Give more life to the Radeon 4870
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Hello everyone!!
I have a wonderful Radeon HD 4870 that still holds its own today and lets me enjoy all current games without too much loss. I don't know how many people still use it today. but this could be a good place to discuss topics like:
The best and most reliable OCs that can be done to it.
Changes in the official Catalyst Legacy drivers and which version is more stable.
I'm sure there must still be a good number of users with this great GPU of its time. or someone who knows how we can try to keep it going for a while longer by getting the most out of it.
Best regards.
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I had an Ati 4770 that basically performed like a 4850, two years ago. I would say that there is no stable overclock per model, each graphics card is a world, like computers, some go up a lot and others don't go up at all, so it's a matter of trying and testing the overclock.
For overclocking, I tried MSI Afterburner, and it wasn't bad. If it reaches the maximum that the program allows, there were ways to extend the range, to raise it more.
Anyway, as of today, I would almost say that if you don't plan to change your graphics card, take care of it. Overclocking won't allow you to gain more than a small percentage with modern games, which I think isn't worth it in the face of the possibility of breaking it, a moderate overclock is fine, but looking for the stable top in a graphics card that's already a few years old can drastically shorten the life of the graphics card.
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No offense, but it doesn't make much sense to create the typical thread dedicated to a card, first because of what the fellow tells you, second and most importantly, it's too outdated. You plug in a current game on less than a 5850 and the change with something decent in the current series is abysmal.
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AMD125, you are right, it is not worth taking a risk at this point in the OC issue with a graphics card that is quite hot on its own, when today with current games you could barely notice a few fps difference.
Obione, I already know that it is obsolete and that in very cutting-edge games, especially from last year to this point, it performs very poorly, but I did it simply to bring together all those people who today still have it and even buy it second-hand. To create a common space where we could comment on configurations in games, changes in drivers (since AMD is not even capable of detailing them). Currently, you can play everything with it, obviously cutting back, but you can.
regards
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Well, all you have to do is start increasing the frequency little by little, both the core and the memory, and run tests. I wouldn't run the tests for too long, as some tests put the graphics card at extreme temperatures, hotter than any game, but I would increase the speed little by little and run tests.
I was playing almost everything with the Ati 4770 two years ago, but GTA IV wasn't entirely fun, and then I got Battlefield 3... and bought the Ati 5850 that I currently have. It's not a great card today, but to play at 1280*1024 I play everything except for Metro Last Night, which I have to lower the resolution for it to run well. :wall:
Here's a forum post from a while ago: http://www.hardlimit.com/tarjetas-graficas/t-hd-4870-overclock-58222.html
If you get a decent overclock, you should go over 800 on the core and 1100 on the memory, although some reached over 850 - 1200... but you know, keep it cool and run tests.
Best regards.
PD: The 4770 made me fall in love for several years, it cost me about 70€ second-hand and when I got it, I could handle everything at my resolution, so I understand that you have a soft spot for your graphics card, when it came out it was a great card
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I bought a new 4850 for 85 bucks and I've changed it 2 times, a 6850 for just over 100€ and the current 760 second-hand for 200. With the 4850 and an E2180 overclocked I could play Metro 1080p half 30FPS, with the 6850 and the 2500K overclocked to The Witcher 2 1080p high 30FPS, they have given a lot. I could have kept the 6850 but every good gamer should give himself a little treat, especially when you gain a lot of performance spending little. If you can afford a 260X 2GB (from 120€ an MSI mid-range) I would change my mind, I would even stretch for a 270X (180€ at pccomponentes). -
I'm not saying that the approach doesn't have some logic: the card works and works well. But unfortunately it has its limitations and mainly, and depending on the model, they are the dissipation and the quality of the components.
Let's look at it from the following point of view: Can you overclock it enough to put it to compete with something more current than a gtx 660? Without breaking it within ten minutes, no.
The best way to take advantage of somewhat outdated GPUs is to lower the graphic quality, try something more extreme that might work for a forum point, but at the cost of the card itself in a not very long term.Now that I remember, I still have an S3 trio that works… ;D
