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Diamond ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 Video Card

First seen: 13 october 2008

Information found in: from 3 sources in 1 country.

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  • Expert Score (1)
    9.0 9.0 from 1 reviewer
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  • works well under stress, adapters included, well made
  • takes two slots

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  • Reviews of Diamond ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 Video Card

  1. Diamond ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 Video Card 4870PE51G

    Reviewer: Testfreaks blog
    13 October 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
    Design 9
    9.0
     

    The Diamond 4870 1gig Video card is an excellent choice if you’re looking for a high end graphics card, it performs well in both DX9 and DX10 on the latest games with no problems at all. Yes it can get loud when under load, but it’s relative to what sound level you personally can stand coming from your system, really it’s not that loud at all. Read more

  2. Diamond Radeon HD 4870 1GB

    Reviewer: TheTechLounge
    25 February 2009

    Normally, adding more video memory is a mistake. It's a ploy by the manufacturer to make their card look special, it's a way to make a card sound more capable than it is, and it's a... Read more

  1. Garbage with no support

    Reviewer: CodeHead, Amazon
    8 January 2010
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    I had problems with this from the beginning. I am running a Corsair 750 W PS, so I am definitely not underpowered, but I still had issues with this thing not booting up, and I would have to restart the system 2-3 times before it would boot up. Problem gradually got worse and worse, and now it will not boot at all. Their support is worthless. I put in a support ticket and no action was taken on it by them for almost 2 months. Fighting to get an RMA now. It looks like I... Read more

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