talk about weird wow performance
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6870_CrossFire/18.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6870_CrossFire/18.html
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****Official 6850/6870 Reviews thread****
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They dont seem to bad, crossfire seems to scale prity well,power consumption seems really good aswell, but surely it would make sence to include in the benchmarks the cards that are being replaced rather than just the 5850/5870
As it stands you look at the reviews and think yeah not bad but if you compare it to the cards there replaceing the gap is massive
As it stands you look at the reviews and think yeah not bad but if you compare it to the cards there replaceing the gap is massive
Crossfire has always relied on game specific profiles. They are almost always out within a month on big titles. You have to decide on how much indi gaming you do.
Looks like this will be coming soon from Nvidia....
Toms Hardware:
"this sure would be a good time to introduce a card with a fully-equipped GF104 and 384 CUDA cores enabled (Ed.: I can’t comment, but I know something that you don’t, Don)."
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-hd-6870-radeon-hd-6850-barts,review-32028-23.html
That should more than make up the 10% performance deficit the 460 currently has on the 6850....
Toms Hardware:
"this sure would be a good time to introduce a card with a fully-equipped GF104 and 384 CUDA cores enabled (Ed.: I can’t comment, but I know something that you don’t, Don)."
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-hd-6870-radeon-hd-6850-barts,review-32028-23.html
That should more than make up the 10% performance deficit the 460 currently has on the 6850....
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What rubbish he's always been up nvidias ass, he just can't take the face amd are doing something good which will cripple nvidia unless they pull their finger out
WoW hates crossfire, so i'm not surprised, but what it dosent say is if that is under DX9 or the new experimental DX11 support or not
You haven't read any review but you decided that they are underwhelming? Why not read one and then decide?
Anyway, apparantly some HIS 6850 models may come with all 1120sps enabled?
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6850/
Hopefully it's not just a GPU-Z glitch.
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Why not read one and then decide?
Anyway, apparantly some HIS 6850 models may come with all 1120sps enabled?
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6850/
Hopefully it's not just a GPU-Z glitch.
I based my blind assumption based on the technical specs of the cards and the price.... and then what my gut instinct says.
By all accounts, im spot on.
There is something strange about the cards tho... like they can do more with less grunt almost
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Who's that, Don or Chirs?
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Blind assumption can be dangerous, a bit of Googling and you pre order the 6870 for under a £180 which yes pretty much blows all the cards you mention out the water on price/performance. Put it to you another you can pick a video card that gives you 5870 performance, improved image quality, 4 screen monitor support, cool, quiet, low power for less the two hundred notes, sounds like a bargain to me.
the gtx 470 performs better for less money
and noisier and more power hungry
Its also marginal as to whether real world usage would be noticably different
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temptation to buy.....temptation....
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You can pick the GTX470 today on special offer for £175which is GVFM but come tomorrow what price will it be then?
I wouldnt say wow hates crossfire, it just doesnt seem to utilise it very well. In my experience with 2 4890's in crossfire the performance is exactly the same as one card. At most times both cards will be running around 40% if I just use one card it runs around 80%. However noticed in a couple of new areas in cataclysm beta both gpus have been hitting 90%+ with fps around 90
So yeah those wow benches seem a little strange
Going by anandtechs performance summary the 470 is 3% quicker than the 6870 averaged over 5 resolutions. That difference is marginal and i doubt you'd notice it. Also the 68xx drivers are still beta and improvements will no doubt come, the 470's drivers are mature by comparrison. I'd still go for the cooler and less power hungry card though. Nice to see hdmi 1.4 on a card with this performance, perfect for home cinema.
It's definately a like for like release even pricing is near identical. My instinct tells me amd can drop the price further should they want to given the die size of these new chips, selling at these prices must be hurting nvidia who cannot wait for 28nm. Would be interested to see the margins for cards from both manufacturers but thats not gonna happen.
For me it was a shame nvidia had no hd audio over hdmi on thier top end cards this generation as it ment i had no choice in what to buy.
It's definately a like for like release even pricing is near identical. My instinct tells me amd can drop the price further should they want to given the die size of these new chips, selling at these prices must be hurting nvidia who cannot wait for 28nm. Would be interested to see the margins for cards from both manufacturers but thats not gonna happen.
For me it was a shame nvidia had no hd audio over hdmi on thier top end cards this generation as it ment i had no choice in what to buy.