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Coolio_Alert   03-09-2009 at 11:59:38 PM

Planning on getting a 4870, what is a high-end brand??

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balthalzar   03-10-2009 at 12:44:18 AM
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im being told Sapphire on newegg, because they run alot cooler then most 4870's

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Komomu   03-10-2009 at 12:46:26 AM
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Sapphire and diamond amazon has some good cards but newegg probably has them a bit cheaper

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Komomu   03-10-2009 at 12:47:54 AM
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i just checked and amazon has better prices

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Komomu   03-10-2009 at 12:49:41 AM
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ignore this

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Nik_I   03-10-2009 at 01:00:31 AM
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wow that was a weird bunch of posts... but anyway, i would suggest the XFX 4870. it has a nice cooler on it. should work well.

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Euphoria_MK   03-10-2009 at 02:32:56 AM
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Actually I just got today the HIS HD 4870 1GB, the one with the blue PCB and a big GPU heatsink. It really works great. I OCed it at 675 and temps are 40C Idle and and 68C Full load. Fan is really quiet.
I love it :)

I am waiting for prices to drop and I'll get one more of the same HD4870 so I can crossfire it.

Cheers

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Bronze Graphics badge jay2tall   03-10-2009 at 07:04:33 PM
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I'd say any brand that has an upgraded cooler. They do get pretty hot and you want a cool cooler. I have an Asus w/ Dark Night cooler. I love it, however at idle the fan sits at 50%, which is a little loud for me. However my PC is pretty quiet by itself, I just made a fan profile in Rivatuner and took care of that. However the Sapphire has a nice big cooler and HIS has the ICEQ cooler.

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zipzoomflyhigh   03-10-2009 at 09:29:03 PM
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For some reason the 4870's 512 have skyrocketed in price, not sure why because AMD supposedly dropped them by $50 last week.
The best brand is the one with the best warranty.

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Coolio_Alert   03-10-2009 at 09:34:14 PM
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I will be going with a 1gb, and will be selling my BFG 8800GTS 512 OC... I also will most likely put on a better cooler.

What does it mean when they write "OC" on the card... Is it overclockable, pre-overclocked, or pre-overclocked and can go higher??

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PsychoSaysDie   03-10-2009 at 09:34:23 PM
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LOVE Sapphire myself. Awesome product

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chef7734   03-11-2009 at 08:25:20 AM
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Xfx has one of the best if not the best warranty in the market.

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Euphoria_MK   03-11-2009 at 12:31:10 PM
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Coolio_Alert wrote :

I will be going with a 1gb, and will be selling my BFG 8800GTS 512 OC... I also will most likely put on a better cooler.

What does it mean when they write "OC" on the card... Is it overclockable, pre-overclocked, or pre-overclocked and can go higher??



OC means that the card is already over clocked, GPU is running on higher settings than stock card.

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Techno-boy   03-11-2009 at 05:35:11 PM
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This thread might give you some more information:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _15_0.html

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