Monday, June 30th 2008
ATI Radeon HD 4850 Fan Speed Workaround Posted
If you own one of the latest ATI Radeon HD 4850 cards and you're not satisfied with the reference single slot cooling and more specially with the temps you're getting in both idle and load, here's a quick workaround which might help you until better solution is available. A Guru3D forum member has found that if you make a profile in catalyst after turning on Overdrive, you can then edit it and manually change the fan speed. All steps to make it work are written here. Here's also a direct link to the full Guru3D thread. I'm not exactly sure, but this workaround should also work with ATI Radeon HD 4870 cards.
Source:
Guru3D
16 Comments on ATI Radeon HD 4850 Fan Speed Workaround Posted
for some reason i cant find the users folder could someone help thanks
What I want to know is how is AMD/ATI going to sell a card with such an obvious flaw. They say it is normal for it to do that. You shouldn't have to mod something at its core clock. Shame on you AMD/ATI.:shadedshu
Edit: After running this for a while... I can switch back and forth and when the fan goes on, it really says, "here I am, like a hurricane!" (at 65%) After a bit of tweaking, I like more around 40%.
What are your temps looking like at 40%.
Both load tests were playing a windowed game. Its running cooler than the single slot x1950 pro I just upgraded from.
^^
Hey Side, you should really fill out your System Specification - go to your User Control Panel, should be in the left hand pane. ;)