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SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
The SAPPHIRE HD 4870 TOXIC Edition features the award winning - and SAPPHIRE exclusive -Vapor-X cooler, SAPPHIRE’s implementation of Vapor Chamber Technology (VCT). This advanced cooling solution is used for the core logic and together with three heatpipes and thermally controlled fan venting outside the case provides more efficient and quieter cooling than competing solutions for this generation of high performance graphics. The SAPPHIRE HD 4870 TOXIC edition ships overclocked out of the box for an immediate high performance graphical or gaming experience, and the advanced hybrid cooling solution provides enthusiasts with further scope for performance tuning.
 
 
 
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Redefine HD Gaming

The ATI Radeon HD 4870 Series GPUs deliver a cinematic gaming experience with unprecedented performance. The powerful new TeraScale graphics will propel you deep into your gameplay with seamless frame rates and high resolutions. Enhanced anti-aliasing (AA) and anisotropic filtering create striking graphics with unparalleled realism so you can max out the settings of the most demanding next-generation games or revitalize your favorite titles. Play today while preparing for tomorrow with tessellation, support for DirectX® 10.1 and scalable ATI CrossFireX™ technology.

  • TeraScale Graphics Engine
    The powerful new TeraScale graphics engine features deliver high resolutions and fast frame rates.

  • Enhanced Anti-Aliasing & Anisotropic Filtering
    High performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics, for everything from grass to facial features.
  • DirectX 10.1
    Play today while preparing for tomorrow with state-of-the-art DirectX 10.1 graphics capabilities.
  • ATI CrossFireX™ Technology
    ATI CrossFireX™ technology with up to quad GPU support offers superior scalability so your system is ready to level up when you are.
  • PCI Express 2.0
    Support for PCI Express 2.0 will prepare you for bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications.
  • Power to Spare
    This GPU has the brute processing power needed for physics, artificial intelligence, stream computing and ray tracing calculations.

Go Beyond HD Video

Add an ATI Radeon HD 4870 Series GPU to your PC and watch the latest Blu-ray and HD movies play with incredible fidelity –upscale to nearly twice the display resolution of HD content.* Take full advantage of Blu-ray functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP) capabilities. Sophisticated new features within ATI Avivo™ HD technology provide a truly responsive experience. Support for the latest audio visual interconnects ensures you can take advantage of the latest display technology.

  • Unified Video Decoder 2
    Unified Video Decoder 2 frees up your CPU for other tasks so you get The Ultimate Visual Experience™ for even the most processing-intensive content, including VC-1, H.264 and now MPEG-2. Also, take full advantage of Blu-ray functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP) capabilities.
  • Upscale Beyond 1080p
    Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond.
  • On-chip HDCP
    On-chip HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) makes life easier by allowing you to playback HDCP protected content.**
  • HDMI
    Enjoy the latest audio technologies using HDMI with 7.1 digital surround sound support. Also, xvYCC support allows the user to enjoy a wider range of color when connected to a capable HDTV.

*Note: HD capable monitor required

** Note: Playing HDCP content requires additional HDCP ready components, including but not limited to an HDCP ready monitor, Blu-ray or HD DVD disc drive, multimedia application and computer operating system.

Break-through Efficiency

Like its predecessors, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 Series GPUs offer optimal performance and break-through efficiency with platform-independent intelligent power management. ATI PowerPlay™ delivers the power needed to blaze through even the most intense games while intuitively conserving energy at idle or when demand is low.

  • ATI PowerPlay™ Technology
    ATI PowerPlay™ Technology delivers high performance when needed and conserves power when the demand on the graphics processor is low.
  • Energy Efficient Manufacturing Process
    Second generation 55nm chip uses the industry's most energy efficient manufacturing process.

