On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 08:50:44AM -0600, William Robb scripsit: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graydon" [snip] > Do you have any recommendations for what's good right now? I don't > want to spend a fortune, but I realize that a good graphics card is > going to cost some coin.
Well, if you're consistently making it work, but aren't doing things like large 3D renders or pipe stress analysis, you might want to look at the Sapphire Vapor-X HD 4850 512MB GDDR3. It's a basically stock Radeon 4850, but the cooler is something new from Saphire; see http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/16/review_graphics_sapphire_vapor_x_hd_4850/ They're seeing the chip run at 35 C instead of the 60 C with the reference cooler; this ought to make it quieter, as well as sucking back considerably less power for the fans, all of which are good for longevity under load. It's at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102833 and it looks like NCIX has it as well: http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=37426&vpn=11132-35-20R&manufacture=SAPPHIRE 195.09 CAD from NCIX. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
