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Old 17th Aug 2008, 08:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default 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
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Old 17th Aug 2008, 08:50 AM   #2 (permalink)
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OMG THIS CARD IS KICK ASS CARD
great review Adrian
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Old 17th Aug 2008, 09:33 AM   #3 (permalink)
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What's the power supply requirements for both of the 4850 and 4870 cards? How about the +12V PSU Rails for these?
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Old 17th Aug 2008, 04:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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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
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well this is interesting thing "Not particularly overclockable"
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Nice review and nice looking card Adrian

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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