[Test Report] Powercolor HD4870

[mascaras]

Test Report








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Powercolor HD4870 512MB GDDR5











Photos























Specs









GPU-Z Inf.








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Temps










IDLE Temp @ FAN Fixed 45% = 37º

(Ambient Temp = 23&#186








LOAD Temp @ FAN fixed 45% = 56º

( AMDGpuTool reading temps while running Crysis )



21:16:03, ASIC Temperature = 37.5ºc -- Mem Clock(MHz) = 900.00 -- Core Clock (MHz) = 500.00 (2D)

21:31:21, ASIC Temperature = 50.5ºc -- Mem Clock (MHz) = 900.00 -- Core Clock (MHz) = 750.00 (3D)



Minimum temperature: 37º C
Maximum temperature: 56.5º C
Average temperature: 51.5º C




However With fan speed = 45% is already noisy ...... 35% Seems OK !




LOAD Temp @ FAN fixed 40% = 58º (Atitool 3D)

(Ambient Temp = ~24&#186










IDLE Temp @ FAN Fixed 35% = 42º

(ambient temp = ~24&#186








Of course a good case and airflow is also fundamental , i tested the card with Antec nine hundred case :

2x 120mm fan front
1x 120mm back
1x 200mm fan top





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Games






Race Driver: Grid








System


E8400@4Ghz
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
ASUS P5E X38
Powercolor HD4870 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotfix
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

1920x1200
High setings
AA 4x



Settings:
























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Crysis 1.2.1 Single Player










System

E8400@4Ghz
Windows Vista 64bit
HD4870 Default
catalyst 8.6 hotfix
Crysis
1920x1200
High Settings
DX10




















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System

E8400@4Ghz
Windows Vista 64bit
HD4870 Default
catalyst 8.6 hotfix
Crysis
1680x1050
High Settings
DX10














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COD 4 Multiplayer








System

E8400@4Ghz
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
ASUS P5E X38
Powercolor HD4870 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotfix
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

1920x1200
High setings
AA 4x


Settings:




























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Half Life 2 Episode Two









System

E8400@4Ghz
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
ASUS P5E X38
Powercolor HD4870 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotfix
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

1920x1200
High setings
MSAA 4x
Af x16




















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SuperBikes 2008 (SBK´08)









System


E8400@4Ghz
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
ASUS P5E X38
Powercolor HD4870 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotfix
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit


Settings:



1920x1200
High settings
FSAA 4x

[mascaras]

Benchmarks






Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Stress Test











System


E8400@4Ghz
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
ASUS P5E X38
Powercolor HD4870 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotfix
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

1920x1200
High setings
MSAA 4x
Af x16


Settings:







Result




Average = 165.6 fps





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Crysis 1.2.1 Benchmark








System

E8400@3Ghz
HD4870 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotix
Windows Vista 64bit
1680x1050
DX9
High settings





Minimum : 23.36 Fps
Maximum : 51.96 Fps
Average : 42.74 Fps






Same Settings but with E8400 Overclocked @ 4Ghz :







Minimum : 22.24 Fps
Maximum : 54.41 Fps
Average : 44.83 Fps




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E8400@3Ghz
HD4870 Default
Catalyst 8.6 Hotix
Windows Vista 64bit
1680x1050
Very High settings
DX10





Minimum : 17.17 Fps
Maximum : 27.92 Fps
Average : 23.34 Fps






More crysis Benchs with different resolutions and settings soon





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3DMark Vantage








System


E8400 @ 4Ghz
ASUS P5E X38
4Gb Gskill 8000 PQ
HD4870 Default
Windows Vista 64 bit + SP1
Catalyst 8.6 Hotfix



Performance



P7937 Marks




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Xtreme




X3552 Marks







3DMark Vantage Results with HD4850 512Mb GDDR3 & HD4870 512MB GDDR5


Both cards tested on same system :

E8400 @ 4ghz
ASUS P5E X38
Gskill 8000 PQ
Windows Vista ultimate 64bit
Catalyst 8.6 Hotfix
HD4850 default
HD4870 Default



PERFORMANCE









XTREME





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[mascaras]

Powercolor HD4870 Crossfire










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Benchmarks







Crysis 1.2.1 Benchmark










E8400@4Ghz
HD4870 Crossfire Default
Catalyst 8.7
Windows Vista 64bit
1680x1050
High settings
DX10






Minimum : 28.86 Fps
Maximum : 73.19 Fps
Average : 47.1 Fps




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System

E8400@4Ghz
HD4870 Crossfire Default
Catalyst 8.7
Windows Vista 64bit
1680x1050
Very High settings
DX10









Minimum : 21.56 Fps
Maximum : 48 Fps
Average : 33.37 Fps






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System

E8400@4Ghz
HD4870 Crossfire Default
Catalyst 8.7
Windows Vista 64bit
1900x1200
High settings
DX10








Minimum : 28.45 Fps
Maximum : 67.46 Fps
Average : 47.9 Fps




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3DMark Vantage









System


E8400 @ 4.0Ghz
Powercolor HD4870 Crossfire Default
ASUS P5E X38
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1
Catalyst 8.7





Performance






http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=291218


P12202 Marks






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Xtreme





http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=293964


X6505 Marks








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Games






COD 4 Multiplayer









System

E8400@3.8Ghz
Powercolor HD4870 Crossfire Default
Catalyst 8.7
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1


1920x1200
High setings
AA 4x















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[ymer]

very nice review, thanks

[RPGWiZaRD]

Great card for the price and nice GRID FPS, hope overclocking follows soon.

Is it really that cool for simply raising fan speed to only 45%? Hard to imagine, not typical temperature/speed for ATI cards.

