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Diamond HD 4870 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review

Manufacturer: Diamond Multimedia
Product: Diamond HD 4870 1GB
Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Written By: Brian Wallace -
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Overclocking

Armed with only ATI Overdrive in the Catalyst Control Center, we set out to see what additional performance we could get out of our Diamond 4870 1GB.

Diamond HD 4870 1GB

With an increase of 40MHz core speed and 200MHz (effective MHz) on the memory we aren't going break any performance records, but a free bump in performance is always great!

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage Performance

As you can see, the increased clock speeds did translate into better performance in 3D Mark Vantage. Unfortunately, we still weren't able to match the GTX 260 core 216 here, but keep in mind that Vantage won't always reflect the way a card will perform in a real game.

Next Page - Power Consumption and Conclusion


Review Index
Page 1 - A Pair of Diamond 4870 1GB Cards in CrossFire
Page 2 - Test System
Page 3 - Need For Speed: Undercover
Page 4 - Far Cry 2
Page 5 - Crysis Warhead
Page 6 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 7 - Overclocking
Page 8 - Power Consumption and Conclusion