*** Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI £235.99 inc VAT ***

[95thrifles]

Can you confirm if these use the standard ATI reference design and therefore a full cover waterblock would fit? or not?

nvm Ive checked asus's website and its not, its their own design so much for that plan

 

[danielhufton]

I'm getting one of these as soon as they are in stock if......

Will it fit in my Antec 900?

 

[Fatboy]

No problem at all it will fit in the 900

 

[danielhufton]

Thanks FATBOY, are they still due in 1/6? It's my birthday tomorrow and need to order it. If I pre-order it, will it ship out when its in stock.

 

[HeX]

Just pre-ordered mine, couldn't hold off any longer

 

[magmax]

£236 is an excellent pricing stratergy to get people to move away from Nvidia cards.

 

[HeX]

X2 for less than the price of a 285 is a steal tbh.

And almost £150 cheaper than the lowest priced GTX295!

 

[magmax]

X2 for less than the price of a 285 is a steal tbh.

And almost £150 cheaper than the lowest priced GTX295!

You are right I bet the die hard nvidia fanboys will try very hard to block this offer out their minds.

 

[sunderland]

i wish this would run on my setup with a corsiar 520 hx you cant knock the price

 

[95thrifles]

prob would

 

[sunderland]

was going to get one before but like i said a bit worried about PSU,wonder if anyone else is running one on a 520hx corsair

 

[95thrifles]

This shows the load power of a 4870x2 system to be 421.7W, so yes your 520W should be fine
Edit: just read it properly and this is just with GPU stress, in game this could go up by upto 100W (total system stress), so for me then that'd be no, a bit too close for comfort

 

[sunderland]

done a test on corsair with PSU
my cpu
3 hardrives
4870x2
and it says a 520 would do it,only put 3 hardrives to cover the fans i have in,dont really want to get one if i have to go for another PSU

 

[Popov]

£236 is an excellent pricing stratergy to get people to move away from Nvidia cards.

It worked on me, my first ATI since a 9800 pro many moons ago.

P.S. they seem to be showing as in stock now so must have came in ahead of schedule.

 

[dmxdex2020]

hi does anyone know how thick this card is? i know its 3 slot design but what are the actual dimensions! i checked the asus website and it doesnt give a figure for the thickness/height of the card!!! anyone have any answers???
looking at the picture above i would say you are wrong because from where im standing that card is taking up 3 slots!!!

Its 2 slots.

 

[HeX]

P.S. they seem to be showing as in stock now so must have came in ahead of schedule.

Still saying Pre-Order on my screen...

 

[strumpusplunket]

Wow, nice price. What's the idle noise like? My 4870 is just about quiet enough at idle, but I really wouldn't want anything noticeably noisier.

 

[dmxdex2020]

Wow, nice price. What's the idle noise like? My 4870 is just about quiet enough at idle, but I really wouldn't want anything noticeably noisier.

mine at idle when i had it was 38 c

 

[Popov]

Still saying Pre-Order on my screen...

Sorry my bad I managed to click on Asus 285 by mistake

 

[mitch212k]

Any chance you could give us an idea of how long these'll be around for please Fatboy (at this price)? Presumably it's a batch you've got for this price or is it a permanent thing?

thanks