bit-tech.net - 1/19/2009
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HIS is back with its take on the excellent Radeon HD 4870 1GB graphics card. We take a closer look at what spice HIS has added to its HD 4870 1GB IceQ4+ Turbo and find out if there's room for some innovation in the high-end GPU market. Read on to find out how it gets on...
driverheaven.net - 1/22/2009
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driverheaven.net —
The Radeon HD 4870 was ATIs answer to
the powerful GTX260, so after the release of the...
MaxCore GTX260 ATIs partners got to work on overclocked versions of their 1gb 4870s to compete in the market. Weve already looked at the Gainward and Sapphire ...
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HIS 4870 IceQ4+ TURBO Graphics Card - Introduction
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... What makes it worse is the fact that the refinements made appear to be for the worse at least, where noise is concerned. HIS has essentially redesigned the fan shroud to expose the heatpipes to the elements and introduced a slightly different fan with fewer blades. In order to improve cooling performance, the fan speed has been raised and to such an extent that it's quite noisy (but not offensively so) when the card is idling thats not something we really appreciate. Link: Bit Tech
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... Published: January 20, 2009, 11:09 am Author: Steve Dougherty The latest happenings from around the web - 19/01/2008 Video/Monitor - Leadtek GeForce GTX 285 1024 MB @ Techpowerup - ZOTAC GeForce GTX285 and GeForce GTX295 Video Card @ Futurelooks - LCD Monitor Buyer's Guide: Winter 2008-2009 @ XBit Labs - Geforce 181.20 WHQL benchmark @ PCGamesHardware - HIS IceQ4 4850 GPU @ XSReviews - HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB IceQ4+ Turbo @ bit-tech - MSI Radeon HD 4670 @ Ultimate Hardware Cases/Modding/PSU - Cooler Master HAF ...
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... performance w/ four Patriot Warp 2 SSDs - up to 660MB/s bit-tech and LegionHardware (thanks pdjblum) review G.Skill Titan SSD Benchmark Reviews on 80GB Intel X25-M SATA MLC SSD Metku reviews 32GB Patriot Warp v2 SSD Multimedia Futurelooks reviews Zotac GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce GTX 295 techPowerUp! reviews Leadtek GeForce GTX 285 1GB FiringSquad reviews Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe bit-tech reviews HIS HD 4870 1GB IceQ4+ Turbo XSReviews on HIS HD 4850 IceQ4 Ultimate Hardware reviews MSI ...
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We just published our latest review, but what's happening in the rest of the tech world? Our Daily Sampler looks at Graphics Cards, Motherboards and Chipsets, Cooling and Cases, and Consumer Electronics Graphics Cards: -ASUS ENGTX285 TOP GeForce GTX 285 @ Benchmark Reviews -HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB IceQ4+ Turbo @ bit-tech -HIS IceQ4 4850 @ XSReviews -ZOTAC GeForce GTX285 and GeForce GTX295 @ Futurelooks -Leadtek GeForce GTX 285 1024 MB @ techPowerUp -SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E @ TestFreaks Processors, Motherboards ...
Monday January 19, 2009
Hightech Hardware Technology Reviews Without Limits | |CoolerMaster Storm Sentinel Advance High-Performance Gaming Mouse | CoolerMaster Hyper N620 CPU Cooler | Vizo Master Panel II | InWin Extreme Series B2 Stealth Bomber PC Case —
... to anyone who has seen any of HIS's recent graphics cards – there's the blue PCB, the UV coated heatsink shroud and the gold plated 'HD Concept' DVI connectors coupled with an anodised PCI mounting bracket. We've shared our scepticism about the theory behind the HD Concept in the past, so we won't go over it again – in simple terms, we don't see it as anything more than marketing."
See how the card handled itself here ...
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xbitlabs.com 12/7/2008 — ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, on Friday said it had slashed price of the ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card and said that at least one online store will have them available for end-users at $199 price-point for 512MB graphics ...
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elitebastards.com 1/7/2009 — Article Index Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 TOXIC 1GB video card review We last took a look at Sapphire's Radeon HD 4870 TOXIC part back in October , thanks to its 512MB variant, and overall we were really rather impressed with it - Between its clock speed ...
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