A few days later, they gave me a brand new 4870 1G with a Gigabyte aftermarket cooler, the counter lady told me that they are out of the 512MB model, and this newer model is better. Went to a Gigabyte service center to have it RMA'd as it was still under warranty. Wow, that's pretty good service.Ī few months before that board, I had a Gigabyte 4870 512MB that burned out from an Arctic Accelero cooler, fan and software controller wouldn't agree and the fan didn't run at all. I was saddened to see my new X4 not being supported on the official list, so I sent an e-mail to to them and they sent me a new BIOS the next day (new BIOS wasn't even on their website). I bought it with an Athlon X2 5800 to go with it, and then a few weeks later, an Athlon II X4 620. ![]() ![]() I don't know if my board was one of those but it felt more heavier than most of the boards I handled at the time. While in Taiwan, I had a GA-MA790FX-DS5 that I bought in 2008, that was when the dual copper boards were coming out.
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