Sapphire HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 GPU Review

No longer must we pay $600 plus for a very high performing video card. Sapphire and ATI has made sure of that. With the 4870 using the RV770 GPU chipset the price for a great card is well in reach of almost everyone. It is nice to see someone on a limited budget be able to play Crysis at a high settings and still afford to upgrade other areas of their PC like ram for instance.

The Sapphire HD4870 ran like a bat out of hell. Boasting a 750MHz core clock and 1800MHz worth of GDDR5 bandwidth Sapphire has a real winner in game play and pricing. It isnt all about speed and price but also about features and add-ons. With the HD4870 you get full support for all your high definition videos and 7.1 audio. There are many video and audio buffs out there that need their entertainment and this card gives them that without any compromise.

This is well below the asking price of the Nvidia GTX280 which is their top end card. Both are great cards but ATI owns the performance to price ratio.

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