Gainward?s non-reference HD 4870 gets pictured

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Gainward unveils their latest non-ref HD 4870 512MB GDDR5

Gainward?s non-reference HD 4870 gets pictured

Our colleagues from Expreview.com have managed to get their hands on the new non-reference Gainward HD 4870 card. The card is cooled by a rather large cooler which features two fans.

According to the info over at Expreview.com, this card will share the design with Palit?s Radeon HD 4870 Sonic card and it will also feature the dual-BIOS design. This means that the card will work at either 750MHz for the core and 950MHz for memory when the first BIOS is used or at 775MHz for the core and 1,000MHz for memory when the second BIOS kicks in.

Due to the dual slot design, Gainward has decided to place a DisplayPort apart from default two DVI connectors. The dual fan design comes with two fans of different size, the 80mm which cools the GPU and memory, and the 70mm which blows directly over the VRM area.

Gainward has decided to tweak the card further as they included 4-phase GPU and 2-phase memory VRM design. The card looks good and this yet another proof that Gainward isn?t joking when it comes to ATI based graphics cards.

 

[Bateluer]

Looks cool. My old Gainward Geforce 6800GT took a lot of punishment in the time I owned it. Multiple coolers, water cooling, etc. Kept on ticking throughout the entire ordeal.

 

[Tattare]

Alot of good things coming in september. I cant wait to see the prices.

 

[unr3al]

If I could lay my hands on the money, I would get one of these babies without thinking twice. Gainward gets my 10/10 every time.

 

[betasub]

Why different size fans? Why go for a 70mm fan when there's clearly room for another 80mm fan?

 

[Foxery]

Er, this "cooler" no longer exhausts the hot air out the back of the case. Big :thumbsdown: from me... How do they believe this to be superior? Or even intelligent?

 

[ginfest]

Originally posted by: Foxery
Er, this "cooler" no longer exhausts the hot air out the back of the case. Big :thumbsdown: from me... How do they believe this to be superior? Or even intelligent?

It's not :frown:
Looks like Gainward FTL :thumbsdown:
the best coolers for any of these high powered graphics card is the style that exhausts the heat out of the case. it would be interesting to see a comparison between this and a stock 4870 re; heat and noise