Gigabyte has announced yet another ATI-based card, the HD 4870 with 1GB of memory. The new GV-R487D5-1GB will feature non-reference cooling, stock frequencies and DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI outputs on its backplate.

The new HD 4870 will be cooled by Zalman's dual heatpipe cooler which takes two slots and will work at 750MHz for the GPU and 3,600MHz for 1GB of GDDR5 memory. Other specs include support for DirectX 10.1, ATI's CrossfireX an a 256-bit memory interface. Gigabyte decided to place an HDMI, DisplayPort and DVI outputs on this card, making it basically future proof and ready for any monitor or TV that you might have or will have.

The card should be available soon, but the price still remains a mystery.