Ati 4850

[Feuerfalke]

The difference in OpenGL-rendering is minimal between nVidia and ATI, if there is any left at all with the new generation.

And the cooler, well, the ATI consumes less power and produces less heat. So it can live with the cooler it has, whereas the G280 for example got a lot of remarks during tests, that the cooler is running at max and still barely able to keep it within temperature-tolerances.

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

The difference in OpenGL-rendering is minimal between nVidia and ATI, if there is any left at all with the new generation.

And the cooler, well, the ATI consumes less power and produces less heat. So it can live with the cooler it has, whereas the G280 for example got a lot of remarks during tests, that the cooler is running at max and still barely able to keep it within temperature-tolerances.

it is even better in opengl than 9800GTX (8800GTS 512)

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3338

but demands more power...

[Feuerfalke]

Ah, cool.

Thanks for the link.

I only read a report that mentioned the 4870 has a less noisy and more efficient, smaller cooler than the G280. Was it on Firingsquad? Dunno, if I have the time, I'll look it up.

[SmartDalek]

I can only speak from my experience at the moment, running a Gigabyte 4870, Cat 8.7 beta. IL2, even in busy conditions, doesn't drive it hard enough to fully kick in the fan, a world of difference from the 1950 I was previously using. Nor has it reached temps mentioned in reviews, seems to idle at 48c max out around 65c, this particular card has a cooler similar to a Vf-900 that probably accounts for the discrepancy.

I have to admit that I could've nabbed a 280 but the expense seemed wasteful with Display Port deemed iminent.

[dflc03]

Hello everybody!

I am new to both IL2, this forum and HD4850, and I would appreciate some help from you guys. I am running Il2 1946 with patch 4.08m/4.09mb1, March 2008 dlls (I think) on a C2D E6600 @ 3.2 , 2 gb RAM, HD 4850 with 4800 Hotfix drivers, 19" 1280x1024 LCD. What settings should I use in ATI CCC and IL2 setup/conf to get both optimal play and nice graphics, if possible? Now I am using OGL, Max Settings, default conf.ini and I get some random freezes especially on 4.09 Slovakia map.

[GF_Mastiff]

Originally Posted by dflc03

Hello everybody!

I am new to both IL2, this forum and HD4850, and I would appreciate some help from you guys. I am running Il2 1946 with patch 4.08m/4.09mb1, March 2008 dlls (I think) on a C2D E6600 @ 3.2 , 2 gb RAM, HD 4850 with 4800 Hotfix drivers, 19" 1280x1024 LCD. What settings should I use in ATI CCC and IL2 setup/conf to get both optimal play and nice graphics, if possible? Now I am using OGL, Max Settings, default conf.ini and I get some random freezes especially on 4.09 Slovakia map.

Try turning the Aanisotropic Filtering to 8x and the Anti Aliasing 8x it increased my FPS to 1000 max avrg 70 on IL2

[dflc03]

It keeps freezing and it displays a strange colour dissipation effect similar to motor oil on water. Probably the ATI drivers are not mature yet. With previous X1950 Pro card did not have these problems.