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"4870x2 reviews thread"

well when 3870x2 came out it was about 15 to 20 more then two 3870 so expect the same for 4870x2. ad price of two 4870 + 20 more

and they may drop the price of 4870 when 4870x2 comes out. so if they drop 150 quid inc vat so 4870x2 would be around 320 inc vat but i doubt that 4870 will drop 150 in few weeks maybe to a 160. i say expect 4870x2 for 350 at the begining inc vat. it is about the same or a bit below gt280 price
 
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ten80p said:
Prob stating the obvious but this card proves categorically that the coding of Crysis is laughable :p
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Yep what a mess with the scaling in this link. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/745/6/
There seems to be lots of bottlenecking on other things all over the place.
Its only starts to show the true GPU power when you hit 1920x1200 veryhigh
which takes other system variables out of the equation.:confused:
 
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If the card is any more than 2 seperate 4870s (like the 3870X2) it is a ripoff IMO. Whilst I appreciate that it is new technology, it isn't that new - no shared memory etc. There are also substantial savings on shipping and packaging, retail space and transactions, and none of these are being passed on to the consumer.

If ATI want their multi-GPU to be widely taken up in all sectors of the market, they need

a) good driver support, and
b) a pricing advantage
 
The_Abyss said:
If the card is any more than 2 seperate 4870s (like the 3870X2) it is a ripoff IMO. Whilst I appreciate that it is new technology, it isn't that new - no shared memory etc. There are also substantial savings on shipping and packaging, retail space and transactions, and none of these are being passed on to the consumer.

If ATI want their multi-GPU to be widely taken up in all sectors of the market, they need

a) good driver support, and
b) a pricing advantage
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You are partly right! you will have to compare the price of 2 4870 1024MB version to it.
 
The_Abyss said:
If the card is any more than 2 seperate 4870s (like the 3870X2) it is a ripoff IMO. Whilst I appreciate that it is new technology, it isn't that new - no shared memory etc. There are also substantial savings on shipping and packaging, retail space and transactions, and none of these are being passed on to the consumer.

If ATI want their multi-GPU to be widely taken up in all sectors of the market, they need

a) good driver support, and
b) a pricing advantage
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are you for real?

until ATI released the 48xx series the GTX280 was well over 400 pounds on release, the 4870x2 is going to smash that card silly for quite a lot less than that.

i don't think ATI have anything to prove in the pricing department - some ppl have an extremely short memory it seems :p

as far as drivers ATI release a new set every month and i've never found major issues with their drivers in general, neither with NV for that matter ....most problems are user error.

p.s. if you want multi-gpu and no microstuttering then the 48xx series is for you, NV have no answer for that at this point.
 
You would think all NV fans shop at M&S to hear them speak, but now here faced with a dilemma Aldi (ATi /Amd) are selling the same if not better produce and much cheaper then why don't they do what everyone does and just change the bag/box to an NV/M&S then you won't feel so cheap?
 
marscay said:
are you for real?



as far as drivers ATI release a new set every month and i've never found major issues with their drivers in general, neither with NV for that matter ....most problems are user error.
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Most problems are user error? What a laughable comment that is!

Is that why updated driver release notes(cats or Forceware) usually specify dozens of game fixes,and software engineers are employed to identify and carryout these fixes.

Maybe you should get in touch with ATI/Nvidia and tell them to stop wasting resources on driver development and instead concentrate on training us all up to use our PC's properly!:D
 
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