TheScavenger Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) ___________________________________________ Highest Results 802/1074: 59 degrees under load 12,033 in 3DMark06 6,614 in 3DMark Vantage ___________________________________________ XFX HD 4830 I'm going to jot down my initial thoughts and bit about its overclocking ability. Setup 1 Athlon X2 5050e 2.6GHz 1MB L2 2x1GB Super Talent DDR2 800 Asus M3A78-EM 780G/SB700 XFX HD 4830 512MB Vista 32-bit Setup 2 Athlon X2 7750 BE @ 3.0GHz 2x1GB OCZ DDR2 1066 Asus M3A78-EM 780G/SB700 XFX HD 4830 512MB Vista 32-bit Setup 3 Athlon X2 7750 BE @ 3.3GHz 2x1GB OCZ 1066 DDR2 DFI LP Jr 790GX-M2RS XFX HD 4830 512MB Windows 7 Beta 32-bit Aesthetics The card looks great! Typical XFX quality all around. It has a flat black finish, a black PCB and a black PCI bracket. Did I mention that its black? Cooling First off, with the stock fan profile the 4830 idles around 38 degrees and loads in the low 50s! That is a huge difference than what I used to see with my reference 4850 and 4870. Fan noise is pretty quiet as well but picks up a little as the card is loaded (obviously). Overclocking The factory clocks are set at 575/900. So far I have it 3DMark06 stable at 802/1074. Any memory frequency above 1078MHz causes instant artifacting on the desktop. In addition, overclocking the core and memory haven't raised the load temps above a couple of degrees. 3DMark06 Setup 1 575/900: 8,883 SM 2.0: 3945 SM 3.0: 4536 CPU Score: 1852 650/1000: 9,276 675/1050: 9,459 700/1050: 9,445 721/1050 (CPU @ 2.8GHz): 10,056 SM 2.0: 4547 SM 3.0: 5220 CPU Score: 2012 749/1078 (CPU @ 2.8GHz): 10,096 SM 2.0: 4549 SM 3.0: 5290 CPU Score: 2004 802/1074 (CPU @ 2.8GHz): 10,197 SM 2.0: 4565 SM 3.0: 5404 CPU Score: 2010 3DMark06 Setup 2 575/900: 9,878 SM 2.0: 4225 SM 3.0: 4839 CPU Score: 2290 749/1078: 11,253 SM 2.0: 5093 SM 3.0: 5724 CPU Score: 2308 802/1074: 11,561 SM 2.0: 5237 SM 3.0: 5994 CPU Score: 2312 3DMark06 Setup 3 802/1074: 12,033 SM 2.0: 5332 SM 3.0: 6167 CPU Score: 2503 3DMark Vantage Setup 1 802/1074: P5993 GPU Score: 7048 CPU Score: 4135 3DMark Vantage Setup 2 802/1074: P6469 GPU Score: 7330 CPU Score: 4783 3DMark Vantage Setup 3 802/1074: P6614 GPU Score: 7289 CPU Score: 5174 Edited February 3, 2009 by TheScavenger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Nice results! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseMan42 Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Any after market cooling on it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Nice tests!thanks for posting a lot of good information. My new 4830 is coming today. Where is that brown truck?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScavenger Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Factory cooling and no volt mods Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseMan42 Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Factory cooling and no volt mods Very nice results then. The stock cooler on my 4850 was horrendous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScavenger Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Very nice results then. The stock cooler on my 4850 was horrendous. The reference coolers are pretty terrible. I used to play CoH with headphones on because the fan was so loud on my 4850. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Got my powercolor 4830 and my best score is 12500 @ 3.6ghz and 700/1000 gpu clocks. I can't seem to get rivatuner or atitool to work or I could get a little more out of the card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedEuphoria Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Trt Ati Tray Tool as you can jump 1 notch higher on voltage in it. For Vista 64 you need the latest beta version and rigt click and install as adimin to it works correctly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Ok thanks. I can try it later on when I get home from work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 After a few days of fighting with this 4830 I am going to RMA it back to Newegg. Something is fishy with it and temps are quite high(mid 80's under load) I am going to just stay with my good old Palit 3870, it was getting about the same scores as the 4830 in benchmarks. I am growing tired of ATI now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Most cards come with a factory set fan speed of 25% Speed up the fan a bit and see if there is a difference in temperatures. A 4830 runs circles around a 3870. Try fiddling with it a bit. Just might be worth it. Edited February 6, 2009 by damian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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