Conclusion:

The Radeon HD 4870 is another great winner from ATI who luckily have brought real competition to Nvidia and not only that have caught them off guard with huge gains and price cuts bringing amazing performance to the sub $200 performance metric. Perhaps the only one flaw is that unless you're running above 1920x1200 you don't have much a need from Crossfire. That is a great thing though for consumers. The Radeon HD 4870 gives some extra boosts from the 4850 and if you need a little more performance is the card to get today. We think the 4850 offers more value though but the 4870 is definitely an incredibly impressive card that beats Nvidia's best except for the GTX 280, offers more in support and features with Direct X 10.1 support, and all around re-ignites the PC market. Congrats to ATI and we can't wait to see what happens next.

Score: 97%