Gainward HD4870 Golden Sample Review

[alcachofa]

I bought this card saturday, and i'm about to sell it ...

I have a "quiet type" watercooled setup, meaning my fans run between 1000 and 1200 rpm, and i can assure you this card IS noisy in idle ...
One other thing, it's obvious if you look at the pics : the hot air remains in the case, which resulted in a +3 °C for my Cpu.

It's really a shame, since it has very good performance, but if you're looking for a quiet card in idle an no hot air exhausting inside your case, think twice before buying it.

I hope the toxic will be THE HD 4870 i'm looking for

http://www.pro-clockers.com/reviews/?id=103&page=2

[alcachofa]

Oh and I almsot forgot ! Look what you have at the back of the card :



Update :

There are two fans on this card, a 80 mm and a 70 mm. Some of the HD 4870 GS have a non-PWM regulated 70 mm, which spins at 3500 rpm hence the noise. If you have a noisy card, two options :

- RMA to get a V2, on which both fans are PWM regulated
- Send a mail to ww-sales@gainward.com with your serial number to get a small cable in order to lower the rpm on the 70 mm

[M-XXXX]

Ive made my review of 4870 GS, if you want to see it, you can found it on: http://www.oc-lab2.com/test.php?t=86 But it is in Slovenian language

[fatguy1992]

Oh and I almsot forgot ! Look what you have at the back of the card :



Update :

There are two fans on this card, a 80 mm and a 70 mm. Some of the HD 4870 GS have a non-PWM regulated 70 mm, which spins at 3500 rpm hence the noise. If you have a noisy card, two options :

- RMA to get a V2, on which both fans are PWM regulated
- Send a mail to ww-sales@gainward.com with your serial number to get a small cable in order to lower the rpm on the 70 mm

at idle the fans are only at like 600rpm for me. Even at 100% their like 2400rpm.

[alcachofa]

at idle the fans are only at like 600rpm for me. Even at 100% their like 2400rpm.

Lucky you ! Apparently they have fixed the problem now, but some people have had bad luck

Here is a link about it (sorry, it's in french) : http://www.generation-3d.com/SAV-Gai...it,ac12916.htm


Edit : seems the Palit 4870 Sonic (Gainward is a part of Palit since 2005) suffers from the same issue :

4870 Sonic review @ Hardware Canucks