Three-way shootout: XFX XXX 4870 vs. HIS IceQ4+ Turbo 4870 vs. Inno3D iChiLL GTX 260

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Published: Tuesday 24th March, 2009 | Author: Tarinder Sandhu
Products: XFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX , HIS Radeon HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo
Companies: XFX (All XFX content), HiS Graphics (All HiS Graphics content), Inno3D (All Inno3D content)
External reviews: XFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX
External reviews: HIS Radeon HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo

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Introduction

There's been significant upheaval in the £150-£200 graphics-card space in the last month. ATI was first off the bat with rebate-induced reductions on a range of Radeon HD 4870 512MB cards, to the extent that it's now possible to buy a generic Sapphire model for £145 or so.

NVIDIA followed suit a couple of weeks ago, slashing the pricing on performance-comparable GeForce GTX 260s, now available from around £160, with 192-core models available for <£140.

Given this level of flux in the market, we take a look at three special-edition cards, encompassing two Radeon HD 4870 1GBs and a GeForce GTX 260 896MB - and all are pre-overclocked.

Stepping up to the plate are XFX, HIS, and Inno3D, so let's see who wins out.

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Company	Price (exc. VAT)	Price (inc. VAT)	Price Date	Price History
SCAN	£98.48 ( £-1.00)	£113.25	18:00 on Thu 16th Jul 2009	history

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