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<blockquote data-quote="fikse" data-source="post: 425095" data-attributes="member: 86943">You remember correct: 25W, while the 4850 is 110W. Its huge difference! Now, what I also consider, is gaming capacity. While the 4550 gives 96 GFLOPS, the 4850 gives 1000. Of course there is other ways to check performance, but 10 times should count for something. Actually it is possible to get the 4850 as passive cooled, but still it makes alot of heat, and that got to get out. What I hope is that if I buy a cheap 4850 (with a rubbish fan), mount a quiet, big, lowspeed Zalman-fan and also some 18dB, 80mm case fans pretty close the GPU, I will manage to keep the temp and noise down, and still have the performance &quot;needed&quot; for pretty heavy games. A shame that ATI has not implemented PowerExpress at desktop GPUs, but only at their mobile series. If so, I could run in CrossFire with a integrated HD3300, so the 4850 most of the time is shutted down. At least the 4850 will run at idle at most of the time, that should count for something <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Now I already have bought some of the stuff, and also the keyboard/mouse. The S520 is a pretty cheap set, so if it isn't doing the job properly, I will have a look at the DiNovo. I have earlier tried the <a href="http://img.webmercs.com/di.ashx/377600" target="_blank">Gyration Go</a> compact keyboard and mouse. Its very very nice, but not the price, almost £200!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fikse, post: 425095, member: 86943"] You remember correct: 25W, while the 4850 is 110W. Its huge difference! Now, what I also consider, is gaming capacity. While the 4550 gives 96 GFLOPS, the 4850 gives 1000. Of course there is other ways to check performance, but 10 times should count for something. Actually it is possible to get the 4850 as passive cooled, but still it makes alot of heat, and that got to get out. What I hope is that if I buy a cheap 4850 (with a rubbish fan), mount a quiet, big, lowspeed Zalman-fan and also some 18dB, 80mm case fans pretty close the GPU, I will manage to keep the temp and noise down, and still have the performance "needed" for pretty heavy games. A shame that ATI has not implemented PowerExpress at desktop GPUs, but only at their mobile series. If so, I could run in CrossFire with a integrated HD3300, so the 4850 most of the time is shutted down. At least the 4850 will run at idle at most of the time, that should count for something :D Now I already have bought some of the stuff, and also the keyboard/mouse. The S520 is a pretty cheap set, so if it isn't doing the job properly, I will have a look at the DiNovo. I have earlier tried the [URL="http://img.webmercs.com/di.ashx/377600"]Gyration Go[/URL] compact keyboard and mouse. Its very very nice, but not the price, almost £200! [/QUOTE]

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