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Accelero TWIN TURBO
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ATI: Radeon
HD 4870, 4850
HD 3870, 3850,
HD 2600, 2400,
X1950, X1900,
X1800, X1650,
X1600,
X1550,
X1300 series
Nice cooling :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by emoners
Guru3D CrossfireX review
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...x-performance/
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Looks slick :up: ! If it performs like it looks it does, I might grab one.Quote:
Originally Posted by emoners
I wonder how an HD4870 and a HD4870 x2 in Crossfire would perform together. I wonder if it would be worth the effort of having Crossfire or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by mascaras
Would I be fine running a 4870 on my Corsair VX450 PSU?
That would be crossfireX.
Why hasn't anyone adressed how much CPU power will be needed to unlock the full potential of these new cards?
Considering there increased speed by a pretty big margin one would assume they'd need much more power then the 3 ghz that was able to fully work the old cards.
That PSU is really conservatively rated -most Corsair PSUs are, it won't have any trouble powering a single HD 4870 and a quadcore CPU i suppose, especially if you're not into extreme OCing over your rig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan
4870 amazing :)Quote:
Originally Posted by eric66
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Radeon HD 4870 (CF) vs. GeForce GTX 260 (SLI)
http://pics.computerbase.de/2/2/1/0/3/17_m.jpg http://pics.computerbase.de/2/2/1/0/3/16_m.jpg
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...itt_einleitung
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regards
My Review ;:D
http://forum.donanimhaber.com/m_24484051/tm.htm
where are the power consumption disbelivers now?Quote:
Originally Posted by mascaras
4870 is a powerhog, same as 280gtx (thought the later one is it even more. :p )
@ review, seems 260gtx and 4870 trade blow with each other in sli/cf, but 4870 wins p/pf hands down.
omg stop comeing in these threads boasting up the gtx200's and down the 4000 series.
From all the reviews I've seen the 4870 takes less power at load and at idle more. More at idle is only because the powerplay or w/e isn't working properly yet except with msi bios. Which when it does will draw the same or less then the gtx200 series.
Right here. One again the review is anything but conclusive considering the test they ran.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hornet331
Xbitlabs: ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870: Gaming Performance Review
http://xbitlabs.com/articles/video/d...800-games.html
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man, the overclocking advantage of a gtx260 is really high, it's like a totally different card ,18% gain in fps is huge. it seems overclocking the ati barely does anything (even though it was a lower overclock , the effect seem to be meaningless compared to a gtx260 overclock).
not to mention it doesn't require bios, volt and other mods...
with the price drop , this kind of overclocking performance can make the gtx260 a clear winner.
according to this review nvidia doesn't need to lower prices of gtx260 they need 9800gtx+ :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by onethreehill
lol read my post... did i downplay the 4870?Quote:
Originally Posted by Caveman787
i just pointed out that the 4870 is is not "the powersaver from haven" as so many people say... and still eats a considerable ammount of wattage, while the 280gtx beats it and consumes even more.
you review is the only review that show a difference of 70W+ so i consider that as the absolute worse case, since i dont play batchmark test all the time i look for/at "real environment tests". ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SKYMTL
Its nice that some people try to do reviews the "right way", but if i plug in both cards and in normal gaming situations the difference is 30-50W at the sockte its just that: 30-50W difference. Thats the difference i need to pay for. :)
Im willing to bet over 90% of you posts start off trying to bash someone before you make your point. :) I've been watching you these last two days and thats what i see. :down:Quote:
Originally Posted by Caveman787
My 2c. After the price drop, the 260 is still slightly more expensive. But consider this, you buy the 260 GTX hassle free, it doesnt come with all the extra annoying baggage like the 4870 does. Bios flashes, cards dying randomly etc.. :yepp:
I dont know about you, but i would pay a small bit more for a problem free card. :up:
However the 4870 is a good card and if i can buy a retail version with no problems i will get it, otherwise i will stay with nvidia for the time being.
Quote those "many people"!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hornet331
The difference you will pay for is 200$ at first :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hornet331
There no need to bios flash to use it and there is no cards diying randomly!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ch@pS
It's easy to spead false information but difficult to restore the truth... :shakes:
looking at translated article.
both 260 and 4870 r good cards, but i think 4870 has the edge, in many instances, and still is the overall winner bang for buck. i would need to see price parity for 260 and 4870 and even then, 4870 is too tempting. it seemed to me that 4870 came out on top in more cases and handles 8xAA/high res very well too.
it's a hard choice to make; both good cards. game specific drivers can make all the difference. it's easy to sit on the fence here.
This is XS, how many people wont oc this thing? sure you can run it without the flash, but at what temp? How many cards have died from the temps? it seems to be in a few threads here.Quote:
Originally Posted by AbelJemka
A friend wants to OC his 4870, but cant, the clocks just wont stay put. He has to bios flash to OC, how much harder is that than using say Evga's precision tool? Im sorry but that is needless, if nvidia can get it right, why cant AMD?
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Originally Posted by Ch@pS
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The 4870 will be a fine card when(or wait we're talking about ATI so make that if) they iron out the issues but till then it's got too many niggling problems for a lot of people.
Pointed me threads where 4800 died because of temp and after i will see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ch@pS
Yes its XS so you afraid of flashing a bios? ;) How much harder is? flash, reboot, done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ch@pS
You want esay overclocking, buy Nvidia. But easy it's not funny :D