Thursday, November 6th 2008
Gainward Out with Radeon HD 4870 X2 Golden Sample
Gainward, a subsidiary of Palit, has announced the Radeon HD 4870 X2 Golden Sample. The graphics card is identical to the Revolution R700 Deluxe by the parent company Palit, while going with Gainward branding to cater to the company's target markets. Gainward focuses on the Asian markets, where it has most of its influence on. The other subsidiary of Palit, XpertVision, is reportedly being dissolved into the parent brand, as brand Palit has started to have market presence in XpertVision's target market.
The card spans across three expansion slots for its massive cooler. It features two RV770 graphics processors by ATI aided with 2 GB of total memory based on the GDDR5 memory standard. It features a dual-link DVI, a D-SUB, a DisplayPort and a HDMI port. The availability and pricing of this card, is intended to be synchronized with those of the Palit card, they might reach markets at the same time, just that they release in different parts of the world. More pictures could be viewed here.
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Expreview
The card spans across three expansion slots for its massive cooler. It features two RV770 graphics processors by ATI aided with 2 GB of total memory based on the GDDR5 memory standard. It features a dual-link DVI, a D-SUB, a DisplayPort and a HDMI port. The availability and pricing of this card, is intended to be synchronized with those of the Palit card, they might reach markets at the same time, just that they release in different parts of the world. More pictures could be viewed here.
12 Comments on Gainward Out with Radeon HD 4870 X2 Golden Sample
I'd hope that the card runs both QUIET and COOL. I wonder if the heatpipes on the cooler are HDT style?
Two separate heatsinks for the GPUs. Someone has to rip it further apart to see if it's HDT. You'll soon know, TPU is reviewing the Palit card.
What are the chances of someone releasing just the cooler as an aftermarket bit of kit, for existing X2 owners. The original is rubbish.
All I can find out there are waterblocks.
Even better yet, give my old one to the starving kids in Africa, get two of these and watch my psu choke to death on the humiliation of inadequacy.
:nutkick:
The question is with that kind of cooling what kind of overclocking is possible?!?