Diamond HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card Review

The Test System

Today I’m using my default Intel test bed based around a Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 and an Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650. The memory was running at 1333MHz with 7-7-7-21-2T timings. Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit was the operating system of choice with the SP1 patch applied. For the ATI cards the Catalyst 8.7 drivers were utilized while the Nvidia cards ran the 175.19 drivers. For the overclocking segment there was no additional cooling applied to the cards and the tests were performed prior to removing the heatsink for the bare card images.

Intel Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650	Click Here
Motherboard	Gigabyte X48T-DQ6	Click Here
Memory	Corsair PC3-14400C7 Dominator 2x1GB	Click Here
Video Card	See Above	Click Here
Hard Drive	Seagate 7200.10 320GB	Click Here
Cooling	QX9650 Box Cooler	Click Here
Power Supply	OCZ 700w GameXStream	Click Here
Operating System	Windows Vista Ultimate	Click Here