custompc.co.uk Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:54
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If you run the Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic at its default speeds, it doesnt offer enough performance improvement to justify its considerable price hike over a standard Radeon HD 4870. You could buy a stock HD 4870 for £170 and overclock it yourself, althou...
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When we first took a look at a Sapphire HD4870 back in Issue 92, we were suitably impressed with the performance. Now we look back at this heavily tweaked version of the same card, and find out if the extra money is justified.With an RV770 core plugged...
If money and space is not a problem, this might be the card for you...
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Have you been looking for the hottest video card out on the market? What about something that is going to significantly increase those benchmarking scores or give you those extra few FPS in your games at the highest of resolutions? Well you may be i...
Performance, Attention to detail, Dual slot, VaporX, Cooling, Overclocked, Overclockability, Quiet...
Dual slot, Only 512MB...
What is there to say about the Sapphire HD4870 Toxic video card other than it is amazing? I was very surprised to see the benchmarking scores that it was able to produce. It was able to compete with and beat out the PowerColor HD4870 PCS+, which is al...
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Less than a month ago Sapphire jumped on the Radeon HD 4870 bandwagon by formally announcing the Sapphire TOXIC Edition.Sporting elevated clockspeeds and some funky Vapor-X and heatpipe cooling, the TOXIC Edition is RV770 pushed to the limit - so it...
Very quiet cooler in both 2D and 3D, Excellent temperatures when compared to referenceclocked card, GDDR5 memory scaled to a blistering 4.3GHz in our overclocking tests, Decent bundle...
35 premium over a regular card will be hard to stomach for some, Pure performance isnt that much greater than a reference card, Competition means that a preoverclocked 1GB card is available for similar money.
Sapphires Radeon HD 4870 TOXIC 512MB elevated frequencies give it around a 6 per cent advantage in most tests when compared to a vanilla card, shown by the difference in aggregate framerates across the four games. Overall performance, then, sits betw...
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proclockers.com Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:49
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This is definately the time to consider a new video card if you havent purchased a new one already. The competition is very tight between Nvidia and ATI in the GPU war. You can pick from one of the new lines say the 48xx or GT260/GT280 and you will be...
If you have read any of my reviews of all the 4xxx series of cards from Sapphire you will know that I have been very very impressed. And this continues with the Toxic version of the HD4870. The card is extremely fast and has more in the tank when it co...
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fudzilla.com Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:50
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Radeon Toxic HD 4870 is a name for Sapphires special version of the HD 4870, this time with special cooling and an overclocked core. The card uses Vapor-X cooling that does a great job at 780MHz core speeds and 1000MHz memory (4000MHz effectively)...
Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 4870 card features non-reference dual-slot cooling and higher core and memory clocks. The cooling based on Vapor Chamber technology ensures that the 780MHz core stays up to 28°C cooler than reference 750MHz core. We’re looki...
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Radeon Toxic HD 4870 is a name for Sapphire's special version of the HD 4870, this time with special cooling and an overclocked core. The card uses Vapor-X cooling that does a great job at 780MHz core speeds and 1000MHz memory (4000MHz effectively)...
Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 4870 card features non-reference dual-slot cooling and higher core and memory clocks. The cooling based on Vapor Chamber technology ensures that the 780MHz core stays up to 28°C cooler than reference 750MHz core. We’re looking...
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tweaknews.net Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:54
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I have to admit, at first I thought that this card would be much like the rest with a slight performance increase and a better cooling solution. But through testing and benchmarking, this card has impressed me with a sizable performance increase, a go...
Fast GDDR5 Memory, Large Cooler, Excellent performance, Looks Great, Build quality, Price...
Cooling solution could use some work, Availability...
I have to admit, at first I thought that this card would be much like the rest with a slight performance increase and a better cooling solution. But through testing and benchmarking, this card has impressed me with a sizable performance increase, a g...
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OCModShop Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:55
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The PC gaming industry has seen many graphics chips come and go. Companies like 3dfx, S3, Trident, Intel, nVidia, ATI and others have tapped into the gaming industry and have produced 3d accellerators for the PC, and most of them have gone. There are...
Sapphires HD 4870 Toxic card accomplishes what it sets out to do. The performance of this card is phenominal, as it holds its own and even surpasses its closest competitor: and it does it for a few hundred dollars less. PC games are finicky. Some p...
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firingsquad.com Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:55
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Sapphire Toxic HD 4870 512MB ReviewWe’re huge fans of ATI’s Radeon 4800 series GPUs. Both the Radeon 4850 and 4870 rewrote the rules when it comes to performance at their respective price segments, forcing NVIDIA to slash prices on their...
