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ActiveWin.com: Palit Radeon HD 4870 512mb Sonic Dual Edition - Review | |
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| Time: 06:52 EST/11:52 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
Byron has posted his review of Palit's new Radeon HD 4870 512 MB Graphics Card. Here is an excerpt: As expected, Windows Vista performance with the ATI 4870 is excellent as it is not only a new graphics card, it is also supporting the latest DirectX 10 technology. General usage on Windows Vista is excellent, I had multiple windows open and was dragging them all over the place with no slow down and considering this wasn't really a real life test or anything any sane user will be doing during their spare time, its a good indication for the rest of the OS. Colours were clear and with a clarity you expect from ATI. Video playback was also excellent, with good colour representation and smooth playback. Overall the ATI software has improved a lot since our last ATI based review and is it far more stable than it has ever been which is a good thing right now. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (70.177.180.170) at 9/16/2008 10:21:18 AM |
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I have one of these in my iRacing machine. For under $300, you can't beat this card (I have the VisionTek).
TL |
| #2 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 9/16/2008 11:55:54 AM |
| #1: I used to be an ATI guy wayyyy back in the day, but moved to nvidia when they started consistently blowing ATI out of the water in benchmarks. They also had more stable drivers. I'm going to pick up a new system in a month and am seriously looking at ATI again. if you don't mind my asking, what do you like & dislike about ATI cards these days? |
| #3 By 2960 (70.177.180.170) at 9/17/2008 9:18:10 AM |
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Same thing here. My first ATI in at least 5 years.
The drivers seem to be a lot better than they were back then. The only real issue, and it's not really an issue, is enthusiasts don't like the high temps the 48xx series are designed to run at, and do run at. 70c at Idle just rubs them the wrong way :) So many are using a profile trick to set the fan speed manually. A 40% fan speed typically has the cards idling at 40-45c, and running around 70c at full steam. And at that speed, you can't hear the fan over the rest of the system. TL |
| #4 By 2960 (70.177.180.170) at 9/17/2008 9:20:03 AM |
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Make sure you read up on the comparisons of the RE-RELEASED 260 and 260Max cards with the 4870. It's a lot closer now, and the standard 260 is cheaper than the 4870 now.
The 260Max cards are over $300 though. HardOCP.Com just did such a comparison, and the 260 actually won out overall. TL |
| #5 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 9/17/2008 10:06:25 AM |
| #4: Thanks for the tips. |
| #6 By 16797 (65.93.149.163) at 9/17/2008 7:41:48 PM |
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#5: You can get a model with better cooling out of the box, like this one, for example:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261027 |
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