Sapphire HD4870, (1 GB) PCIE CTLR256BIT DDR5 DUAL DVI-I TVO Video Card Reviews

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Pros: Excellent card on ATI's part. Cons: Sapphire ruined this by slapping a poorly designed cooling device on a great card. The cooling screws up my entire case's airflow, the fan doesn't have any directional flow. from Newegg.com Pros: Great price point,much improved over 8800gts Cons: none so far Other Thoughts: Really wowed by the increase in performance from the 8800gts 512 to this GPU, no heating problems, easy install, really big card, bought as open box, good price,please note;two 6 pin pci-e power connectors required ,gpu temp at idle 27c, have Rosewill mid tower case with good front to back air flow, make the plunge, a lot of bang for the buck from Newegg.com Works excellent in all games, Crisis, etc.. except one.(see cons) Cons: In Everquest, there is a statue in the guild hall. My computer with a Nvidia 9800GT can see the statue in color in all it's glory, My computer with this video card only shows a Black solid figure, no color, no features. Same video setting on both. from Newegg.com Pros: Ran great for about a month and a half..... Cons: Tried to turn my computer on one day and was greeted by a black screen and the fan on this video card running at 100%. Pulled the card and tried to re-seat many times with no luck. from Newegg.com The only game I have tried this out with is Bioshock and everything looked great. I highly recommend this video card. from Amazon.com Newegg is a stand-up company. 3 months later my second card is failing but this time it is an issue with the DVI signal it is sending, RMA through newegg. Now I am down a PC until I pickup a 5870 but I will go with Diamond or HIS this time Cons: -Loud fan-2 cards failed-Very big card, you better have a big case Other Thoughts: 4870's are great cards and maybe I was just unlucky but I won't buy a Sapphire again. from Newegg.com Pros: wow does this gpu run. This thing rly out performs my his 4850 on stressful settings. With this card i was very plzed with what i paid for due to the ability to run farcry 2 on max settings at res 1440x900. And get a average of 50+ fps. from Newegg.com or PSU? and I got an answer today. I switched my old nvidia card with this HD4870, now my computer works very nice. I don't understand why this problem is caused. from Newegg.com Pros: Games keep getting better and better with the graphics. This video card WILL be able to keep up with the times. Everything about this card is awesome. from Newegg.com *vapor-x version* core clock:790 mem clock:1100 *this card* from Amazon.com

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Released	10 months ago
Installed Memory	1 GB
Graphic Processor	ATI RADEON HD4870
Display Interface	DVI x 2
Output Interface	S-Video TV Out HDTV Out
Analog Video Standards	S-Video
Card Interface	PCI Express
Compatibility	PC
Form Factor	Plug-in card
GPU Clock Speed	750 MHz
Installed Memory / Technology	1024 MB (GDDR5 SDRAM)
MPN	100259-1GL
Max. Screen Resolution	2560 x 1600
Memory Data Width	256-bit
Memory Tech	GDDR5 SDRAM
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista
Package Type	Retail
RAMDAC Speed	400 MHz
Special Features	HDTV TV-out Support Crossfire Ready
UPC	840777035481

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Sapphire HD4870, (1 GB) PCIE CTLR256BIT DDR5 DUAL DVI-I TVO Video Card Reviews

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