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first 4870 review

this looks promising indeed... with a overclock of the 4870 i can see this surpassing the stock GTX280, also if this is all true, then I can see the 1GB version maybe even surpassing the GTX280...
 
VinceB1 said:
Why people justify purchases by "well I can afford it" is beyond me. Rich people don't stay rich by throwing money away. :rolleyes:
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I only said that because I was making out the price difference isn't an issue for me, I wasnt making out I'm rich. I wish, I'm far from rich
 
Well we all know the 4870 is significantly faster than the 8800 so that alone would be a worth while purchase, but as everyone seems to think Crysis is the be all and end all of benchmarks then I doubt you will a graphics card capable of running it at a steady 60 fps at medium/high resolutions with AA/AF unless you step into SLI/XFire territory.

Still the 4870 manages ~25 fps at 1920x1200 with 4xAA compaired to 29 fps on the GTX 280, is that 4fps worth the extra 50% or would it make more sense to get 2 4870's for the same cost as 1 GTX 280.

I think you know the answer to that question.
 
Steedie said:
I only said that because I was making out the price difference isn't an issue for me, I wasnt making out I'm rich. I wish, I'm far from rich
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hehe Sorry dude going off on one! I know why your not rich though... you bought a gtx280 :D
 
I have SLi'd 8800GTX's and on my current set-up score somewhere within the region of P10000 on 3Dmark Vantage... now this baby gets very close to that, I was abit hesitent to just buy the 1 card thinking it wouldnt be as good as my GTX's, but with these results I think I'll indulge myself in one and a new motherboard and with the money I get for selling my old components, splash out on another^^
 
MadMossy said:
Still the 4870 manages ~25 fps at 1920x1200 with 4xAA compaired to 29 fps on the GTX 280, is that 4fps worth the extra 50% or would it make more sense to get 2 4870's for the same cost as 1 GTX 280.

I think you know the answer to that question.
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Yip, go SLI GTX280's! No?
 
I want the best performing card without having to go SLi/Crossfire, I can afford it, what's the problem?
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I whole heartedly agree with you. There is no way anyone can argue that the GTX 280 ISN'T the best performing card out there. I'm glad the're are people out there buying the card or else what incentive would companies have for making such high end parts. Like Ferrari F355 vs Volks Golf R32. People with lots of money buy the Ferrari, those without as much go for the R32 - both will be well happy with their purchase and both go like stink - they just do it differently and at differnt price/performance bands.

If it was £350, I'd have probably picked up a GTX 280 by now. The 4870 seems too good to miss though.
 
MadMossy said:
Still the 4870 manages ~25 fps at 1920x1200 with 4xAA compaired to 29 fps on the GTX 280, is that 4fps worth the extra 50% or would it make more sense to get 2 4870's for the same cost as 1 GTX 280.

I think you know the answer to that question.
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Thats all very well but as we've learnt on here recently you really do need a full 2x16 (electrical) PCI-E 2.0 capable motherboard to take advantage of the new ATI crossfire cards and not allot of people have a motherboard capable of that so you then have to factor in the cost of a new motherboard as well.
 
lowrider007 said:
Thats all very well but as we've learnt on here recently you really do need a full 2x16 (electrical) PCI-E 2.0 capable motherboard to take advantage of the new ATI crossfire cards and not allot of people have a motherboard capable of that so you then have to factor in the cost of a new motherboard as well.
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you need PCI-E 2.0 ?
 
you need PCI-E 2.0
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Yes (for xfire) - and a full x16/x16 one at that.

Actually, need isn't really correct but it would be advisable else you'll be chucking some performance down the drain.
 
lowrider007 said:
No, for a single card you'll be fine on PCI-E 1.0/a but for crossfire I'd really be wanting full 2x16 PCI-E 2.0, hell you can run crossfire on PCI-E 1.0 at 8x4x if you really wanted to but I don't you'd see much of an improvement.
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I thought the 4800 series would only work on pci express 1.1 and above?
 
Well lowrider007,

I'm thinking along the lines of this ...

Asus Rampage Formula and 2 4870's, Then sell the cards when the x2 comes out if at all i need to get x2's

Mobo because my abit ip35 pro is hell'ishly bending around the cpu socket area (mobo curves with HSF/H2o block required torque/tightening) and it's worrying me (think my thermal 120 did this bending)

So really i was after a new mobo anyways

C'mon ATI

Ohh mobo as i read is 2@16x so will CF good

(want to drive to shop to get the whole lot, ohh the waiting hurts :D )

Ciao

Def
 
Richdog said:
Did you read any of the benchmarks? :)
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Yes, I did. But benchmarks aren't enough. I need somebody to tell me whether this is a potential next card or not. It shows that Crysis would run at about 35 average.

I am thinking that this isn't enough? I am way outta touch with components these days. :o
 
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