ATI Radeon HD 4870 videocard review

ATI Radeon HD 4870

Radeon HD 4870 videocard released by ATI; release date: 25 June 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $299. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed RV770.

Core clock speed - 750 MHz. Texture fill rate - 30 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 800. Floating-point performance - 1,200.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 956 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 115.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38579
1376
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
44
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3346 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3346.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1376
PassMark - G2D Mark 44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3346 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3346.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale
Code name RV770
Launch date 25 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Place in performance rating 1330
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Pipelines 800
Texture fill rate 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5