ATI finally produce an NVIDIA beater. (Sapphire Radeon HD 4870)

Member Name: darlofan

Product:	Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
Date:	10/01/09 (90 review reads)
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Advantages: Premium gaming at less than premium prices.

Disadvantages: Runs quite hot compared to Nvidia cards

Finally an ATI card that manages to break the Nvidia stranglehold on the graphics card market. This card is exceptional value being able to cope admirably with all the top games, at decent settings, I use it to power a 24inch / 22 inch dual monitor setup and I couldnt be happier with its performance.

Performance wise this card is very similar to the GTX 260, however its cheaper, so for those on a tight budget wanting to be able to play the best games then this is the ONLY choice to make, you will not be disappointed.

Despite the processing power this card is extremely quiet, however it does run quite hot, but having run my card now for 3 months, for 18 hours a day on average, I have had no overheating problems at all.

In conclusion, for those wanting top notch gaming potential at a price that would have been unheard of less than a year ago this is the card to go for, take the plunge and you wont be disappointed.


EDIT: Just to add, I have since added this review to ciao.com.

Summary: An excellent card worthy of consideration for any machine.

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