Quote Originally Posted by [XC] hipno650 View Post
what about games? time will tell on this one. the HD4850's should be faster than the GTX280 but the 512mb on the 4850 concerns me considering i have seen games use more than 512mb already. i suspect the Crossfire HD4850 will win at lower resolutions and with lower AA levels. but crank that AA and the resolutions and maybe some AF and the GTX 280 should come out on top. but for the Price the HD4850's are going to be very attractive.

Quote Originally Posted by DarkDisciple View Post
4870x2 should be *slightly* faster than two 4870s in CF, and blow away the 4850. It also has a decent chance of not suffering from micro stuttering because of how it is designed. (Uses shared memory instead of a bridge according to reports.) It will be a long time though before many games run at low enough FPS on 4870s in CF for the stuttering to be noticeable. Unless of course you are running at like 1900xsomething.
You guys really think the GDDR5 will make a huge differrence? The memory capacity I could see, but is the 4850 that bottlenecked? The 4850/4870 are identical but for the RAM and stock clocks as I understand it?