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R700: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Review
| Author | Edward Chester |
| Published | 18th Aug 2008 |
| Manufacturer | ATI |
| Price | £347.38 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £399.49 (Inc VAT) |
| Latest Price | Click here |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersAll our testing uses a variety of manual run throughs and automated timedemos, but regardless of which test method is used, we monitor all tests to ensure performance is consistent. Where there are spurious results or dips in performance we will note this. We also do multiple run throughs then take the average of these and report that figure to you. The test setup is as follows:
Common System Components
* Intel Core 2 Quad QX9770
* Asus P5E3
* 2GB Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9 DDR3
* 150GB Western Digital Raptor
* Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Drivers
* ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2:
* Other ATI Cards: Catalyst 8.4
* nVidia 9x00 series: Forceware 175.19
* nVidia GTX 2x0 series: Forceware 174.74
Cards Tested
* ATI HD 4870 X2
* ATI HD 4870
* ATI HD 4850
* nVidia GeForce GTX 280
* nVidia GeForce GTX 260
* nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX
Games Tested
* Crysis
* Race Driver: GRID
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
* Call of Duty 4
* Counter-Strike: Source
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Nikola said on 22nd August 2008
Ed said on 12th November 2008
This card does indeed run very hot. 70 or 80 degrees Celsius is about right. I've never experienced any problems due to heat with this card, though.
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Well,nice,indeed.But,what about heat? 70 or 80 degrees of celsius or..cool!