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HIS Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire Video Card Review - GDDR5 Arrives
| Manufacturer: | HIS |
| Product: | Radeon HD 4870 |
| Date: | Wed, Jun 25, 2008 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Temperatures
Since video card temperatures and the heat generated by next-generation cards have become an area of concern among enthusiasts and gamers, we want to take a closer look at how these cards generate heat under load.
In order to get proper temperature readings we used Catalyst Control Center to monitor the card at idle and then again running ATI Tool. After letting ATI Tool run for a good 20 minutes the GPU temperature was found to be running a constant 83C, which is warmer than we expected for this dual-slot card.
Test Results: The HIS Radeon HD 4870 graphics card is dual-slot and features a dual heat-pipe cooler, but the card is still pretty hot and toasty. It looks like leakage on the 4000 series of cards might be higher than that on the 3000 series, but only time will tell.
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Page 1 - The Radeon 4000 Series Officially Launches
Page 2 - A Closer Look at the Radeon HD 4870 Page 3 - Under The Heat Spreader Page 4 - Retail Box and Bundle Page 5 - The Test System Page 6 - Tomb Raider: Anniversary Page 7 - Company of Heroes Page 8 - World in Conflict Page 9 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Page 10 - BioShock Page 11 - Crysis Page 12 - Call of Duty 4 Page 13 - Lightsmark 2007 Page 14 - 3DMark 2006 Page 15 - 3DMark Vantage Page 16 - Temperatures Page 17 - Overclocking Page 18 - Power Consumption and Final Thoughts |
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