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HIS Radeon 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo 1GB review

A new OC'd GPU from the HIS team, but can it take the fight to the mighty Nvidia GTX 260?

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2009-04-26April 26th 2009

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Product Summary

Radeon HD 4870 Ice Q 4+ Turbo 1GB

HIS Radeon 4870 Ice Q 4+ Turbo 1GB

Price at launch

£236.00

For

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4870 GPU is still good

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1GB of graphics memory

Against

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Expensive for what it is

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Not as good as the competition

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