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Following up from the HD 4850 video — this time a reference HD 4870 for $11. Tested on 6 games on the Core 2 Duo rig.
GTA San Andreas
CoD4 Modern Warfare
Tomb Raider Underworld
Just Cause 2
NFS Most Wanted 2005
Crysis
Hit 96°C at stock but handled everything thrown at it. Full video here: https://youtu.be/yf9m_z8Nqxs
Haha perfect reaction to 96°C! This card runs hotter than Mugatu's temper.
Fond memories of my HD 4870. First GPU I ever bought, had to upgrade my crummy HP prebuild powersupply to make it work.
That's a great first GPU story! The 4870 definitely needed a real PSU — those prebuilt power supplies just couldn't handle it.
I wish I still had the GPU, recently fished that PSU (PC Power & Cooling Silencer Quad 750) from a closet; wonder if it works...
Dual 4870s. Not practical at all.
Haha dual 4870 in Crossfire must've been a furnace! Insane heat output for sure.
Considering that I was still rocking an athlon tbird when i jumped on day one sales of the i7 920, it was on par lol the whole system needed that fuckin cooler master HAF case