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With the standard ATi HD4870 being such a huge hit amongst high-end gaming enthusiasts, I’ve been really looking forward to reviewing Sapphire’s Toxic version of the card for my first video card review for Bjorn3D. Even though the standard version has...
Great Performance, Overclocking Ease, DX 10.1, Nice Bundle, Ease of Install, Crossfire Ready, Good Cooling Solution, Competitive With Competitors, Price, Quality...
Exhausts Hot Air into Chassis, No Game in Bundle, ATI Overdrive Software Limits OC...
While the GTX-260 turned in better numbers in basically everything we put it through, during gaming we couldnt tell the difference between it and the Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic except of one or two exceptions when the Toxic tossed in a little stutter eve...
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Thetechlounge.com Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:55
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When the first 4870s came out, I said their only real competition was other 4870s. This is somewhat less true today, as NVIDIA has effectively countered this series by dropping prices on their GTX 200s. But theres still very little differentiation amo...
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Sapphire If you’ve owned ATI cards in the past there is a very good chance that card was made by Sapphire. Sapphire and ATI have worked together for a long time to bring performance cards to the market affordably and the Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic Edit...
As all of the many tests we ran should show, the Sapphire 4870 Toxic Edition is quite impressive. It looks sharp and the numbers it puts up look even better. I think without question this card is in the same ballpark as Nvidia’s 200 series of card...
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The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic is not only special for its factory overclock, but its Vapor-X cooler is very powerful and clearly is a superior cooling solution. The Radeon HD 4870 Toxic with its 780/1000MHz speeds was faster than the reference Rad...
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modders-inc.com Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:56
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What we have come to expect from Sapphire is that when a top tier graphics card has been released a newer and more powerful one will be on the way and branded with the Toxic name. They have done it again with the powerful HD 4870 by cranking up the num...
Heat Pipe Cooler, Pre OCed, Able to get even more OCing out of it, Included extras...
Plain Black Cooler...
I have used the Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic for 3 weeks straight now and well it has been a wonderful experience. I have not had one fault or found a flaw under normal use and even under heavy over clocked gaming. The temperature of the card running at idle...
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elitebastards.com Updated:
2011-09-23 21:24:57
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Despite all of the praise lavished upon AMDs Radeon HD 4870, no graphics board is ever perfect and thus there is always room for improvement somewhere within its design, leaving plenty of room for AIB partners to come along and right any wrongs court...
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In terms of single GPU performance, the Radeon HD4870 set the bar pretty high, and the Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 512MB graphics card had its work cut out for it to do much better. With a factory overclock of 30MHz on the GPU and 100MHz on the memory...
Factory overclocked GPU and memory, Strong performance in games and benchmarks, GPU temperatures are always reasonable, Bulk of heat is exhausted out the back of the case, Respectable bundle of accessories, Capable of high resolution gaming with high settings enabled, Can be configured in CrossFire X with 3 other cards for an insane experience...
Fan gets loud (but a BIOS update can manage that while letting the GPU get a little warmer), Doesn't always outperform a stock HD4870, Not particularly energy efficient, at idle or under a load...
In terms of single GPU performance, the Radeon HD4870 set the bar pretty high, and the Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 512MB graphics card had its work cut out for it to do much better. With a factory overclock of 30MHz on the GPU and 100MHz on the memor...
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thinkcomputers.org Updated:
2011-09-23 21:25:00
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As Ive mentioned before, the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series video cards have really shaken up the VGA market. The architecture of the R700 GPU, the awesome performance it has, and the price points of the new Radeon cards have driven down the prices of all...
Great performance, Full Bundle, VaporX cooler works very well...
None that I found...
I guess you could say that the results were predictable, I know I wasnt expecting any surprises. The HD 4870 performed between 15% and 27% better than the HD 4850. I spent quite a while playing Crysis and Opposing Fronts at the highest settings and 4...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated:
2011-09-23 21:25:01
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Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusions with a summary rating of different product categories. The first is product presentation, which includes the level or information offered and the interest generated by the product packaging. In regards to Sap...
Outstanding Vapor-X cooling performance, Extremely good AA/AF performance for higher-end games, Supports DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, 780 MHz GPU / 1000 MHz GDDR5 vRAM, Features ATI AVIVO Technology, 1080p HDMI Audio and Video supported for HDCP ou...
Consumes more power than most other singleGPU products tested, Maximum postprocessing Anti Aliasing is limited to 8x, Fan noise can grow to a noticable level under full load, Exhausts heated air inside the computer case, Does not appear to be sold in N...
Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusions with a summary rating of different product categories. The first is product presentation, which includes the level or information offered and the interest generated by the product packaging. In regards to Sapp...
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