In this two-slot panel wide graphics card potters AMD's current fastest chip Radeon HD 4870 From its architecture ago he is the Nvidia competition far ahead: He is in much finer 55-nanometer process (NM) manufactured, Nvidia is still partially 65-NM technology such and reached the laboratory, the highest theoretical performance of graphics chips.

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In the benchmark programs 3D Mark 06 (DirectX 9) and 3D Mark Vantage (DirectX 10), it achieved record values. In practice, they reached the center of the test field. The performance ranged from excellent image quality and in conjunction with DirectX 10 effects only up to the 1600 resolution, but for TFT displays a maximum of 21 "screen size is sufficient to. Only in very complex 3D-smashers like Crysis and the upcoming 3D titles, you have probably either with 1280 x 1024 pixels or less 3-D effects are content. It makes sense also, this card in a network to interconnect two, then the performance is higher than that Nvidia GeForce 280 reaches top model

During installation, make sure that two slot plates to be cleared for the graphics card. Also, two power connectors each power supply has not, here you should consider before buying, if your power supply with 400 watts and the inner and met with two electrical connections to external conditions. The fan of the tested video card that is made in the reference design worked, but our tests always very quiet.
Silent graphics card with good facilities, which may bring in all DirectX 9 and X-Play high-performance, but not exactly cheap.