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Great Video Card
- Pros: Upgraded from a Radeon X1600, and it is a huge difference. I was getting a nose bleed playing Call of Duty: World At War with the X1600. Now, graphics from Call of Duty: World At War improved greatly, and the game runs smoothly with this video card. I could clearly see the raindrops on the gun barrel. The video card is pretty fast. Got it at a good price + mail-in rebate.
- Cons: The overall length of this video card is pretty long, and it's also heavy. It's not a big deal because the performance outweighs those issues.
- Other Thoughts: I did not use the provided CD containing Catalyst 8.7 Software Suite. I downloaded and installed Catalyst 8.11 Software Suite from AMD/ATI. Running a 22" Viewsonic and a 19" Viewsonic at the same time.
Amazing care for the price
- Pros: this card screams with speed! through all the test i've done it's never dropped below 30 FPS.
Crysis at highest res, with everything on highest settings output to 2 clone monitors, 46" LCD TV and 22" LCD monitor. this was a monster test for my pc and the GPU, but it worked like a charm, the only problem was my TV had a small ripple line through it, but that is not my GPU's fault. and the FPS never went below 30
Far Cry 2 with all the same spec's in high, was seamless, as i said the line in my 46" TV at time with alot going on it was the only quirk.
For what you pay this thing has no equal, you just cant get a better GPU for the price this price.
also for u PCI-E 1.0 users out there, have no fear to need to upgrade your mobo, this thing will still scream, although u will never be able to us this things GDDR5's full bandwidth, you wont miss it for today's games. maybe a year from now i will miss that bandwith, but not even crysis can bring this thing to it's knees to beg fo
- Cons: most people say the fan is too loud. I'm not a fan of this complaint simply because my young ears are not bothered by the fan. It's only loud at start up, but then it's no louder than a 10,000 RPM HDD under load. I have a huge full case with 2 very quiet (i hear my cpu fan over these things) 25cm fans in it and i even sleep with my pc on all night with all fans going and i've never been bothered by my GPU fan. even under load the fan is quiet. so please don't pass this card up because you think it sounds like a hair dryer.
- Other Thoughts: I used to think that ATI's drivers we bad due to a GPU i used to own that would crash all the time due to the drivers, but all my fears have faded away. my 8800 crashed more than this thing has. ATI has come a long way, I'm now very happy i did not buy a 280 over this one. yes an 280 could have been a better GPU, look how close they are in benchmarks, plus the 280 does not have GDDR5 or 800 Stream Processing Units. yes the 280 had more transistors, but still for the price of the 280, save your money for a week and get a HD4870 x2 that uses the same drivers as this card.
To all serious gamers out there, you must get this card if want to save money and play games like crysis and FC2 and get all the eye candy.
Make sure to turn fan speed up
- Pros: Great specs. Runs all my games beautifully.
- Cons: By default the fan speed is set very low. You should enable custom options in the ATI control center and bring the fan speed up past 30% so that the temperature doesn't sit at 75 degrees plus!
| Model |
| Brand |
SAPPHIRE |
| Model |
100243-1GL |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
ATI |
| GPU |
Radeon HD 4870 |
| Core Clock |
750MHz |
| Stream Processors |
800 Stream Processing Units |
| Memory |
| Memory Clock |
900 MHz, 3.6Gbps |
| Memory Size |
1GB |
| Memory Interface |
256-bit |
| Memory Type |
GDDR5 |
| 3D API |
| DirectX |
DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL 2.1 |
| Ports |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI (via Adapter) |
| DVI |
2 x DVI |
| TV-Out |
HDTV / S-Video Out |
| General |
| RAMDAC |
400 MHz |
| Max Resolution |
2560 x 1600 |
| CrossFire Supported |
Yes |
| Cooler |
With Fan |
| Power Connector |
2 x 6 Pin |
| Dual-Link DVI Supported |
Yes |
| Windows Vista |
Certified for Windows Vista |
| HDCP Ready |
Yes |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
100243-1GL
Driver Disk
User's Manual
HDTV Cable
Power Cable
DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
DVI to HDMI Adapter
CrossFire Bridge
S-Video to Composite Adapter |
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Reviewed By: Long Time ATI Fan on 11/24/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