[mascaras]

Great card for the price and nice GRID FPS, hope overclocking follows soon.

Is it really that cool for simply raising fan speed to only 45%? Hard to imagine, not typical temperature/speed for ATI cards.

yep , raising fan speed the temps are very good , problem with Automatic fan speed and temps is because auto fan speed = ~20%

however with fan speed = 45% already noisy .... (35% seems OK)



with Fan speed = 35% :

Idle temp = ~42º (ambient temp = 24&#186





of course a good case and airflow is fundamental , im testing the card with Antec nine hundred (2x 120mm fans front, 1x 120mm back and 1x200mm top fan )



btw: saw this cooler today , good price and seems like is compatible with Hd4000



http://www.auras.com.tw/ppdtView.asp?nid=231





# Auras Fridge (JES-988) heatsink
# 11 memory chip heatsink
# adhesive thermal pads
# thermal paste
# 4 screw mounting kit
# black push pins
# white tubes
# installation manual

Specifications:

# Heat Sink Dimension: L227.2 x W134.4 x H34 mm
# Heat Sink Material: Stamped Micro-Fin / Heat pipes / Copper base plate
# Fan Support: fanless (with 80mm and 120mm compatibility)
# Noise Level: 0 dBA
# Weight: 348.15 g (without fans)



Review >> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...a_5.html#sect0

Review >> http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...99&articID=815

[pappous_soulis]

temps look pretty good indeed..
nice

[Nano74]

nice VGA, good work for ATI!!!!!!!

Tnxs Mascaras for your ecelents rviews, pls can u post at 1680x1050 no AA crysis benchamark???

[Leeghoofd]

Prolly best bang for the buck award for the year 2008...

Good Job Mascaras ( as usual :-)

[mascaras]

cod4 multiplayer added







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nice VGA, good work for ATI!!!!!!!

Tnxs Mascaras for your ecelents rviews, pls can u post at 1680x1050 no AA crysis benchamark???

Added crysis 1680x1050 no AA !!




coming next :

Assassins creed
Hl2
lost coast
crysis bench ,
3dmark vantage



regards

[Nano74]

ohh excelent performance Mascaras and the impact cpu in fps works fine!!
tnx u very muchfor this !!

Yheah i ll wait for dx10 performance!!!

See ya guy!

[Xoote]

Great review

[ymer]

Can we have some Crysis benchs?

[mascaras]

Can we have some Crysis benchs?

sure !!!


i wil test :

assassins creed
Hl2
lost coast
crysis bench
3dmark vantage

[AdiAdrian]

Hey, my first post on XtremeSystems forums .

Thank you mascaras for the reviews. This is exactly what i was looking for as i intend to by me a new system with approximately the same specs as in this reviews ( E8400, HD4870, 4GB ram, Vista 64 with a Asus P5Q-E mobo)

And this HL2 Ep.2 review comes in handy as i am Team Fortress 2 "addict" and they are both build on the same Source engine.

One question: my lcd is a LG 19" wide with a maximum resolution of 1440x900 and i won' change it with a bigger one any time soon. As your test are done at 1680x1050, im wondering how much FPS gain can i have for my smaller resolution. Something between 5-10? ( im not asking to do test at 1440x900, just an opinion )

[mascaras]

Hey, my first post on XtremeSystems forums .

Thank you mascaras for the reviews. This is exactly what i was looking for as i intend to by me a new system with approximately the same specs as in this reviews ( E8400, HD4870, 4GB ram, Vista 64 with a Asus P5Q-E mobo)

And this HL2 Ep.2 review comes in handy as i am Team Fortress 2 "addict" and they are both build on the same Source engine.

One question: my lcd is a LG 19" wide with a maximum resolution of 1440x900 and i won' change it with a bigger one any time soon. As your test are done at 1680x1050, im wondering how much FPS gain can i have for my smaller resolution. Something between 5-10? ( im not asking to do test at 1440x900, just an opinion )

later i can test with that resolution

regards

[Unrealer]

Could u test idle and full temps with fan @ 100%?

EDIT: and i would like to see Crysis benchmark with this CFG http://files.filefront.com/Crysis+CF.../fileinfo.html, at 1680x1050, no AA, Dx9. :$$$

[mascaras]

Could u test idle and full temps with fan @ 100%?

Hair Dryer !!!



Ambient Temp : ~25º



Idle @ 100% (~4680 rpm)

GPU temp = 34º







Full @ 100% (~4680 rpm)

GPU temp = 48º

[Unrealer]

Hair Dryer !!!



Full @ 100% (~4680 rpm)

GPU temp = 48º

LOOOOOL

Could u try my cfg?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...8&postcount=17

thankss

[mascaras]

LOOOOOL

Could u try my cfg?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...8&postcount=17

thankss

sure , after i finish the crysis tests with default config


btw:



HL2 episode Two added

Superbikes 2008 added

[drizzt5]

That aftermarket heatsink is like an accelero copy cat, just a bit smexy-er.

[DTU_XaVier]

How would you say it stacks against an 8800GTS 512 or similar in terms of performance? Can't really find any hard numbers on that... Might not have looked enough of course

Best Regards

[mascaras]

its WAY better than a 8800GTS 512mb , believe me


HD4850 >>> 9800GTX

HD4870 >> Little Behind GTX280

the HD4870 is perfect price/performance , only "bad" thing is the FAN used (noisy above 30%)


best regards

[Red Evil]

HD4870 >> Little Behind GTX280

You mean GTX260?

[mascaras]

You mean GTX260?

I mean HD4870 is Little Behind GTX280


regards