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HIS trots out a Radeon HD 4830 with IceQ 4 cooling

by Parm Mann on 21 November 2008, 10:07

Tags: Radeon HD 4830 IceQ 4, HiS Graphics

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HIS managed to justify AMD's mig-range defining Radeon HD 4830 this time last month with a sub-£90 price tag.

Now, it appears to be heading in the opposite direction with an IceQ 4 edition. The HIS Radeon HD 4830 IceQ 4 512MB, pictured below, takes the popular IceQ cooling system and endeavours to make the card cooler and quieter.

However, despite its improved dual-heatpipe-derived thermal performance, the card ships with standard frequencies - that's 575MHz for the core and 1,800MHz effective for the 512MB of GDDR3.

It might allow for a little extra overclocking headroom, but we fear any additional price premium will place the card far too close to the better-performing Radeon HD 4850. Though there's no official word on pricing just yet, but we'd expect it to cost over £100.

On the other hand, if you're a big IceQ fan, two of these in CrossFire configuration could work wonders.

Official product page: HISdigital.com



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Does anyone find that the fans on these HIS coolers and the Akasa Vortex have a rubbing sound regardless how slow you run them.
Brewster0101
Does anyone find that the fans on these HIS coolers and the Akasa Vortex have a rubbing sound regardless how slow you run them.

I always thought IceQ fans just looked good but r noisy!
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I got an X800 with an IceQ fan, and other than being obnoxiously noisy, the fan died just after warranty. I went and grabbed a Zalman GPU cooler and my ears were blessed with silence after that.
aidanjt
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I got an X800 with an IceQ fan, and other than being obnoxiously noisy, the fan died just after warranty. I went and grabbed a Zalman GPU cooler and my ears were blessed with silence after that.

Which Zalman cooler? I was thinking of getting one for my CPU and graphics card, but was always of put by price, so I went for a £200 water kit instead! lol :juggle:
Brewster0101
Which Zalman cooler? I was thinking of getting one for my CPU and graphics card, but was always of put by price, so I went for a £200 water kit instead! lol :juggle:

This was a few years ago, so it was the old one-sided ‘Flower’ design. Couldn't be bothered looking up the model number. But it's rather distinct.