Sapphire to Launch 2GB Radeon HD 4870

"Sapphire representatives have confirmed that the company's Vapor-X Radeon HD 4870, 2048MB GDDR5 card should be available shortly.

The card has VGA, DVI, HDMI, uses the PCIe 2.0 interface and boasts a fancy new Vapor-X cooler look. This will be a nice refreshment to the RV770 chip that should last just a few more months, better said weeks, as the new and a bit faster 55nm faster card is just around the corner.

The card is already listed here, and it will be selling for €250 .

There are little ways to use the extra RAM. You might bump the resolution, use higher AA or even set all the shadow maps of your games to a larger size, but in the end, it's unlikely that you'll use the 2GB of memory, but if it makes you feel good, go for it