PALIT REVOLUTION R700 HD 4870X2 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card Review

Desktop PC Hardware — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:05:44 +0000

PALIT REVOLUTION R700 HD 4870X2 2GB DDR5

Inorder to fill the high-end graphic card market and become the fastest of the graphic card industry, ATI installed 2 GPU chip HD 4870 in one board, and so the ATI HD 4870X2 was born. Seizing the chance, Palit decide to manufacture a graphic card using this chip of their own too.

To cool off this card Palit used the one not referenced by ATI. Palit uses their own choice of cooler, the result is an HD 4870X2 graphic card which takes up 3 slots from your motherboard. Though big in size, the cooler really work quitely.

The card also comes with complete set of connectors from DVI, HDMI, VGA and diplay port are available in this graphic card. If you need 2 DVI connectors, Palit included an HDMI to DVI adapter.

No S-Video

The test for this card is running smoothly. All the test given were completed succesfully. The result given by this card is also satisfactory regarding to its high-end class. Using a very high resolution and maximum detail while playing a game is very recommended as the performance of the card shouldn’t be restrained.

Conclusion:
If you’re choosing this type of graphic card make sure you have plenty of space available in your computer case. Because it consumes lots of space thanks to its cooling device. This graphic card is also very suitable for enthusiats and hard core PC gamer.

Specifications:
Chip: ATI Radeon HD 4870X2
Interface: PCI Express x16
Memori: 2 GB
Core Clock: 750 MHz
Memory Clock: 950 MHz
HDTV output: not available
DVI output: available
HDMI output: available
Jenis Memory: GDDR5
Memory interface: 512-bit
Package: HDMI to DVI Converter, CrossFire Bridge, 6 pin to 8 pin Power Converter, Driver CD, Quick Installation Guide.

Benchmark:
3DMarks Vantage : P10277
Company of Heroes DX9: 195.2
Company of Heroes DX10: 83.3
F.E.A.R.: 271
Quake 4: 194.3

This product is tested with this testbed system:
Mainstream Mobo: MSI P35-NEO2 FIR
Extreme Mobo: ASUS Maximus
ATI Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD3870
NVIDIA Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce 8800GT
Memory: Corsair DDR2-PC6400, DDR2-PC8500, DDR3
Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar 160GB 7200RPM, Raptor
Power Supply: Tagan 700W, 800W, 1100W
Flash Memory: Kingston UFD, SDHC, SD, MicroSD, CF
Keyboard & Mouse: Genius USB, optical
Optical Drive: AOpen DVD-RW 2012S
Cooling System: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7Pro/64Pro dan Accelero X1/X2

source CHIP Magazine.

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PALIT REVOLUTION R700 HD 4870X2 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card Review