- Joined
- Jan 17, 2008
- Location
- Kansas City, MO
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Highest Results
802/1074: 59 degrees under load
12,033 in 3DMark06
6,614 in 3DMark Vantage
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XFX HD 4830
I'm going to jot down my initial thoughts and bit about its overclocking ability.
Setup 1
Setup 2
Setup 3
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
675/1050: 9,459
700/1050: 9,445
721/1050 (CPU @ 2.8GHz): 10,056
3DMark06 Setup 2
575/900: 9,878
749/1078: 11,253
802/1074: 11,561
3DMark06 Setup 3
802/1074: 12,033
3DMark Vantage Setup 1
802/1074: P5993
3DMark Vantage Setup 2
802/1074: P6469
3DMark Vantage Setup 3
802/1074: P6614
Highest Results
802/1074: 59 degrees under load
12,033 in 3DMark06
6,614 in 3DMark Vantage
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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
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
- SM 2.0: 4549
- SM 3.0: 5290
- CPU Score: 2004
- 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
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