ATI 4850 and PowerPlay

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My understanding of ATI's PowerPlay for desktop is that you don't need an ATI chipset motherboard to use it (unlike Nvidia's HybridPower). Is that correct?

What kind of power consumption figures has the 4850 been getting in reviews? Do they say what clock speeds it lowers down to?
 
I'm not sure about power consumption but I'm having heat problems with the card. Load is 82C, idle is 78C with an open case. Fan control seems to be borked.
 
LockeOak said:
I'm not sure about power consumption but I'm having heat problems with the card. Load is 82C, idle is 78C with an open case. Fan control seems to be borked.
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Reports say that stock fan speed is 14%, which is pathetically and unnecessarily low. The sound would probably not be noticeable up to around 40% and the temps would be a ton lower. It was the same BS with the 8800GT, stock speed was about 25% and it idled at 60C or more. A quick upping to 45% didn't make any audible difference, but it did drop idle temps to 50C.
 
what do you use to adjsut teh fan speed on this card? im have ing a nightmare of a time withmy new PC build....

I bought a 8800GTX to go with my system but whenever i tried to play Age of Conan on high settings the computer would lock and blue screen even sometimes. when i played on medium it could play just fine.

Now, i have the visiontek 4850, and the same thing is happeneing. After maybe 10 minutes on high settings the thing will just lock up and the fan speed shoots way up while i stare at a blank screen. It only ever happens when i play a game, and ive even exchanged the first 4850 for a 2nd one. the crazy thing now is, i cant even get CCC to install anymore!! Now it just installs the display drivers and no control center. This is really starting to wear thin on me :(
 
-Tetsuo- said:
what do you use to adjsut teh fan speed on this card? im have ing a nightmare of a time withmy new PC build....

I bought a 8800GTX to go with my system but whenever i tried to play Age of Conan on high settings the computer would lock and blue screen even sometimes. when i played on medium it could play just fine.

Now, i have the visiontek 4850, and the same thing is happeneing. After maybe 10 minutes on high settings the thing will just lock up and the fan speed shoots way up while i stare at a blank screen. It only ever happens when i play a game, and ive even exchanged the first 4850 for a 2nd one. the crazy thing now is, i cant even get CCC to install anymore!! Now it just installs the display drivers and no control center. This is really starting to wear thin on me :(
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Sounds to me like something else is b0rked with your box if you have tried 3 different cards. I mean, seriously, your luck in video cards can't be that shitty, so I'd start looking somewhere else.
 
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