Published: Thursday 20th August, 2009 | Author: Parm Mann
Products: Radeon HD 4770 512MB
Companies: Sapphire (All Sapphire content)
External reviews: Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512MB
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email to a friendWhen AMD launched the ATI Radeon HD 4770 back in April, we called it arguably the best graphics card for under £100. Trouble is, AMD was hit with supply problems and two months later, you couldn't find a Radeon HD 4770 for love nor money.
Fast forward another two months, and 4770 cards are once again readily available with most of the usual suspects showing stock. Wanting to breathe new life into the product, Sapphire's launching a new-and-improved model dubbed the Sapphire HD 4770. Sounds the same, but it isn't.
The card, pictured above, features the same 40nm GPU clocked at 750MHz and 512MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at an effective 3,200MHz, but what's new is Sapphire's choice of cooling solution. Out goes AMD's reference design, and in comes a custom Arctic Cooling solution that's exclusive to Sapphire.
Also new to Sapphire's original design is a greater choice of connectivity options. The new-look card sports VGA, HDMI and DVI outputs - as opposed to the dual DVI ports on Sapphire's previous card. Put it all together and you have what Sapphire calls "a powerful midrange graphics card for enthusiasts on a budget, now with better connectivity and a custom cooler."
There's no word on pricing or availability yet, but we reckon this one may appear priced at around the £90 mark.
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I have a 4850 by XFX in my system, loathe to replace it, but it's the noisiest component since changing the CPU cooler to a Megahalems + Scythe S-Flex fan.
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I have a 4850 by XFX in my system, loathe to replace it, but it's the noisiest component since changing the CPU cooler to a Megahalems + Scythe S-Flex fan.
Hmm....
Why not just spen £15 or so and buy a Akasa Neo vortexx coler to replace the xfx one?? I replaced the stock cooler on my old 4850 and it was almost silent in all operations :) Well worth the money
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I want cards that exhaust the hot air (like the old Arctic Coolers did)...
I want a model which DOESNT need the PCI-E 6 pin extra power plug...
Here's a 4770 with the *reference* cooler (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167966) from XFX (that's the really sporty looking one a la 3870). That deals with the exhaust issue....
Maybe someone will do a 4770 eco edition with slightly lower clocks that'll reduce the TDP by the 5W required to bring it back into the 75W range provided by the PCIe slot...Quote
4670 dont have the 6pin usually anyway?
The 4750 is china/asia only at the moment, hopefully someone will release it here
Doh, yeah that will do me.. :)Quote
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