AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

[Azza]

no but i doubt the 4870's will appear today anyways!

Azza im gonna assume a pair of Gigabyte 4850's for ya

Yep.


But my card just got declined?!?!?!?

 

[Azza]

Ill pay by PayPal, dont worry.

 

[Azza]

result! I look forward to your impressions......AZZA you do know il be expecting a comprehensive review from you

Ill be doing one any way mate for a website.

 

[Azza]

so is that two 4870's ordered then?

No, two 4850s.

 

[Azza]

What sort of PSU will you need to run two of these? I have an Corsair 620W HX would this be ok?

Same one.

 

[Azza]

Are you still on your laptop Loadsa? Not getting any of the new cards?

 

[Azza]

I don't have a laptop.

Im liking the sounds of the 4870.

Ermmm ok


Fair enough.

 

[Azza]

How odd indeed.

 

[Azza]

I reckon 225 will bag you one of these puppies.

512mb version but not a 1gb version.

 

[Azza]

Close enough to £225 for you kylew?

 

[Azza]

Before

After

 

[Azza]

Will this card melt if I put it under any type of load?

 

[Azza]

Is that after you put new paste on

No that one Ill put in a sec.



Load temp...

I think if you left one of these cards fully loaded for 24hours the plastic case would actually melt, it gets so hot its silly.



Will wack in the card that has AS5 on, in a sec.

 

[Azza]

You got a WB for that Azza or just better air ?

Got a couple of air coolers to try out on them.



Any who the other card with AS5 on...


idle

load

 

[Azza]

Still a tad toasty .. that AS5 with stock cooler ?

Yepo.

 

[Azza]

Some numbers.


Nvidia driver - 179.39 beta & PhysX
ATI driver - 8.6 (without hotfix)


3DMark 06 9800GTX stock - 14458

3DMark 06 HD 4850 stock - 13830

3DMark Vantage (performance) 9800GTX stock - P7146

3DMark Vantage (performance) HD 4850 stock - P7107

Crysis 9800GTX stock - avg 6.335 fps

Crysis HD 4850 stock - avg 11 fps

HL2 Lost Coast settings - res 1920 x 1200

HL2 Lost Coast 9800GTX stock - 122.68 fps

HL2 Lost Coast HD 4850 stock - 136.41 fps

 

[Azza]

LOL. Going to install the hotfix and see if that that does anything now.


When I can be bothered putting in my 9800GTX and installing some decent drivers, ill do Bioshock, CoD4 & CoH. Oh and UT3 if I can get the benchmark to run right.



edit---------------------->


added HL2 Lost Coast results.

 

[Azza]

azza why did u or someone use 6.3 drivers to test 4850 ?

8.6 i meant to type.


Any who some Crossfire numbers with hotfix.



3D Mark 06 - 18176

3D Mark Vantage - P11186

 

[Azza]

Lost Coast Crossfire - avg 139.19 fps

Crysis Crossfire - avg 17.59 fps

 

[Azza]

Two more 5850's and you'll have that Crysis playable at 1920 x 1200 4xaa

Oh wait, that's what two 4870x2 are for

I dont play Crysis.

Is this thing out on wens 25th of june ?? if so what time ?? 2.00 pm again

Yeah will prolly be 2pm as usual. No doubt OcUK will have them up a bit earlier though.