Quote Originally Posted by y2kbos View Post
A guy on a another forum has been saying that the HD4870 is basically as fast as HD3870X2 in games that scale well in Crossfire and faster in games that dont scale that well like Crysis.

Results he gave on the two most demanding games.

QX6850 @ 3.0ghz
4gb ddr3 1066
Vista Ultimate 64

Crysis Very High 1920 x 1200

GTX 280 34.2 fps, HD4870 26.9 fps

Lost Planet 1920 x 1200 4 x AA

GTX 280 38.7fps, HD4870 29.86 fps

Scores are good imo, especially if Crossfire scales well..
That is pretty much what I am begining to expect, RV770Pro = 480SP. RV770XT = 800SP

I am hoping that the HD4870 leans more towards 9800GX2 performance than 9800GTX as I am looking to upgrade from a 8800GTS

pop two of those in and then you will be faster than G280GTX (if software supports Crossfire).

If the HD480X2 is going to be any good it better have 2GB of RAM or a vast new improved multiGPU technology otherwise it is going to be the same old problems which can effect the GX2 and HD3870X2's due to 512MB of RAM percore?

John