Originally Posted by Acoma_Andy  Overclocking a videocard is really easy. Basically all you do is a move a slider in the Catalyst Control Center and then test the new clocks in a few games... On the other hand. Is it the Sapphire card with the stock cooler? If so, then the HIS card has a better cooler. |
Originally Posted by usmcz rangibro, I would stick with what you have. It really isn't worth the extra money. I have the sapphire card too, 4870 1gb, and I have tested it in games/benchmarked stock with the stock cooler - and now it is watercooled and overclocked. I would definitely not worry about it, if you want to overclock it yourself it is extremely easy in the ATI CCC(Catalyst Control Center) that comes with your driver software. The stock fan/heatsink setup on the Sapphire cards isn't too bad, the fan can get noisy though when it speeds up to compensate for the additional heat. Either way, for the negligible performance increase you may see - I'd say keep the cheaper card you ordered and buy a new game or save the money for something else. |
Originally Posted by Cod2player I'm guessing your buying from Umart (I recognised the weird PCI E TVO in the name which Umart has). If it is Umart your buying from then your lucky because your not going to be getting the one in the picture like I thought I was going to. Instead you will probably be getting this one http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...2044_787860764. Good news as the card stays very cool, bad news if you planned a red colour theme
Edit: Link fails dunno why, pretty much its the black cooler and blue PCB Sapphire 4870 which looks alot like there toxic edition. |
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Originally Posted by Asus Mobile Since you are new to this let me share my experience with you. I don't have That card (sig) and I am mobile. But that said. I face greater issues than you will. On my core I can up 200Mhz my VRAM 100Mhz (effective DDR 200Mhz). So I think you can likely OC better than the pre-OC cards. I use AMD GPU Clock Tool, yea from AMD themselves? |
