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
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