ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP video card review @ Elite Bastards

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Hi everyone,

 

After taking a big chunk of the graphics board market by storm with the release of their Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 parts, AMD's next target was to snatch the performance crown in the enthusiast market by combining the power of two RV770 GPUs on a single graphics board in the form of the Radeon HD 4870 X2. Today we take a look at just such an offering, complete with some additional factory overclocks courtesy of ASUS' EAH4870X2 TOP. Just how much rendering horsepower does this behemoth pack?

 

 

ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP video card review

 

"As per the norm for ASUS' 'TOP' labelled graphics boards this particular offering ships with both GPU cores and memory factory overclocked. Thus, the EAH4870X2 TOP sports a 790MHz core clock speed on each GPU (a 40MHz increase) and a 915MHz memory clock (15MHz higher than a reference board, which is a 60MHz effective boost given the use of GDDR5 memory modules).

 

Aside from those clock speed increases, ASUS have stuck with AMD's reference cooler design, which is a dual-slot solution very much like that seen on their last dual-GPU part, the Radeon HD 3870 X2. If the board's length is of concern to you, then it's worth noting that the PCB is 10.5 inches long, the same as a GeForce GTX 280."

 

http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=614&Itemid=27

 

 

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