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10-30-2008, 07:32 AM
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Hexus: Force3D Radeon HD 4870 Black Edition review
HEXUS.net - Review :: Force3D Radeon HD 4870 Black Edition: it's Vader Time! : Page - 1/10
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Force3D has gone about launching a special-edition Radeon HD 4870 in a well-thought-out manner. The company has tied up with Arctic Cooling and used a Accelero TWIN TURBO heatsink to cool the hot-running Radeon HD 4870 GPU residing underneath. However, such is the design that it doesn't concurrent cool the memory chips, as well.
Appreciating the performance and aural benefits of using a heatsink that's comfortably better than the dual-slot that ships with the majority of cards, Force3D is able to push core/shader/memory clocks up a touch, which translates into performance that up to five per cent better than a reference card's.
Priced at just under £200, which is around £25 more than the cheapest bog-standard cards, we reckon that it makes sense for those who want a quiet-sounding solution that has room for extra frequency headroom.
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Wow, 49.5C full load as opposed to 90C full load with reference cooler. Impressive, though that added heat in the case can't be a good thing.
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10-30-2008, 09:03 AM
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If you have a case that can handle getting rid of that heat, then it does not matter all that much really.
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Originally Posted by logainofhades
If you have a case that can handle getting rid of that heat, then it does not matter all that much really.
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10-30-2008, 11:06 AM
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Looks good. I'll have to check out the toxic card aswell. Although i think this would clock higher when pushed.
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