"4870x2 reviews thread"

tdream · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:20

Final8y said:
Ok but what are we looking for ?

Anand's results is saying the 280 gets 60.2 fps whereas Sampa's results gets 82 max fps. Anand is recording maximum fps. Sampsa was also using a lower clocked cpu (E8500) and get's more fps at that res, so Anand may have some driver issues or something which could lead to more discrepancies at 2560x1600.

Obviously the X2 kicks ass in GRID though

Greebo · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:28

Final8y said:
Ok but what are we looking for ?

The massive differences between cards at 1920 x 1200.

GTX280 Amandtech 60.2 fps, Plaza 68.6fps which seems fair enough as the Plaza spec machine may be better spec or using different drivers

However reversed result with the 4870 with Amandtech getting 73.7 and Plaza 66.9 fps

The biggest difference of course is the 4870x2, Amandtech gives it 95.6 fps yet Plaza only get 75.6 fps.

Amandtech showing a 25%+ better result for the ATI cards, yet a 10%+ worse scores for the Nvidia cards.

Anybody know if they were both using the same drivers?

Final8y · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:34

plus the games don't have benchmark pre-set run through ?

The_Abyss · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:44

LoadsaMoney said:
Just found this :-

http://www.guru3d.com/news/amd-messes-up-another-launch--4870-x2/

That's the AMD influence. They have always handled any media relations spectacularly poorly. Look at companies like Nvidia and Intel. Even if they have a turd, they manage to polish it enough to fool 95% of their consumer base.

londonbairn · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:46

Looks great, looks like I need a new PSU then!

jrodga2k5 · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:59

Looks good at this early stage, im just gutted it launches after im back from the states

another month of driver tweaking will be ideal hopefully. shame that guru didnt get their card as i always enjoys reading their views

IceShock · 14 Jul 2008 at 14:17

Omg i can't wait

FrankJH · 14 Jul 2008 at 14:42

Looks like a great card - but Im not so sure its going to have as big a gap as two 4870 cards in Xfire

Looking for a 30" tft so this or 2 4870's will do me nicely

Dr_Fartypants · 14 Jul 2008 at 14:51

FrankJH said:
Looking for a 30" tft so this or 2 4870's will do me nicely

If you're going for a 30" monitor I'd go for a 1Gb-per-GPU card. This means (for ATI) either a 2Gb 4870x2, or 2 1Gb 4870s in CF.

joe pineapples · 14 Jul 2008 at 15:13

Bit off topic, but i half expected reviews of the 4870 1gig cards before the 4870x2's, especially when they're out a good 2 weeks beforehand :confused:

willhub · 14 Jul 2008 at 15:25

Wonder how much these will be

jrodga2k5 · 14 Jul 2008 at 15:35

willhub said:
Wonder how much these will be

£299 launch by the looks of it since the US price is gonna be around $499

DarkMatter · 14 Jul 2008 at 15:49

thats interesting, the second review stats its a PCIE 1.1 card..... not PCIE 2.0.... so technically it should be 100% fine on PCIE1.1?

T1rez · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:07

there still making the drivers for this card arent they? so its probably not tuned very well... i dont bother relying on these reviews because cards always seem a lot better when they come out with decent drivers!

psychas · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:18

looks really good but man it will increase your electricity bill

TheRealDeal · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:32

If this card comes in at a price anywhere near the gtx280 then there is really not an option 4870x2 spanks the 280 in all bar crysis.

N19h7m4r3 · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:36

Anyone think a Gigabyte Odin 800w PSU would be able to handle two of these?

I might get 2 if it can just to see what crossfire with it would be like.

But I think me E6850 might hold me back a bit.

Broken Hope · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:40

Loowi_ashley said:
Hold on I thought they where saying the 4870X2 was going to be 10% faster than CF 4870's, its totally the same apart from Crysis where the CF4870's are a tad quicker! Oh well makes me more pleased with my purchase

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=588&pageid=7

Looks at least 10% faster to me, though in Cod4 it's a lot faster than 4870 CF.

psychas · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:40

N19h7m4r3 said:
Anyone think a Gigabyte Odin 800w PSU would be able to handle two of these?

I might get 2 if it can just to see what crossfire with it would be like.

But I think me E6850 might hold me back a bit.

mh i dont think so on load one of those can hit 400+w recommended is 1000 w

N19h7m4r3 · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:51

Bugger. Well it's still a while off release

Maybe the power usage will drop by the time it's out

Although isn't the 400w total system? if so and the card itself draws at about 290-300w.

I "might" be able to pull it off