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Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB TOXIC Video Card
Conclusion
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 there's still very little differentiation among these high-end Radeons. Or at least, there was. If you're interested in ATI's best single-GPU video card, and want a quiet--if not silent--4870, without heat issues or overclocking limits, really now you know what your choice has got to be. However, without pricing set or availability, there're some variables I can't account for. The GTX 260 option does lurk, and the question of value will remain until this card hits the mainstream. For everyone's sake, I hope that it's soon. [Note: I just spotted this card at Newegg for $294 as of 11/3/08. Still isn't listed on PriceGrabber, though.] The bundle has the bases covered, the looks of the card are stellar, and almost every other aspect is improved over the initially-released model. Now if only Sapphire would release a 1GB Toxic…  The Good  Great single-GPU performance Amazing heatsink Fan can be fixed at 25% and it's still cooler than any other 4870 Overclocked with extra overclocking headroom Doesn't consume more power than other 4870sThe Bad  Still consumes a lot of power Hard to find
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 6: Conclusion 
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