What 4870 card?

[sastusbulbas]

Hi all

Which one is the better option?

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Toxic" 1024MB

XFX Radeon HD 4870 xXx 1024MB

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB

HIS HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo 1GB GDDR5

 

[sastusbulbas]

Is the cooler on both XFX cards not identical to the cooler on the HIS Ice Q card?

 

[sastusbulbas]

Hi all,

Just to update, I ended up getting the Sapphire 4870 Toxic with 1gb of memory. Just installed it into my rather basic Asrock DualSata II motherboard with its 4X PCI-E slot.

It's working well enough, using basic drivers from disc, 9.1, though idle temp is at 62*c with fan on auto (running 6%).

This has at least confirmed my gaming problem with the Rome level of C&C3 is not due to my Graphics cards (as I still get stutering at a certain part of that level.

My Hyper 580 modular PSU seems fine, the PSU had two spare 12v outputs unconnected, and I had a single 6pin PCI-E, the card came with two single molex-6pin adapters so I added one of those to a single 12v molex connection.

PS What are the three little green Led lights on top for?

 

[sastusbulbas]

Yeah I plan to get a new motherboard, probably a Biostar I was going to get one last week with the GPU but other things arose, I have a rolling series of upgrades and bits to get. Tempted to sell a couple of bike parts and go i7, but the grown up side of my brain says get a grip LOL