System Requirements

–PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard

–450 Watt or greater power supply with 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express® power connector recommended (550 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)

–Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products

–1GB of system memory

–Installation software requires CD-ROM drive

–DVD playback requires DVD drive

–Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive

–For a complete ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per board (included) are required.
GDDR5 memory/ 256-bit memory interface

DirectX® 10.1

24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) and high performance anisotropic filtering

ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance

Use up to four discrete cards with an AMD 790FX based motherboard

PCI Express® 2.0 support

Dynamic geometry acceleration

Game physics processing capability

ATI Avivo™HD video and display technologyUnified Video Decoder 2 (UVD) for Blu-ray™ and HD VideoBuilt-in HDMI with 7.1 surround sound supportOn-chip HDCP

ATI PowerPlay™ technology
I/O Output: Dual DL-DVI-I+HDTV

Core Clock: 780 MHz

Memory Clock: 1000 MHz, 4.0Gbps

PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface

512MB /256bit GDDR5 memory interface

Dual Slot Active Cooler

HDMI compliant via dongle

7.1 Audio Channel Support

Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 support

Shader Model 4.1 support
Feb 6, 2009
Tweaknews
Top Rank Award
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
I have to admit, at first I thought that this card would be much like the rest with a slight performance increase and a better cooling solution. But through testing and benchmarking, this card has impressed me with a sizable performance increase, a good overclocking experience and all for a price that at this time is under US$200. Overall, this is a very fast factory overclocked video card that should allow any user to game comfortably with decent resolutions and quality settings.
Dec 2, 2008
OCModShop
5 out of 5 Star
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
Sapphire is one of the more well-known manufacturers of ATI-based video cards, and they have a secret weapon in the world of single-GPU video cards. Sapphire's HD 4870 Toxic card accomplishes what it sets out to do. The performance of this card is phenominal, as it holds its own and even surpasses its closest competitor: and it does it for a few hundred dollars less. The HD 4870 Toxic is a great performer. The 4870 Toxic consumes far less power, is cheaper than, and (in many cases) outperforms nVidia's GTX 280 video card. Given its price point, the 4870 Toxic has some of the best performance for the money, and it is factory-overclocked.
Nov 18, 2008
Bjorn3D
Seal of Approval
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
The Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic made us just as happy as any of the other tested GPU's in gaming and surfing. Performance wise, between SLI and Crossfire, the scaling that you get with Crossfire has been better in the past and looks to stay that way for the time being. It runs on motherboards that are a lot less expensive than SLI boards, and is the better performer at a better price point for multiple GPU setups. Sapphire and ATI have managed to close a significant portion of the performance gap, and they've done it at a price that enthusiasts will be glad to see. Now for the hard part. Would I recommend one of these to a family member or friend? I’d have to give that a big yes.
Nov 4, 2008
The Techlounge
Editor's Choice
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
I think it's worth everyone's wait for Toxic. As far as brandings go, anyway. But Sapphire puts so much effort into general improvements over the stock designs. If you're interested in ATI's best single-GPU video card, and want a quiet--if not silent--4870, without heat issues or overclocking limits, really now you know what your choice has got to be. The bundle has the bases covered, the looks of the card are stellar, and almost every other aspect is improved over the initially-released model.
Nov 4, 2008
Elite Bastards
Elite BastardsInnovation Award
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
Quite simply, the Radeon HD TOXIC takes AMD's reference cooler, rightly bins it, and replaces it with something that's leagues ahead in the cooling department
Oct 28, 2008
Techware Labs
Approved by Techware Labs
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
As all of the many tests we ran should show, the Sapphire 4870 Toxic Edition is quite impressive. It looks sharp and the numbers it puts up look even better. I think without question this card is in the same ballpark as Nvidia’s 200 series of cards, but with a kicker. The performance blows the older generation of cards out of the water. This card and the 200-series of cards are competing in a totally different ballpark. You won’t be disappointed.
Oct 16, 2008
Phoronix
Editor's Choice
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic is not only special for its factory overclock, but its Vapor-X cooler is very powerful and clearly is a superior cooling solution. HD 4870 is an already great graphics card but with Sapphire bringing forth their Vapor-X cooler, this graphics card just got even better. With the factory overclock and triple heatpipe cooler, this graphics card will cost more than the other reference models, but only by a small margin.
