[Autopsy] ATI Radeon HD 4870 Update: Review

[biohead]

yes it is , they still seem to share the memory so whats in one cards Vram is in the other.

you too?

It's the same. Data is mirrored.

not you too.. lol

how do you explain 4850 crossfire getting 150+ fps on very high 1900X1200 and 4Xaa ,
Tbh gig cards are not yet needed...

again cf @ 2 x 512MB

they have the same amount of addressable space. the data on both memory banks is mirrored.

as in completely identical.
as in no additional data can be stored over a single card solution.


by the time future games make use of it, the 4800s and GTX 280s will be obsolete so the point is rather moot.

I SWEAR HAVE PEOPLE YET TO FIGURE OUT THAT FUTURE PROOFING DOESN'T WORK?

yes correct.. what do you guys take me for?

but..

1st gpu/512MB = 50%
2nd gpu/512MB = the other 50%

I'd much rather they used a 512 mega bit bus to either that 512MB or 1GB of RAM. It will end up choking when compared to other 512mb cards. Doesn't mean it will suck but it wil be like running WinXP with 1GB of RAM instead of 2GB.

a 512,000,000 bit bus is pointless at this time and far too costly.

same was said about 128 -> 256-> now 512 and so will @ 1024

Good lord. Someone could punch you in the face and you wouldn't notice.