XFX HD487AZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1 GB DDR5 PCI-E 2.0

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 3.9 x 12.6 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002K9ITCU
• Item model number: HD487AZWFC
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,663 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 26, 2009

Product Description

With enhanced memory architecture that is able to handle 115 GB a second, the XFX Radeon HD 4870 is the only graphics card available with blazing fast GDDR5 memory. Featuring nearly one billion transistors and up to 800 stream processors, the high resolutions and fast frame rates that were once the sole domain of dual-card systems are now yours.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holy Crap!, October 14, 2009

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This review is from: XFX HD487AZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1 GB DDR5 PCI-E 2.0 (Personal Computers)

I can run Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising at the full settings!!!! With my old dual Nvidia 7600gt's I could barely run it on 800X600.
It is a great card so far!
FYI - it is a HUGE card. It takes up a lot of space. Thing is probably about 10 inches long.
Also, it wants dual 6 pin plugs straight from your power supply to run. If you don't have those I recommend updating your power supply.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Price+Power [Good] - Heat+Sound [Bad], December 2, 2009

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Sean T. Phillips "wetdirtmud" (Southgate, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: XFX HD487AZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1 GB DDR5 PCI-E 2.0 (Personal Computers)

I replaced my old GeForce 7600 GT with this card in order to keep up with the times. I've never bought a Radeon card before, and I remembered why almost immediately after I installed it. The card ran ridiculously hot with just stock cooling. I understand I only had 1 top case fan - intake and 1 side case fan - exhaust (then there is also the CPU fan/GPU fan). The card was at 70°C IDLE. Yes it was very hot. I ran Crysis on Max settings for about 10 minutes until artifacts kicked in and everything froze. The card was at 99°C when it restarted.

I moved the fan up a couple PCI-E slots and rigged a new side fan right next to the card [intake] because there's a nice opening in the bottom of my case that would allow airflow. After putting this on and manually setting the fan speed [Using CCC] to 100% - I can run Crysis [Max] at about 70°C - 80°C 100% Load, I get around 30-40FPS. The addition of a new 120mm fan along side the 100% GPU fan is very loud. I can bare the loud noises but I know there's people out there who can't.

Mind you I don't blame Radeon for this I blame myself for having less-than-sufficient cooling in my computer. Just make sure you have this under control.

PROS:
*Very powerful [Able to run anything I threw at it on Max - Crysis, NFS:Shift,WoW]
*Inexpensive!
*Nice overclocking features using CCC - I haven't overclocked I just know it would be very easy if I wanted to.

CONS:
*Runs hot [Just make sure you have good cooling/air-flow and you will be fine]
*Fan speed does not reach 100% on automatic when you get ~100°C, which is ridiculous, therefore you have to keep setting it yourself if you need it.

My Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz
GPU: G.SKILL 3GB (3 x 1GB) (PC3 10666) Triple Channel
CASE: APEVIA X-CRUISER-BK Black Steel ATX Mid
HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 10000 RPM
MOBO: Foxconn Renaissance

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good valued card., May 16, 2010

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Jean S. Wu "ghz junky" (SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: XFX HD487AZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1 GB DDR5 PCI-E 2.0 (Personal Computers)

Good card, crossfire cable is kinda short for proper placement for good airflow in crossfire mode. Had to buy thermalright heatsinks to rectify the overheating problems. This also made it a lot quieter and cooler by ditching the stock cooling system. I paid $220 for my original 4870 card and only paid $165 for this one. Almost doubled my avg fps in warhammer 40k. Went from 47fps to 89fps avg on ultimate settings at 1920x1080p.