Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB

Rob Williams · 05-04-2009, 01:12 AM

Believe it or not, despite the HD 4890's launch last month, the HD 4870 is still totally relevant, thanks to ATI's current pricing structure. There's a card for every budget, and if you're willing to spend around $180, you can get hooked up with a 1GB version of the card we're taking a look at today. It's silent, keeps cool, and still delivers great performance for the money.

You can read the article here and discuss it here!

Doomsday · 05-05-2009, 06:31 AM

really weird that they sent a HD4870. a HD4890 Vapor-X 2GB would have been really nice! i read some where bout ATi releasing 40nm cards soon!? the HD4770 i think

Kougar · 05-06-2009, 12:38 AM

The HD 4770 is already out there

Rob Williams · 05-09-2009, 12:43 PM

We also have the HD 4770 card in our queue, but the time issue has been bad. I'm hoping I can clear out that soon, along with AMD's 955 and Intel's 975. I'm so behind :-(

Kougar · 05-11-2009, 04:04 AM

It's a shame I don't have anything AMD in-house newer than K7, else I'd offer to benchmark both of those processors for you to help ya out...

Doomsday · 05-11-2009, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Williams

We also have the HD 4770 card in our queue, but the time issue has been bad. I'm hoping I can clear out that soon, along with AMD's 955 and Intel's 975. I'm so behind :-(

Ooh, the HD4770 review will be intereshting! first 40nm GPU.

05-04-2009, 01:12 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB Believe it or not, despite the HD 4890's launch last month, the HD 4870 is still totally relevant, thanks to ATI's current pricing structure. There's a card for every budget, and if you're willing to spend around $180, you can get hooked up with a 1GB version of the card we're taking a look at today. It's silent, keeps cool, and still delivers great performance for the money. You can read the article here and discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

05-05-2009, 06:31 AM	#2
Doomsday Tech Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KHI, PAK Posts: 1,539	really weird that they sent a HD4870. a HD4890 Vapor-X 2GB would have been really nice! i read some where bout ATi releasing 40nm cards soon!? the HD4770 i think __________________ PSU: Corsair AX850 - Case: Cooler Master HAF X - CPU:Core i7-2600k - Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT - Motherboard: Asus Z68 Maximus IV Extreme Z - Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB-1600Mhz - GPU: AMD MSI R6970 Lightning - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB, Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green - SSD: Intel 520 Series 120GB - K/B: Razer Lycosa Mirror - Mouse: Logitech G700 - MouseMat: Steel Series 4HD - LCD: Samsung 2333SW 23" - Speakers: Creative Inspire M4500 4.1 - Headset: Logitech G35 7.1 "Do not look at a man's prayers nor his fasts, rather, measure him by how well he deals with others, the compassion he shows his fellow man, his wisdom and his integrity" - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

05-09-2009, 12:43 PM	#4
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	We also have the HD 4770 card in our queue, but the time issue has been bad. I'm hoping I can clear out that soon, along with AMD's 955 and Intel's 975. I'm so behind :-( __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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