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UK's LOWEST PRICE - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 GFX Card - £144.99 +VAT

My main concern (apart from spending £170 on a toy I don't really need, obviously) is noise. My current card has a Zalman VF-900Cu on a fan controller and I doubt if the cooler on this card is as quiet as that. The loudest thing in my PC is the Noctua NH-U12F cooler, and that bugs me despite being quiet.

Obsessed? Me?

Well, maybe a bit :)
 
TK421 said:
just past experience. ;)
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Catalyst drives are released monthly to sort out any bugs and improve performance. I'm not an Nvidia fan boy either as I'm currently using a GMA 950 :)

EvilOne said:
Shame its sapphire. wanted another Powercolor version for a 2nd card. (to match my 1st)

Oh well mabe next time :)
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Sapphire will work fine with your Powercolor. :)

magicroundabout said:
hearing things like this put me off big time getting my 4870 but i'm so glad i did get one.

Not one single problem with my card and it runs faultless.
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Excellent :)
 
Angilion said:
My main concern (apart from spending £170 on a toy I don't really need, obviously) is noise. My current card has a Zalman VF-900Cu on a fan controller and I doubt if the cooler on this card is as quiet as that. The loudest thing in my PC is the Noctua NH-U12F cooler, and that bugs me despite being quiet.

Obsessed? Me?

Well, maybe a bit :)
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the loudest fan in my machine is my AF Pro7.
My GPU Fan (same as in OP) runs at 40% and i can't hear it over the CPU fan.

i know i keep going on about how good the fan is but i've been completely bowled over by ATI and my Sapphire card since i changed from Nvidia.
 
Ok guys, quick test using Furmark.

HIS standard card = Idle 72 while quite noticeable, 77 under load making a noise
Sapphire aftermarket cooler = Idle 40 silent, 92 load while at the same noise level as the HIS. (I recon if you did a custom fan profile and set the card to high fan speed you could keep the temp down)

The actual temperature of the card does not really matter that much, but both are well within safe limits.

I would take the Sapphire out of the two cards without a shadow of a doubt, so much quieter at idle.
 
mike gunnz said:
This card looks exactly like the rev. 2 512MB model as it has the exact same cooler.

I found it extremely easy to disassemble and clean up. Way easier than my previous GTX 280 which was a nightmare.
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I count 9 screws, looks like the cooler could be taken off in less than a minute to me.
 
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