Palit Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AE=4870S+0552

Reviews(9)

4.4
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
ROCKS!!!

Faster than my 8800GS. Shorter than a standard 4870 and saves SATA ports. Seriously fast.
@1280x1024, you can play Crysis with the ULTRA quality mod at 30-40 fps. Absolutely lovely!

Non reference board = harder to volt mod.
Oh well. Doesn't overclock much. Only 100% stable at 800core.

THe dual bios is brilliant. I tried to bios mod and card and BAM!!! Bricked.
Just reach around and flick the swith, reboot, and you're back in business.
I love this card!!!

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TOP CRITICAL REVIEW
No overclocking this one for me.

Fast and reasonably quiet. I find that fan noise is only noticeable above about 60% on my system, and it stays well below this during normal operation (not gaming).

I've found that I must underclock this card to 700MHz to get it to run stably in Crysis.

My system is well-cooled (system temps are around 40C and CPU temps around 35C at maximum load), but even if I manually set the fan to 100% I get display corruption at full clock speed. This corruption occurs when Catalyst is reporting the card temperature to be about 70-72C maximum at 750MHz. With it underclocked to 700MHz maximum temp is around 65C, and I don't see corruption.

However, I'm finding that 700MHz gives acceptable performance.

Fan control and overclocking is easy using AMD's Catalyst control center.

I'm running this with Vista X64 and the 8.10 Catalyst drivers. My system has 4GB RAM, and a Q6600 CPU at stock clock speed.

Most of the reviews I read for this card and other 4870 cards seem to indicate I should not get corruption at 72C, so I wonder if there is a problem with my card. This seems especially possible since others are reporting good overclocking with this card.

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Features & Details

  • 512MB 256-Bit GDDR5
  • Core Clock 750 MHz
  • 1 x DVI 1 x HDMI 1 x DisplayPort
  • 800 Stream Processors
  • PCI Express 2.0 x16

Specifications

Model
BrandPalit
ModelAE=4870S+0552
Interface
InterfacePCI Express 2.0 x16
Chipset
Chipset ManufacturerAMD
GPURadeon HD 4870
Core Clock750 MHz
Stream Processors800 Stream Processors
Memory
Effective Memory Clock3800MHz (950 x 4)
Memory Size512MB
Memory Interface256-Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
3D API
DirectXDirectX 10.1
OpenGLOpenGL 2.1
Ports
HDMI1 x HDMI
DisplayPort1 x DisplayPort
D-SUB1 x D-SUB
DVI1 x DVI
Details
RAMDAC400MHz
Max Resolution2560 x 1600
CrossFireX SupportYes
CoolerDual Fan
System Requirements500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended
Power Connector2 x 6-Pin
Dual-Link DVI SupportedYes
Windows VistaCertified for Windows Vista
HDCP ReadyYes
Features
FeaturesDual Bios
Packaging
Package ContentsAE=4870S+0552 Driver Disk User's Manual Power Cable DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggOctober 10, 2008
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