Which version of 4870 1GB to buy?

[Sentry11]

Just at the beginning of the week, I was still considering both PowerColor and Sapphire.

PowerColor is offering an overclocked version of the 4870 1GB DDR5 which is doing 780MHz/3.7GHz.

Sapphire released her Toxic 4870 1GB the day before yesterday which is doing 780MHz/4.0GHz.

Which one is the best to get?

I heard that the non-overclocked version is doing 75MHz/3.6Ghz and can easily be overclocked by 10%, is that true?

 

[solofly]

Where do you live? At this point I would consider XFX HD4870 over any other...

 

[MegaWorks]

XFX

 

[SlowSpyder]

I have a Toxic 4870 512MB. I don't know how the PowerColor is in comparrison, but I love the cooler on the Sapphire card. I idle in the low-mid 40C's. Load gets to 54-55C. I am overclocked to 820/4600 on my card as well.

Couple of pictures if you're interested.

 

[Sentry11]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
I have a Toxic 4870 512MB. I don't know how the PowerColor is in comparrison, but I love the cooler on the Sapphire card. I idle in the low-mid 40C's. Load gets to 54-55C. I am overclocked to 820/4600 on my card as well.

Couple of pictures if you're interested.

What sort of temperature are you running after overclocked?

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: Sentry11

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
I have a Toxic 4870 512MB. I don't know how the PowerColor is in comparrison, but I love the cooler on the Sapphire card. I idle in the low-mid 40C's. Load gets to 54-55C. I am overclocked to 820/4600 on my card as well.

Couple of pictures if you're interested.

What sort of temperature are you running after overclocked?

Those are my overclocked temps (820/4600).