The ATI Radeon HD4870X2 video card has become more and more popular among end users and enthusists alike because of its raw power and its ability to render games with phenominal speed. It is also a very well known to to be an extremely hot running video card. With zero aftermarket air coolers available for users to cool this beast of a video card down, users have had to resort to other measures (and sometimes drastic measures at that) to help cool this video card. By either use a profile "fan trick", which requires some knowledge of manipulating third party software like RivaTuner to control the fan speed or finally doing a fan adapter modification, thereby keeping the HD4870X2 fan at full throttle (100%). Some have even begun using two different types of air coolers and mounting them on the cores of the HD4870X2. With either of these modifications or tweaks, it leaves us with an exceptionally loud fan, or the inability to use more than two of these video cards for tri fire or the quad fire realm of possiblities.
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Review: Bjorn3D
Nov 27, 2008, 03:43 PM
