ASUS Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card EAH4870/2DI/1GD5

Pros: Big fat memory bandwidth, very smooth and fast graphics with a Kuma 7750 and 8 gigs of A-Data DDR2 800+ in my Rev. 1 Gigabyte 770 UD3. Flawless install under Vista 64 Ultimate, I simply uninstalled all the ATI software before I removed my 3850, popped this heavy girl in there, and fired her back up. Oh, and I pre-downloaded the Catalyst suite before I did the uninstall/swap as well.

Cons: I get artifacts and video dropouts unless my CPU cooler (Gigabyte 3D rocket pro) and Asus' "5.8 Oz. copper rod" cooler are both maxed out in terms of fan speed. And this is in a case comparable to a CM690, bottom mount PSU, 7 120mm fans, etc. This card makes my whole bedroom heat up. I am second-guessing this purchase due to the cards power consumption and heat output. To say nothing of the noise, my rig whooshes around 35 dB.

Overall Review: This card is still the fastest thing out there under 200 dollars. I am thinking an aftermarket cooler that has RAM sinks or at least contacts the RAM chips would keep this baby a little farther from the sun in terms of temperature. Am going to try something, have used the Arctic Cooling heatsink before and was amazed at the temp drops, so we'll see,

Pros: Cheap. Looks good. Has an awesome heatsink This card is basically perfect from what I can see. The temps on this thing compared to my XFX 4870 are astonishing. 43c idle compared to my XFX at 63c and similar at load - the heatsink really does help. The card is thin and fits in my case easily. Get this card and you won't be disappointed !

Cons: None that I can see.

Overall Review: I am running 2 4870's in CrossFire. One XFX and this Asus card. If I would've had a choice back when I bought the XFX, I would have gone with the Asus! That said, they both work great together.

Pros: -Smooth performance on my setup even at 1920X1080 resolution (which looks fantastic!) -Quieter than my nVidia 9800 GTX -Smaller than my nVidia 9800 GTX (9800 barely fit my case) -Runs cooler than nVidia 9800 GTX (idles at 56 C and around 78C during high performance gaming, 9800 GTX idled at 72C and broke approached 95C in game!) -Highest value for your dollar on the market right now

Cons: -Came with old v8.xx Catalyst driver, current version is 10.xx so make sure you upgrade. I had trouble with under-scanning on my HDTV until I upgraded drivers to 10.xx. -

Overall Review: Bought this card to replace my nVidia 9800 GTX which fried ITSELF while playing a game; passed the 100C mark! Not sure how it happened since I was not overclocking but whats done is done. I am really happy with the 4870 so far, it handles resolutions all the way up to 1920X1080 with relative ease, 9800 GTX chugged at that resolution. The card runs quieter and cooler than the 9800 so it seems to be an all around upgrade. The price is great for the performance you get even if you dont take advantage of the $20 mail in rebate.

Pros: Very fast GPU able to play most current games with a high detail level at 1680x1050, even with my somewhat dated Athlon64 X2 5600+ CPU. Single slot cooling solution allows you to install this in BTX motherboard machines where there are no additional card slots on the GPU Cooler side, like a Dell E521. Noticeably faster than my old problematic Geforce 9600GT.

Cons: Slightly annoying high pitched whine noise from cooling fan may irritate some, and the fan is definitely the loudest thing running in my machine, save a warped disk in the DVD drive, maybe...

Overall Review: Even though the 5770 is DX11 and draws less power than this, i evaluated it with my estimated usage and it was under $8/year diff in total power cost, so I went with the raw horsepower of the 4870. Just needed to upgrade the PSU.

Pros: Card looked solid, included HDMI dongle and was packed well

Cons: DOA - black screen on my wife's PC (Abit KN9S). Tried it on my machine (Asus P5B-E) with no luck. I should have known this was too good a deal to be true. Also very disappointed that I have to pay for return shipping on a product that arrived broken. I was not aware this was newegg's policy - this is my first RMA from newegg and honestly I would not have bought this or the other video card (for my own PC) if I had been aware of this policy.

Overall Review: Very disappointed that I couldn't return this card, or exchange it with free shipping.

Pros: 1 gig gddr5 256 bit, single slot, great cooler, 100 bucks, beats out most 5000 cards.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I got this card because my Dell optiplex 960 case does not allow me to put in a dual slot card, it was a tight fit but it fits. COD MW2, over 100 fps max settings, counter-strike source, max settings over 180 fps, 220 average in fps test. Great card for the money, if you are on a budget and only have a single slot for video, this is the card to get. For people yapping about heat, 50c idle 62 max load, stock cooler. If you case has lousy air flow or you sit in an 80 degree room whatever, heat is not an issue. I am so sick of people complaining about heat with video cards. Didn't test it with Crysis but then again that game is stupid and the developers need a slap in the face for making a game that chokes all but the 600 dollar plus video cards and even then on max settings they choke.

Pros: It works with my older visiontek 4870. Got about 30-40% increased performance in crossfire. Runs cooler than my visiontek card.

Cons: Its unstable when used as the primary card, I had to swap slots with my visiontek and use the visiontek one as the primary display to get these to Crossfire stably.

Overall Review: Now that I have my setup running well, its blazing fast, feels fresh again even with a setup over 2 years old.

Pros: Cheap Powerful True CrossfireX support

Cons: Large in length (approx 12 inches long) requires 2 6-pin PCI-e connections to function properly Large stock cooler that may block underlying PCI/PCI-e 1x slots

Overall Review: I used this card as an upgrade from a 4650. The reason that I chose this card over a 5xxx series card was that this model in Benchmark testing proved equal to more powerful than the comparison cards. Also coupled with the price and the fact that DX10 will most likely still be used in PC for the next 6 or 7 years this card was the clear choice for gaming level performance of a budget.