Force3D Radeon HD 4870 512MB DHT review

Force3D Radeon HD 4870 512MB Freezer DHT

Force3D submitted their Radeon HD 4870 with 512 MB memory size for a review. As explained on the first page, the cooler used is actually a DHT cooler. The cooler itself is heatpipe based with fins attached onto a copper mount, we'll show you all this in our photo-shoot.

The middle radial fan blows air through the fins and creates turbulence to move the heat from the fins to the air. The cooler itself really offers great performance. It is however at a constant RPM and does not throttle down when you are in desktop or 3D mode, making it noisy.

When we look at the PCB of the card, we immediately spot that the layout is 100% reference, this is not a customized PCB, though in combo with the cooler hopefully we will yield some good overclocking results. The RV770 GPU itself on the 4870 will run at a standard 750 MHz clock frequency. Let's have a peek at some specifications.

The memory used is GDDR5 and runs just like a regular 4870 at 4x900 MHz at 3600 MHz.

You can expect roughly a 160 Watt peak power consumption. At a 299 USD price, we expect this to be a very competitive product on the market. Last thing I need to mention, included in the box are:

• Radeon HD 4870 with 512 MB GDDR5 memory | DHT cooler
• Manual
• Driver CD installation kit
• Crossfire connector
• DVI to D-sub adapter
• DVI-HDMI adapter
• Molex to 6-pin power converter (1x)
• 3-way analog HDTV RCA cable
• SVIDEO/composite video cable

Overall a little bit of a shy bundle, but the price of the product was kept low, close to the standard 512 MB model. So you get less bundled items yet more hardware for your money. But overall, looking at the product from a hardware point of view, you do gain the DHT cooler.