SAPPHIRE HD 4870 Silent Efficiency 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E Preview

22 Nov

Posted by Jayce as Hardware

Yes. I got myself a SAPPHIRE HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E. It is silent efficiency edition. The heat sink is different than the reference design heat sink. And it looks cooler too. I am looking forward to see its performance in action. Can’t wait to play games with it.

SAPPHIRE HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E box

Features

GDDR5 memory and 256-bit memory interface
DirectX 10.1
24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) and high performance anisotropic filtering
ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance
Use up to four discrete cards with an AMD 790FX based motherboard
PCI Express 2.0 support
Dynamic geometry acceleration
Game physics processing capability
ATI AvivoHD video and display technologyUnified Video Decoder 2 (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD VideoBuilt-in HDMI with 7.1 surround sound supportOn-chip HDCP
ATI PowerPlay technology

Nice protection

Specifications

Display Output: Dual DL-DVI-I+HDTV
Core Clock: 750 MHz
Memory Clock: 900 MHz, 3.6Gbps
PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface
512MB /256bit GDDR5 memory interface
Dual Slot Active Cooler
HDMI compliant via dongle
7.1 Audio Channel Support
Microsoft DirectX 10.1 support
Shader Model 4.1 support

Package contents

System Requirements

PCI Express based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode)
Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
1GB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Blu-ray / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
For a complete ATI CrossFireX system, a second ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per board (included) are required

SAPPHIRE HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E front view

SAPPHIRE HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E back view

SAPPHIRE HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E top view

2 DVI outputs and 1 S-video output

Lovely heat sink

Remember to plug in extra power source

Spin… Spin… Make it cooler…

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Tags: display card, HD 4870, SAPPHIRE

7 Responses

orphess

November 29th, 2008 at 6:15 am
1

Please, when you’ve tried this one out, report your findings on performance, produced heat and noise level. Thanks, in advance
Jayce

November 30th, 2008 at 7:00 am
2

Noted. Will come out a review after testing.
Mantarior

December 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
3

So, what can you say about noise levels?
Jayce

December 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
4

You won’t hear any noise if you don’t overclock it. Noise started to show up when fan speed above 3000 rpm.
Jayce

December 9th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
5

Ops… Mistake. Should be 2000 rpm. But need a very quiet environment to hear the noise.
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