was the quietest of the bunch. They also liked the fact that it exhausts the warmed air from the back of the case.
It was a comparison / test of 4850's with non-reference cooling. The other contestants were ASUS EAH4850 TOP Edition, Gainward Radeon HD 4850 Golden Sample and Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic.
I know that these cards don't claim to be the quietest ones on the market, and noise was just one of the things measured in the test; but still, it might give an idea.
They mentioned that HIS IceQ4 Turbo was the quietest of the bunch. They also liked the fact that it exhausts the warmed air from the back of the case.
It was a comparison / test of 4850's with non-reference cooling. The other contestants were ASUS EAH4850 TOP Edition, Gainward Radeon HD 4850 Golden Sample and Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic.
I know that these cards don't claim to be the quietest ones on the market, and noise was just one of the things measured in the test; but still, it might give an idea.
Hello,
I hope you like the card! I've read that HIS is also making a 4870 which uses cooler with the same principle. I'm keeping my eyes open for that card.
By the way; I would be very sorry if the card I recommended turns out to be not so quiet (unlike the review), so I'm keeping my fingers crossed..
I hope you like the card! I've read that HIS is also making a 4870 which uses cooler with the same principle. I'm keeping my eyes open for that card.
By the way; I would be very sorry if the card I recommended turns out to be not so quiet (unlike the review), so I'm keeping my fingers crossed..
Naturally gigabyte started selling a passive model after I went for one with a fan by powercolor but back then waiting didn't seem like an option. If you have to find something negative about the powercolor pcs+ 4850 it doesn't blow the hot air out of the case like the HIS iceq models. Highly subjective impression compared to a 2900pro with a hr-03 & sharkoon 92mm at 5 volts was that they were pretty much the same. The following link made the difference for me.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powe ... CS/25.html
In normal usage the fan doesn't spin up much but with furmark... It will be interesting to hear comments about the iceq models as well so perhaps I can continue lamenting about my timing again.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powe ... CS/25.html
In normal usage the fan doesn't spin up much but with furmark... It will be interesting to hear comments about the iceq models as well so perhaps I can continue lamenting about my timing again.
I installed the HIS 4850 Iceq4 1GB in my computer two days ago, and it's NOT SPCR-quiet.
For someone not used to quiet computing, it may seem quiet, especially when dampened by the case.
But the fan in 2D is ticking and at load it's hissing badly. I'll replace the stock cooler in about a week with the Accelero S1 and turbo module.
For someone not used to quiet computing, it may seem quiet, especially when dampened by the case.
But the fan in 2D is ticking and at load it's hissing badly. I'll replace the stock cooler in about a week with the Accelero S1 and turbo module.
Received the card yesterday from Tigerdirect - in obviously used condition, so back it goespixel wrote:Hello,
I hope you like the card! I've read that HIS is also making a 4870 which uses cooler with the same principle. I'm keeping my eyes open for that card.
By the way; I would be very sorry if the card I recommended turns out to be not so quiet (unlike the review), so I'm keeping my fingers crossed..
Well, my other fans are very quiet in 2D (I ramp up when gaming, using Scythe Kaze Master controller):
Front Nexus 92 mm at 800 rpm, back Slipstream at 600 rpm, PSU at 520 rpm and CPU at ~500 rpm.
So the Iceq4 doesn't match my other quiet fans. In 2D it's reasonably quiet, but the noise quality is poor.
I could compare it with a 120 mm fan at 900-1,000 rpm, with ball bearings of poor quality.
It's a bit louder than a Slipstream at full 800 rpm, but the Slipstream sounds smoother.
I just listened again to it, and it's by far the loudest component in my setup. Oddly, the noise seems now to be whirring, not ticking?
Right now the fan speed reported by CCC is 14% and GPU temperature is 52C.
Front Nexus 92 mm at 800 rpm, back Slipstream at 600 rpm, PSU at 520 rpm and CPU at ~500 rpm.
So the Iceq4 doesn't match my other quiet fans. In 2D it's reasonably quiet, but the noise quality is poor.
I could compare it with a 120 mm fan at 900-1,000 rpm, with ball bearings of poor quality.
It's a bit louder than a Slipstream at full 800 rpm, but the Slipstream sounds smoother.
I just listened again to it, and it's by far the loudest component in my setup. Oddly, the noise seems now to be whirring, not ticking?
Right now the fan speed reported by CCC is 14% and GPU temperature is 52C.