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…
Tags: display card, HD 4870, SAPPHIRE
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Please, when you’ve tried this one out, report your findings on performance, produced heat and noise level. Thanks, in advance
Noted. Will come out a review after testing.
So, what can you say about noise levels?
You won’t hear any noise if you don’t overclock it. Noise started to show up when fan speed above 3000 rpm.
Ops… Mistake. Should be 2000 rpm. But need a very quiet environment to hear the noise.
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