ASUS EAH4870 Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Card Review

Adrian Wong · 17th Aug 2008, 08:00 AM

Although wrought with numerous delays, ATI finally launched their long-awaited Radeon HD 4870 graphics card on June 25, 2008. As it was the first graphics card to feature the spanking new GDDR5 memory, much was expected of the Radeon HD 4870.

Fortunately, ATI finally delivered what they promised their fans for years - NVIDIA-thumping performance at a competitive price point. Today, we will be taking a look at an example of this card from ASUS - the ASUS EAH4870 graphics card.

Link : ASUS EAH4870 Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Card Review

generalRage1982hrv · 17th Aug 2008, 08:50 AM

OMG THIS CARD IS KICK ASS CARD

great review Adrian

The_YongGrand · 17th Aug 2008, 09:33 AM

What's the power supply requirements for both of the 4850 and 4870 cards? How about the +12V PSU Rails for these?

Lacus · 17th Aug 2008, 04:11 PM

Nice review, Dr wong!..Hmm, the only reason 4xxx series is suffering from high temp is due to their GPU bios not optimize thus resulting in higher temp. Btw in 2d mode, whats the core/memory clock of the gpu? Too bad i only can top up for a 4850 instead of 4870

Asus usually bundles their gpu with games so that soooo cool

generalRage1982hrv · 17th Aug 2008, 07:09 PM

well this is interesting thing "Not particularly overclockable"

lee_what2004 · 17th Aug 2008, 09:08 PM

nice card

nice review adrian

Mac Daddy · 18th Aug 2008, 05:15 AM

Nice review and nice looking card Adrian

Quote:

Originally Posted by generalRage1982hrv

well this is interesting thing "Not particularly overclockable"

Well of course it isn't Bro ATI/AMD have already pushed the core and memory near its limits we can see that by the temps.

I see little headroom for O/Cing unless they go to liquid cooling and small movements on hysteresis regarding temperature.

Yukirin · 18th Aug 2008, 10:09 AM

Great Review Adrian. This card seems to fit my taste since I hardly overclocked my card either (even my HD3870 is running on stock). But as for now, I can't seems to get myself to purchase this card due to budget constrain.

PsYkHoTiK · 18th Aug 2008, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Nice review and nice looking card Adrian

Well of course it isn't Bro ATI/AMD have already pushed the core and memory near its limits we can see that by the temps.

I see little headroom for O/Cing unless they go to liquid cooling and small movements on hysteresis regarding temperature.

Actually, overdrive only lets a maximum of 790Hz on the core...

Nothing to do with temperatures.

A 3rd party tool is needed to push higher (like AMD GPU clock tool).

As for temps, again it is the way the it is set up in bios. Lacus said the same with the 4850 (Motoman made a thread on the 48XX card and did the same with his 4850). A mod to the bios to get the fan to spin faster at lower temperatures will get better performance. I have seen people around with OCs in the 800s on stock everything.

Lacus · 18th Aug 2008, 03:04 PM

errr, Psykhotik. Modding the bios to make sure 2d mode is lower core/memory instead of higher

..not making it to spin faster

btw Ati overdrive only locks the oc to certain level and it can be unlock using 3rd party applications

17th Aug 2008, 08:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 30,124 Reputation: 3081 Rep Power: 67	ASUS EAH4870 Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Card Review Although wrought with numerous delays, ATI finally launched their long-awaited Radeon HD 4870 graphics card on June 25, 2008. As it was the first graphics card to feature the spanking new GDDR5 memory, much was expected of the Radeon HD 4870. Fortunately, ATI finally delivered what they promised their fans for years - NVIDIA-thumping performance at a competitive price point. Today, we will be taking a look at an example of this card from ASUS - the ASUS EAH4870 graphics card. Link : ASUS EAH4870 Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Card Review __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

17th Aug 2008, 08:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
generalRage1982hrv ARP Reviewer Join Date: 13 Apr 2008 Location: Vukovar, Croatia Posts: 397 Reputation: 111 Rep Power: 2	OMG THIS CARD IS KICK ASS CARD great review Adrian __________________ www.technewshw.com

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The_YongGrand Super Active Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,316 Reputation: 852 Rep Power: 14	What's the power supply requirements for both of the 4850 and 4870 cards? How about the +12V PSU Rails for these? __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 2nd pc under construction! Wolfdale baby!

17th Aug 2008, 04:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	Nice review, Dr wong!..Hmm, the only reason 4xxx series is suffering from high temp is due to their GPU bios not optimize thus resulting in higher temp. Btw in 2d mode, whats the core/memory clock of the gpu? Too bad i only can top up for a 4850 instead of 4870 Asus usually bundles their gpu with games so that soooo cool __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

17th Aug 2008, 07:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
generalRage1982hrv ARP Reviewer Join Date: 13 Apr 2008 Location: Vukovar, Croatia Posts: 397 Reputation: 111 Rep Power: 2	well this is interesting thing "Not particularly overclockable" __________________ www.technewshw.com

17th Aug 2008, 09:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
lee_what2004 Active Join Date: 28 Dec 2007 Location: Melaka Posts: 860 Reputation: 558 Rep Power: 6	nice card nice review adrian __________________

18th Aug 2008, 10:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
Yukirin Warming up Join Date: 1 Feb 2007 Location: City of Cats Posts: 76 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Great Review Adrian. This card seems to fit my taste since I hardly overclocked my card either (even my HD3870 is running on stock). But as for now, I can't seems to get myself to purchase this card due to budget constrain. __________________ Intel C2D E8400\|Gigabyte P35-DS3L\|Sapphire HD3870\|2x 1 GB Kingston Value RAM DDR2 800\|Western Digital 500GB + 80GB\|Raidmax Modular 630\|CoolerMaster Elite 330\|19" Samsung SyncMaster BW

18th Aug 2008, 03:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	errr, Psykhotik. Modding the bios to make sure 2d mode is lower core/memory instead of higher ..not making it to spin faster btw Ati overdrive only locks the oc to certain level and it can be unlock using 3rd party applications __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

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