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Sapphire HD 4870 512MB PCI-E | 
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| Brand: Sapphire
Category: CE
Buy New: £229.99
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 27061
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
MPN: 100243L
Model: 100243L
UPC: 840777032923
EAN: 0840777032923
ASIN: B001BN3WZ0
Release Date: July 2, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Good Mid Range Card from ATI - Minimal Bundle July 8, 2008
mosta67 (UK)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Upgrading from a factory overclocked MSI Nvidia 8800GTS 640 this is slightly larger, but still managed to fit in my small form factor Shuttle XPC (a 400W SN27P2) with relative ease. There's no way the GTX series cards would fit without fouling components on the motherboard.
It needs additional power, two 6 pin PCI connectors at the end of the card, one usually available from a connector on most modern motherboards, the other by converting a molex power connector (the 4 pin plugs that fit DVD-ROM or PATA drives) or in my case, converting an SATA power connector to molex first. Sapphire provide a single molex to PCI power lead in the box.
Noise at startup is similar to my old 8800GTS card, and at load is perhaps a touch noisier. Hot air is expelled via exhaust on the dual slot design cooler, great for heating up the room.
Drivers install on XP with no fuss, preferring not to install on Vista without a much higher spec machine. No other software is included, but there is an HDMI converter plug, S-video plug and the aforementioned molex to PCI converter lead. I'd rather have a cheaper card than bundled software, since prices of PC titles drop relatively quickly from retail, after release.
Artificial benchmarks like 3D Mark 06 show roughly a 10% improvement over my 8800 GTS 640, but these are misleading, since firing up titles such as Crysis, Hellgate, Assassin's Creed and Gears of War allow running at higher resolutions with more grahics effects. The card seems able to run at 1920x1200 on most titles, able to drive a 24" monitor. There may be less value in this card on a smaller monitor, as other cheaper cards can drive a lower resolution on say, a 22" LCD.
There are loads of reviews of the 4870 on the net with varying testing setups plus lots of discussion comparing image quality between NVidia and ATI.
I personally find the image on ATI cards a bit sharper, NVidia having a more washed out look. There's little difference on the windows desktop, however. Currently, this card is better value than the offerings from NVidia, however I'd have no hesistation in switching back for next generations, increase in power requirements and physical size notwithstanding.
To summarise, it does what it says on the box well. If you need to run at high resolutions, then it does the job. I shouldn't need to upgrade for another few years.
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