Oct 14, 2008
Modders Inc
Editor's Choice
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
I have used the Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic for 3 weeks straight now and well it has been a wonderful experience. I have not had one fault or found a flaw under normal use and even under heavy over clocked gaming. If you do not already have a Sapphire HD 4870 or even if you do I highly recommend that you look at getting the Toxic card as you could use them in CrossFire mode when you want to or just run the faster Toxic when the non Crossfire mode hits you.
Oct 7, 2008
Overclockers Club
OCC Gold
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
What is there to say about the Sapphire HD4870 Toxic video card other than it is amazing? I was very surprised to see the benchmarking scores that it was able to produce. I was very pleased to see how well Sapphire paid attention to the little details of the card such as placing a large enough cooling solution on it to keep down the high temperatures the RV770 core has been producing, limiting the overclockability of the cards and the lifespan of them. If you are looking to take the leap away from your older video card to something that is going to be able to give you the performance boost to your entire system, this card is what you should be looking for! I would suggest picking up at least one of these for your next build.
Oct 6, 2008
Club Overclocker
Recommended by Club Overclocker
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
I was extremely impressed with the reference HD4870, but the Toxic version is one nice video card. The main issues I had with the reference HD4870 was the heat issue and the overclocking. They both have been addressed in the Toxic version. The Toxic was easily superior in overclocking and cooling. Overall it's hard to go wrong with this card. Club Overclocker Recommended!
Oct 6, 2008
Big Bruin
Recommended & Gaming Approved by BigBruin
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
The Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 512MB graphics card takes the already solid performance of ATI's top of the line single GPU solution and ratchets things up a little higher with a factory overclock and a unique cooler. In terms of single GPU performance the Radeon HD4870 set the bar pretty high, and the Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 512MB graphics card had its work cut out for it to look much better. Considering the excellent performance of the card and its cooler, the Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 512MB graphics card earns the Bigbruin.com awards of "Gaming Approved" and "Recommended".
Oct 6, 2008
Think Computers
10 out of 10 Score
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
The graphics were really incredible, and the 4870 had no problem handling everything I threw at it. Temps on the HD 4870 Toxic were impressive with the Vapor-X cooler, idle temp was 45C, and load temp was 54C. These temps are better than either of my HD 4850s, and both have nice coolers. The HD 4870 Toxic is a nice video card. Performance is really awesome. If you're looking for a high-performance card. ThinkComputers awards the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic 512MB Factory Overclocked Video Card a 10 out of 10 score
Oct 1, 2008
Benchmark Reviews
Silver Tachometer Award
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
There's no denying that Sapphire has improved the cooling design of the reference Radeon HD 4870. In terms of performance, the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Edition usually performed around 30% better than the Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce 9800 GTX+. In summary, the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Edition is an outstanding product with unbelievable cooling improvements over the stock version.
Sep 25, 2008
AMDZone
Editor's Choice
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
Sapphire has become known for it's TOXIC Edition cards which use their Vapor-X cooler with vapour chamber technology for better cooling but this 4870 TOXIC also features three large heatpipes and a thermally controlled fan which run quiet in all of our testing. I can say from personal experience stock 4800 cards, especially 4850's run too hot out of the box so this is good news from Sapphire and for ATI!
Sep 22, 2008
Pro Clockers
Must Have Product
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E
If you have read any of my reviews of all the 4xxx series of cards from Sapphire you will know that I have been very very impressed. And this continues with the Toxic version of the HD4870. The card is extremely fast and has more in the tank when it comes to overclocking for even more performance. The first thing that many of you will reply with is "is this card worth the extra dollars over the reference design?" My response would be yes without any second guessing. This card overclocked more than the standard model even with it being o'ced from Sapphire. And if that isn't enough this card is quieter than the other as well. You will have to love that feature more than anything.
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