Sapphire HD 4870 X2 Atomic Watercooled Review

Back in HD 3870 times Sapphire released a special overclocked edition of the HD 3870 X2 called “Atomic”. Now the Atomic is back and has been updated to the HD 4870 X2 Series. The card comes with a pre-filled watercooling kit that also includes a CPU waterblock, which is a novelty. Asetek is the manufacturer of the watercooling components. Also included in the package is a large software bundle, loads of cables and everything else you could imagine. Not only the package has been improved, the clocks have been bumped up as well making the Sapphire HD 4870 X2 Atomic the fastest ATI card on the market. All this comes with a big big price tag of at least $600. While this may sound like much, Sapphire sold all HD 3870 X2 cards rather quickly, so I think this one will sell out fast too.

	GeForce 9800 GT	Radeon Universal Soldier: The Return ipod HD 4850	GeForce 9800 GTX	GeForce 8800 GTX	GeForce GTX 260	Radeon HD 4870	GeForce GTX 280	Radeon HD 4870 X2	Sapphire Atomic HD 4870 X2
Shader units	112	800	128	128	192	800	240	2x 800	2x 800
ROPs	16	16	16	24	28	16	32	2x 16	2x 16
GPU	G92	RV770	G92	G80	GT200	RV770	GT200	2x RV770	2x RV770
Transistors	754M	956M	754M	681M	1400M	956M	1400M	2x 956M	2x 956M
Memory Size	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	768 MB	896 MB	512 MB	1024 MB	2x 1024 MB	2x 1024 MB
Memory Bus Width	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	384 bit	448 bit	256 bit	512 bit	2x 256 bit	2x 256 bit
Core Clock	600 MHz	625 MHz	675 MHz	575 MHz	576 MHz	750 MHz	602 MHz	750 MHz	800 MHz
Memory Clock	900 MHz	993 MHz	1100 MHz	900 MHz	999 MHz	900 MHz	1107 MHz	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Price	$120	$160	$160	$220	$240	$250	$410	$530	$540

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