THE DENIZENS OF Legion Hardware have performed an exhaustive comparison of HD 4870 X2 scaling under several CPUs. Here you can see which games are capped by CPU and which games are capped by the GPU. Devil May Cry was the most GPU-dependent of the lot, while Company of Heroes was really churning out frames based on the CPU. Oh man, should we say how bad a performance the X4 Phenoms put out? Find out which CPU benefits your ATI card the most… right here.

Overclocker’s Club has one of the first 4870s with aftermarket coolers, the Powercolor HD 4870 PCS+ (that’s professional cooling system plus). Just for reference, Powercolor has actually discontinued all reference designs RV770s and are only making PCS and Play versions… Well, OCC got a decent overclock (+110MHz/+200MHz total) keeping the core temps between 53-55ºC. Apparently pricing is quite good at around USD $290, which makes it as cheap as the relative chip. There’s a 1GB version already out in case you’re wondering. Come get some.

I4U is waving its arms around in an attempt to review the GoLive2 Stix 200 PC game controller. The Stix 200 is a Wii-mote-alike controller that does the job in 2D and 3D games (although this is the 2D version under review). USB-based, the device needs to iron out some wrinkles before it is ready for the primetime; still, it’s the thought that counts… Shane wasn’t very impressed, but it’s a beginning. Get it here.

Hanns-G isn’t your top-of-the-range LCD maker, far from it, but they do come up with some unusual/uniquely-priced solutions that deserve some attention, like this Hanns-G 28-inch LCD at Thru sting Reviews. Ardjuna found this 28-incher (27.5 to be exact) to do very much the same as its 24-inch brethren, but at a better price (£260). Makes you want to go off and buy one just for the heck of it.

Since Zotac has entered the mobo market, some (few) sites have been able to score the brand’s product. Silent PC Review, considering it’s “theme”, landed a Zotac NF610i-ITX motherboard. Mini-ITX as it is, it allows you to stick an amazing amount of processing power on a tiny footprint. It’s based on the GeForce 7050 which, according to Mike, does its part in HD video, but “where’s the HDMI/DVI?” he asks. There’s an NF630i out there somewhere, with DVI. But this is what SPCR has.

ATI’s top graphics card, the HD 4870 is popping up with several new bits and pieces of hardware attached to it – usually of the cooling kind. Well, Tech Power Up has a Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition on the bench today. This card comes mildly overclocked out of the box, clocking in at 775MHz/1000MHz (that’s GDDR5… btw). The Sonic Dual gets its name from the custom dual-slot heatsink, which implements two cooling fans sitting atop the aluminium fins. The card doesn’t pump air out the back, unfortunately, instead the DVI connectors occupy the top half of the bracket and the HDMI and Displayport connectors the bottom half. Choices. You’ve also got the most thorough test on an HD 4870 we’ve seen in a while… 15 different games plus the 3D Mark family. We’re talking too much… find out for yourself. µ