[Test Report] Powercolor HD4870X2

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PowerColor, established by Tul Corporation in 1997, is a graphics industry leading brand name now and well known for its outstanding performance and innovative technology. As a leading provider of graphics card, PowerColor offers powerful, reliable and cost-effective solutions to customers worldwide.

PowerColor is the platform of choice for avid PC gamers and video prosumers looking to get the best possible performance out of the latest graphics processors from ATI.


PowerColor graphics cards won at least 10 awards every month in 2004 from the world's most respected IT media and organizations. Furthermore, several PowerColor products also received 2005 Taiwan Symbol of Excellence Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the R.O.C. according to the following criteria: Design and Innovation, Quality System, Market, and Brand Awareness. This award represents some of the most revolutionary, high tech, high quality, and high value products in the market.


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Powercolor HD4870X2 2GB GDDR5


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Specs


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R700 Interconnect Architecture



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Features



# 1.912 billion processors (956 million transistors per GPU on 55nm fabrication process)
# PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface
# 256-bit + 256 bit GDDR5 memory interface
# MicrosoftR DirectXR 10.1 support
# ShaderModel 4.1
# Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture
# 1600 stream processing units
# Dynamic Geometry Acceleration


# Anti-aliasing features

* Multi-sample anti-aliasing (2, 4, or 8 samples per pixel)
* Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality
* Adaptive super-sampling and multi-sampling
* Gamma correct
* Super AA (ATI CrossFireXTMconfigurations only)
* All anti-aliasing features compatible with HDR renderin


# Texture filtering features

* 2x/4x/8x/16x high quality adaptive anisotropic filtering modes (up to 128 taps per pixel)
* 128-bit floating point HDR texture filtering
* sRGB filtering (gamma/degamma)
* Percentage Closer Filtering (PCF)
* Depth & stencil texture (DST) format support
* Shared exponent HDR (RGBE 9:9:9:5) texture format support


# OpenGL 2.0 support

# ATI AvivoTMHD Video and Display Platform1

* 2nd generation Unified Video Decoder (UVD 2)
* Enabling hardware decode acceleration of H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
* Dual stream playback (or Picture-in-picture)

# Hardware MPEG-1, and DivXvideo decode acceleration
#ATI AvivoVideo Post Processor1
# Two independent display controllers
# Two integrated DVI display outputs
# Two integrated 400MHz 30-bit RAMDACs
# HDMI output support
# Integrated AMD XilleonTMHDTV encoder
# MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264/AVC encoding and transcoding
# Seamless integration of pixel shaderswith video in real time
# VGA mode support on all display outputs


# ATI PowerPlayTM Technology4
* Advanced power management technology for optimal performance and power savings
* Performance-on-Demand
* Constantly monitors GPU activity, dynamically adjusting clocks and voltage based on user scenario
* Clock and memory speed throttling
* Voltage switching
* Dynamic clock gating


# Dual Mode ATI CrossFireXTM Multi-GPU Technology

* Scale up rendering performance and image quality with up to fourGPUs
* Integrated compositing engine
* High performance bridge interconnect








Photos



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Bundle


(from Guru3d)

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* Radeon HD 4870 X2
* Manual
* Driver CD + Cyberlink PowerDVD
* Crossfire connector
* CRT-DVI dongle
* DVI-HDMI dongle
* 3-way RCA analog component cable
* SVIDEO / Composite dongle
* 6-pin to 8-pin power converter (1x)





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GPU-Z Inf.


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R700 , HD4870 & GTX280 Specs

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Test Bed Config


E8400@4Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1
Catalyst 8.8 Beta








Temps


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Fan Speed Auto (27%)

Ambient Temp : ~25º
GPU Idle Temp : 61º
GPU Full Temp : 73º




Idle

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Full

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Recording Temps with AMDGpuTool while playing , the temps reach around 80º - 85º with Automatic Fan Speed !

The Fan in automatic speed is not noisy , only if we set the fan speed manually !

The noise is pretty much the same as HD4870 512Mb GDDR5 !




