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.
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.