ASUS EAH4850 TOP/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail

Great card!

Reviewed By: Savdog on 7/6/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Great software included, overclocked out of the box, quiet fan, fast! Also includes crossfire cables.

Cons: Requires 2 slots, but the fan's worth it.

Other Thoughts: Great buy, especially if you catch a good rebate offer!

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Reviewed By: Cappster on 6/26/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: I have two of these cards setup for crossfire and they pwn just about every game I have. I run a 1680x1050 monitor with AA and AF cranked up and vsync on every game. The factory overclock is nice and I haven't tried to go any further as not much of a performance increase will be noticed.

Cons: The cards run pretty hot even set at 100% fan speed. The top card in the crossfire configuration runs 5-10 degrees Celsius hotter than the one on the bottom. I ordered two high CFM fans that I am going to place over the cards to help keep the temps in check.

Other Thoughts: I never received my first rebate from asus when I ordered my first card 6 months ago. I am not sure if I will get this one, but I did want to make sure and have two of the same cards in crossfire.

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Works Well

Reviewed By: CpeGeo on 6/25/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: -Works as stated
-Overclocks well
-Runs fine in CrossFireX
-No major problems
-After market cooler works a little better at idle
-Fan noise reduced (at a cost)

Cons: -After market cooler is worse at load and manually increasing fan speed doesn't help.

Other Thoughts: I have the EAH4850 original and the EAH 4850 Top. Both work great. The original runs really hot when idle, but if you manually turn the fan up it will cool down A LOT.

The one with the after market cooler, runs a little cooler at idle but gets even hotter than the original under load. The thing that caught me by surprise was that even manually increasing the fan speed to 100% did not help.

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