The XFX ATi Radeon HD 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 ... Read review
With enhanced memory architecture that is able to handle 115GB a second, the XFX Radeon HD ... more
4870 is the only graphics card available with blazing fast GDDR5 memory. Featuring nearly one billion transistors and up to 800 stream processors, the high resol...
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With enhanced memory architecture that is able to handle 115GB a second, the XFX Radeon HD ... more
4870 is the only graphics card available with blazing fast GDDR5 memory. Featuring nearly one billion transistors and up to 800 stream processors, the high resol...
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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 ATi Radeon HD 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, ... ...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 and the framerate. Red Alert 3 which is a stylistic beautiful game, runs smoothly and looks ... more
The XFX ATi Radeon HD 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 and the framerate. Red Alert 3 which is a stylistic beautiful game, runs smoothly and looks amazing.
Installation
It requires two 6 pin molex connectors of your power supply, most good ones come with atleast one and an adapter which fits on the 2 pin connector. So you're more than likely going to be able to install it to the power supply with relative ease. It's a fairly big card so you'll probably need a full sized tower for it to fit. The DVI to HDMI cable adapter I got was faulty and has some loose connections so I get a flickering screen every now and then and have to wiggle it about to fix it.
Stability
It's never gone above 50 degress celcius for me unless I've been playing crysis on a fan speed of 50%. It's incredibly easy to overclock because the driver itself comes with options to do so, with the ATi Overdrive technology. It's very stable even on PSU's of just 500w (which is what I own). It's not caused my computer to randomly shut down once.
Overall
This is definately one of the best components you can buy if you want a budget gaming PC that packs a punch too, I bought it on a sale on overclockers ofr £100 and it's served me well ever since I don't think I'll need to upgrade for a good year or two.
Advantages: Powerful card, amazing price Disadvantages: For the price asked and the goods you get, nothing is wrong with this card.
This is my current card and I have bought some real mistakes in the GPU market, and this is by far the greatest purchase I have made for graphics cards. So first thing to take note of is the GDDR5 Ram this bad boy is packing. Currently GDDR2 and GDDR3 are the two main version of Ram that cards are using, and as this is on version 5, that should tell you that its better. How is it better you ask? Well it gives you more power in simple terms. The clock ... ...reads like a top of the line card. But wait, whats this I see, the price. This is priced as a mid range card, yet performs like a high end card, in fact, one of the top ones available you say? Yes indeed sir, this card is a monster. I play games a lot and I have the “oh so awful” job of setting all the visual settings to high. I know, poor me :P. For the sheer fact this card performs on par with cards over double its price should be enough to make ...
DamonN 11.06.2009
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Video output
Max Resolution (external)
2560 x 1600
Max Resolution Details
DVI: 2560 x 1600 / VGA: 2048 x 1536
Supported Display Graphics
QXGA (2048x1536), 2560x1600, 2560x1600
API Supported
OpenGL 2.1, DirectX 10.1, DirectX 10.1
TV Interface
HDTV out
Digital Video Standard
Digital Visual Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
HDCP compatible
Yes
Analogue Video Format
Component video, S-Video
Max Monitors Supported
2
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces
2 x DVI-I (dual link) - 29 pin combined DVI
1 x HDTV output
1 x HDMI output - 19 pin HDMI Type A ( with adapter )
1 x VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ( with adapter ), DVI-I (dual link)
1 x HDTV output ( on supplied cable )
Compatible Slots
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16, 1 x PCI Express x16
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories
6 pin power cable
Cables Included
1 x DVI-VGA adapter
1 x component video adapter
1 x HDMI-DVI adapter, 1 x DVI-VGA adapter
1 x S-Video - HDTV cable
1 x HDMI-DVI adapter
Compatible with Windows 7
"Compatible with Windows 7" software and devices carry Microsoft’s assurance that these products have passed tests for compatibility and reliability with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7.
Compliant Standards
RoHS
Software / system requirements
Recommended Power Supply
500 W
Peripheral / Interface Devices
Two additional power connectors, adjacent PCI slot
Manufacturer's product description
With enhanced memory architecture that is able to handle 115GB a second, the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 is the only graphics card available with blazing fast GDDR5 memory. Featuring nearly one billion transistors and up to 800 stream processors, the high resolutions and fast frame rates that were once the sole domain of dual-card systems are now yours.
