Following up from my HD 3850 video — this time a Gigabyte HD 4850 with Zalman aftermarket cooler for $10. Cleaned it, repasted it and tested on 6 games on a Core 2 Duo rig.
GTA San Andreas CoD4 Modern Warfare Tomb Raider Underworld Just Cause 2 NFS Most Wanted 2005 Crysis
Temps stayed at 53°C — massive difference from the 106°C of the HD 3850!
Full video here: https://youtu.be/0ORqQPk7kjs
It would, I think the point made by rpcs3 dev is that recent bring-up for that generation’s R600 driver has effectively unblocked it for use in such cases