Following up from my HD 3850 video — this time a Gigabyte HD 4850 with Zalman aftermarket cooler for $10. Cleaned it, repasted it and tested on 6 games on a Core 2 Duo rig.
GTA San Andreas CoD4 Modern Warfare Tomb Raider Underworld Just Cause 2 NFS Most Wanted 2005 Crysis
Temps stayed at 53°C — massive difference from the 106°C of the HD 3850!
Full video here: https://youtu.be/0ORqQPk7kjs
6 Comments
vikingtons@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
the upside is that you can now use this with RPCS3 on Linux!
RiskRig91@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
Haha that's actually a great idea — might have to try that in a future video!
Squizzy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
I would have thought this generation and beyond required recent gpus for decent emulation
vikingtons@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
It would, I think the point made by rpcs3 dev is that recent bring-up for that generation's R600 driver has effectively unblocked it for use in such cases
cron@feddit.org · 2 pts · 79d
I remember having a 4850 from MSI. That fan looked similar and was quite loud.
RiskRig91@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 78d
Haha yes the fan noise on these old cards was something else! The Zalman cooler on this one is actually surprisingly quiet compared to the stock coolers."