A Quieter Radeon HD 4870

by Han
published by Rinie 23 July 2009




For all gamers out there, the graphics card is an essential part of the gaming rig. A gaming rig without a proper, powerful graphics card is pretty useless especially when it comes to playing the high-end games. Today, Spotgamers are going to review 1 of the better graphic cards in the market, the Radeon HD 4870.



Reasonably priced at RM700, the Radeon HD 4870 does not disappoint in relation to size and power efficiency. It is definitely good enough to run most games with high end graphics. Also, this card is very quiet while in operation. When it's running, you only hear a very gentle "whoosh" of moving air. So when the Radeon HD 4870 gets busy with a very graphics-intensive application and gets hot, the fan spins up. Not to a troublesome level though.

Here are the numbers associated with this graphics card:

GPU RV770
Manufacturing Process 55nm
Transistor Count 956 M
Core Clock 750 MHz
Stream Processor Clock 750 MHz
Memory Clock 3.6 GHz DDR
Stream Processors 800
Texture Units 40
Render back end (ROPs) 16
Frame Buffer 512MB
Memory Interface 256 bits
Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/sec

How does this graphic card perform when running Crysis compared to other graphics card?

Here is how it works:





Crysis used to be a real sore spot for ATI's cards, relative to Nvidia's, but the new architecture has changed all that. A Radeon HD 4870 is roughly the equal of the GeForce GTX.

Pros and Cons:

Pros: Blazing speed for the price, relatively short card, DirectX 10.1 support and good HDMI output options, Runs smoothly and quietly.

Cons: Runs a bit hot, kind of expensive due to GDDR5 pricing.


In a nutshell, we believe this card is very powerful for its price, and is suitable for gamers out there looking to upgrade their graphics card or building a whole new gaming rig.