Any reason to choose a passive 3870 over a passive 4670?

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:37 pm

Mohan wrote:What's the possibilities (and possible effect) of underclocking the memory by software? Like having graphics profiles for 2D and activate another for 3D gaming? Sorry for asking so many dumb questions

lower voltages and clocks = less heat and less power consumption but also have slight affect in game speed. Easier to cool but slightly lower. How much slower depends on core architechture, speed of the memory and memory modules etc... But around 300 Mhz difference in memories is quite a bit.

Don't worry about asking "dumb questions". There is no such thing as dumb questions, just peoples who do not know.

Mohan · Post by **Mohan** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:23 pm

Well I'd think of profiles... like activating normal settings for gaming use and using underclocking for 2D work...

QuietOC · Post by **QuietOC** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:25 am

After reading the 4650 review today, it is hard to recommend any of these 46x0 cards unless you know the manufacturer has in fact implemented the voltage reduction at idle.

Mohan · Post by **Mohan** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:46 pm

Do you know of models that have voltage reduction implemented? I'd guess the Sapphire Ultimate do, but that's a wild guess...

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:49 pm

I would go with the 4830 OC by MSI.

anyone who talked this much about getting some performance tweaks from the 4670 by getting a nice gddr4 on it....

they should just get a 4830 OC by msi. I wonder though if S1 fits it. that, along with the double fan thats optional, would make the best of all worlds. It also kicks the 3870's ass in major way.

the msi OC versions have much more effecient power systems on them, high quality components. If my waterblock fit that, I would have chucked my 3870 by now.

loimlo · Post by **loimlo** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:53 am

Mohan wrote:Do you know of models that have voltage reduction implemented? I'd guess the Sapphire Ultimate do, but that's a wild guess...

Take a look at this huge 4670 thread for related info.

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