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Benchmarks




Crysis 1.2.1 Benchmark


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Crysis DX10




System

E8400 @ 4.0Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2 Default
ASUS P5E X38
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
Catalyst 8.8 Beta
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1





1680x1050 - Very High Settings


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Minimum : 24.66 Fps
Maximum : 51.75 Fps
Average : 39.6 Fps






1680x1050 - Very High Settings + AA x2


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Minimum : 23.14 Fps
Maximum : 48.14 Fps
Average : 37.46 Fps







1680x1050 - Very High Settings + AA x4


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Minimum : 23.10 Fps
Maximum : 45. Fps
Average : 36 Fps




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1900x1200 - High Settings



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Minimum : 29.63 Fps
Maximum : 73.9 Fps
Average : 48 Fps







1900x1200 - Very High Settings



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Minimum : 23.76 Fps
Maximum : 43.9 Fps
Average : 36 Fps





1900x1200 - Very High Settings + AA 4x



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Minimum : 21.5 Fps
Maximum : 38.2 Fps
Average : 32 Fps







All Results :


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3DMark 2006


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System

E8400 @ 4.0Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2 Default
ASUS P5E X38
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1
Catalyst 8.8 beta






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19877 Marks






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3DMark Vantage


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System


E8400 @ 4.0Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2 Default
ASUS P5E X38
2x2GB Gskill 8000PQ
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1
Catalyst 8.8 beta





Performance


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P12458 Marks








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Xtreme


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X7189 Marks



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Games



Crysis 1.2.1 Single Player


http://www.infortech.eu/analises/hd3870/Crysis.jpg







System

E8400@4Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ
Catalyst 8.8 Beta
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1


1680x1050
Very High
Anti-aliasing X4



Settings

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I recorded Two Videos with Fraps ( few breaks when recording with Fraps) :

1680x1050
Very High
AA x4 !


Download VIDEO 1

http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=17cf0c2] Download VIDEO 2 [/url]



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COD 4 Multiplayer


http://www.infortech.eu/analises/hd3870/COD4.jpg






System

E8400@4Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ
Catalyst 8.8 Beta
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1




1920x1200
High setings
AA 4x



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Race Driver: Grid


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System


E8400@4Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ
Catalyst 8.8 Beta
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1



1920x1200
Ultra settings
AA 4x



Settings:

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Assassins Creed DX10


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System

E8400@4Ghz
Powercolor HD4870X2
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ
Catalyst 8.8 Beta
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1



1920x1200
High setings
Multisampling 2/4



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I hate you :shakes:

nice!!!! any chance of some crossfire x action?

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Originally Posted by disruptfam

nice!!!! any chance of some crossfire x action?

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unfortnatly i will only receive a HD4870X2 !


btw: a quick test in 2k6 of a friend mine with Q6600 @ 3200Mhz , 4870X2 default , Windows Vista


http://www.pcdiga.com/PCDIGA/Imagens...0X2_3dmark.jpg



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mascaras
How much does it cost in your country?

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Originally Posted by WaterFlex

mascaras
How much does it cost in your country?

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Hi

Powercolor HD4870X2 2Gb GDDR5 = 439€ ( launch price )


best regards

oh, im so jealious now. I've been wanting two of these or 1 of these and one 4870 (higher binned versioin)

Oh nice, I'll be keeping an eye on this thread tomorrow :up:

439€ !!! OMG!!! :( too expensive...

mascaras, are u going to buy another one ? ;) This card is the best in the world

Definitely need to get in on this...

*Salivates*

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Originally Posted by WaterFlex

mascaras, are u going to buy another one ? ;)

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naaa , only one ( two cards = 880€) :p:


regards

how does it overclock?

This card is so nice!

my god... too large :p

looks better than i thought :slobber:
one card will be enough for me i think

damn you lucky bastard :D

f_ckn beauty :) i am so glad that ati picked black color for this one nice change

Holy crap! thats expensive! :(

Let the fun begin!

Thanks for giving us early testing as always.

its the 12th in China

Hey Mascaras, just waiting for the review, GL.

See you in Pcdiga:D

ok , just install the card

a quick crysis bench before start testing






1680x1050 VERY HIGH


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1900x1200 HIGH

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9...04870x2tg8.jpg


regards