Advantages: Can run almost every game on highest settings, easy to overclock, very good memory speed. Disadvantages: No PhsX so some games can't run properly or even at all sometimes, some old games dont work.
The XFX ATiRadeonHD 4870 1024MB GDDR5, is undoubtedly one of the best cards you can buy within it's price range (to name a few the Nvidia GTX 260, the Nvidia GTS 250 and the ATi 4850) it is able to play almost every modern game at highest settings at a playable speed. I say almost because because some games require Nvidia PhsX, and I say modern because some old games don't work on the graphics card, Quake III for example. Although Deus Ex Works, as do all of Valves games and Diablo II does, but it has graphical issues and can mess up the placement of your windows.
Visuals
Almost every game that I own I can run at highest settings with a flawless framerate, Crysis runs at about 20 FPS which is playable but not exactly flawless. It still looks absolutely amazing though and you completely forget the bad gameplay ...
Advantages: Extremely Fast,Over clocks well,GDDR 3. Great image quality Disadvantages: Not DX10 compatible, does not have the newer crossfire bridge, Loud Fan
clock speed: 625 MHz
16 pixel pipelines
256 MB GDDR3 memory
Memory Clock: 1800MHz
Memory Size: 256 MB
Memory Interface: 256-bit
GDDR 3
DirectX 9
Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Dual DVI connectors
VIVO port
Integrated TV encoder
S-Video Socket
Pros: Extremely Fast. Over clocks well. Runs most games on the market today. GDDR 3. Great image quality, cooler reacts to UV
Cons: Not DX10 compatible, does not have the newer crossfire bridge ( makes crossfire a little more tricky), Loud Fan
In The Box:
Radeon X1950XT 256MB
Driver Disk
HDTV Cable
VIVO Cable
2 x DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
Price: Around £85 (depends where you shop)
Overall I think that this card is a good card for almost any gamer, extreme gamers may want to go for the new DX10 compatible card now available from both NVIDIA and ATI. Although if you ...
Advantages: It's fast, it's by a respectable company, takes one only one slot Disadvantages: Value for money? What value for money?
So here we have it ladies and gents, a graphics card that would rock your wok, own up your games and make that smug look on your mate's face vanish like somebody kick him between the legs. You will get all this, for a price of course.
This card comes with everything standard that other Radeon cards come with such as AGP 8x support, 2 monitor ports, 1 S-Video port and a massive heatsink/fan with it's name on it.
Installation is a sinch. Just open up PC, remove old graphics card, slide this graphics into it's place, screw it in and it's installed. Hard part would be wondering if you should upgrade the RAM and/or CPU in case it's a bottleneck.
The Creative ATIRadeon 9800 XT is a very fast graphics card. It comes with 256MB DDR video RAM and has the a highly clocked GPU core and RAMDAC clock speed. I can play Far Cry at 64 FPS ...
PRODUCT FEATURES: Dual-VGA supporting a maximum analog resolution of 2048 x 1536 Dual-DVI supporting a maximum digital resolution of 2560 x 1600 A full-height for tower systems Comprehensive Microsoft DirectX 10 support High-definition (HD) experience with Microsoft Windows Vista Certified for Windows Vista ATI Avivo HD Video and display architecture High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) Hardware-based H.264/VC-1 Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for smooth video playback of Blu-ray content Integrated S-video TV output support up to 1024 x 768 resolution Supports attachment of two Dual-link DVI for attachment of large size digital LCD flat-panel displays up to 2560 x 1600 resolution 128-bit DDR3 memory
