A Closer Look At The Card

The card comes with two dual-linked DVI ports which are capable of supporting resolutions of up to 3840 x 2400. There is also a 7-pin analog HDTV-out port that supports S-Video directly as well as composite and component outputs via a component cable and a composite adaptor. Above the display ports are the exhaust vents which allow the EAH4870's cooler to expel the hot exhaust out the back of the case.

Like most high-end graphics cards, the EAH4870 requires two 6-pin PCI Express power cables. The two PCI Express power connectors are located at the end of the card. However, the card is short enough that the two power connectors will not be blocked by any components in a standard ATX case.

The ASUS EAH4870, of course, supports CrossFireX. Hence, it has the two CrossFire connectors near the bracket. These connectors allow you to link up to four ATI Radeon HD 4870 in CrossFire mode. Of course, such a feature is really overkill as there's currently very little performance advantage is linking more than 2 graphics cards.

Size Comparison

Here, we compare the ASUS EAH4870 against the GeForce 8800 GT (top) and the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (bottom).

As the pictures show, the ASUS EAH4870 is as thick as the GeForce GTX 260 - both are dual-slot cards. It is slightly longer than the GeForce 8800 GT and quite a bit shorter than the GTX 260. It is certainly not as bulky or as heavy as the GTX 260.

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