Testseek.co.uk have collected 7 expert reviews of the Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCIe 4870PE5512SB and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCIe 4870PE5512SB.
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After testing the 4870 HD I feel that it’s a great card for anyone thatwants to play today’s game with some eye candy on. The card itself is superquite and was a breeze to install. It comes with a great bundle of accessoriesand the documentati...
Quiet, Significant Increase in Performance as an Upgrade, Easily Overclockable using ATI Overdrive, Optimized for the New AMD Dragon Platform,
Priced at Upper End of Price Point
If you are looking to upgrade your system or just your video card and desire performance, reliability, customer service, and technical support that doesn’t require a 45 minute hold before you speak with someone, the Diamond HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 video...
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Published: 2008-08-19, Author: chris , review by: legitreviews.com
Power efficiency, price, and performance are all values that favor the HD 4870 over the competition. ...
Usually, when each team releases a new generation of graphics cards, fans from either side can argue that one or the other is the better bet to go with. This time around though, this might be a much harder proposition. While the GTX 280 is an enginee...
Perfect video acceleration, Great singleGPU performance, Gonna get my customer service on, yeah
Fan runs loudly, Low overclocking ceiling, ...and its not permitted
The only adversary any 4870 has is other 4870s. People have fewer brand favorites in the ATI camp simply because manufacturers have been slow to vary the high-end models, let alone policies. People end up buying from one company because they save $10 o...
Best price/performance in the $299 segment, Still Affordable, 7.1 Audio via HDMI included now, GDDR5 memory, HDMIHDCPAudio, Excellent performance/watt (under load), CrossFireX support, Good accessory package, PCIExpress 2.0 support, DirectX 10.1 support
Can not take the performance crown, HD 4850 offers better price/performance, Limited overclocking potential, High idle power consumption, Tends to run a bit hot, Not as quiet as HD 4850
If you are in the market for a new graphics card in the $300 range, the HD 4870 should be your weapon of choice. However, if you can settle with 16% lower performance (averaged over our testing), you may as well get the HD 4850 which runs quieter and o...
