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
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…