Wednesday, February 25th 2009
HIS Out With HD 4870 Fan Edition
Having come up with the Radeon HD 4850 Fan Edition, HIS now has Fan Edition variants for the Radeon HD 4870. Coming in 512 MB (model: H487FN512P) and 1 GB (model: H487FN1GP) models, the Radeon HD 4870 Fan builds on the design methodology of simplistic cooling on the blue-coloured AMD reference design PCB that goes into making the IceQ 4 variants. The card uses heatsinks over the memory and VRM areas, while using a somewhat large GPU cooler. The cooler consists of aluminum fins projecting radially from the GPU contact block. A blue LED-lit fan nucleates the cooler.
The card comes with reference AMD clock speeds of 750/900 MHz (core/memory). Listed on American e-tailer Newegg.com for US $164.99 (512 MB) and $204.99 (1 GB), the HD 4870 Fan is comparatively lower-priced than even reference-design HD 4870 cards from other makes. With the reference design PCB on offer, the two invariably become great buys if one needs to buy reference design PCBs to install water-cooling, not to say that the cooler this comes with is insufficient.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
The card comes with reference AMD clock speeds of 750/900 MHz (core/memory). Listed on American e-tailer Newegg.com for US $164.99 (512 MB) and $204.99 (1 GB), the HD 4870 Fan is comparatively lower-priced than even reference-design HD 4870 cards from other makes. With the reference design PCB on offer, the two invariably become great buys if one needs to buy reference design PCBs to install water-cooling, not to say that the cooler this comes with is insufficient.
16 Comments on HIS Out With HD 4870 Fan Edition
I want this or the IceQ4 version :(
geizhals.at/eu/?cat=gra16_512;xf=132_1024~891_Radeon%20HD%204870&sort=p
prices start at 180 euros for a Saphire 4870 1GB with custum cooling simular to the Toxic
My only issue is, it seems the fan is very loud. Make me wonder if this could be changed with Riva Tuner, or if the fan is loud even on low settings. :ohwell:
I made the same mistake with a Gigabyte 4870 1GB with zalman fan. The fan was just way to noisy at idle so i took it back. I cant stand noisy fans and this HIS looks the same.
We are both impressed how cool it keeps the card and also how quite it is.
Well done HIS :toast:
The main problem is that the PCB in use is the original 3-phase reference design, which has very hot running VRMs. The only recommended cooler for this PCB is the reference dual-slot exhausting cooler.. A simple flower-type cooler isn't going to be effective enough to disperse the massive amounts of heat residing in the small and inefficient VRM heatsink. HIS is simply cheapening out on the cooling and trying to pass off a sub-standard setup onto the consumer.
Steer clear...