ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series discussion

[TedShred]

It's interesting to see them using Perseus Mandate, a game that is not going to be available for close to another six months yet

I've had PM for a couple months (haven't played it much yet tho).

[Origin_Unknown]

"L’architecture en détail [MAJ]
[MAJ 24/06/2008 16 H] Suite à une incompréhension et diverses irrégularités dans le lancement de la Radeon HD 4850, nous retirons très temporairement cette page 4 ainsi que les schémas de l’architecture jusqu’à demain matin. Le reste de l’article reste accessible. "

english?

[Flinch]

I've had PM for a couple months (haven't played it much yet tho).

I was wrong, Project Origins is the one due out later this year.

[LowRun]

english?

They pulled the architecture part

[emoners]

Everyone was complaining about the GTX 280 power consumption. According to that review, the 4870 consumes more at idle, and almost as much at load.

is this true?

[waver_01]

is this true?

*sigh* please read the thread

no it's not true since all current HD4000 drivers don't support powerplay.
8.7 probably will, and you'll see decreases in power consumption and thermals

[Mad1723]

"L’architecture en détail [MAJ]
[MAJ 24/06/2008 16 H] Suite à une incompréhension et diverses irrégularités dans le lancement de la Radeon HD 4850, nous retirons très temporairement cette page 4 ainsi que les schémas de l’architecture jusqu’à demain matin. Le reste de l’article reste accessible. "

Proper translation: After an incomprehension and some irregularities about the Radeon HD4850 launch, we retire temporarly this page 4 along with the schematics of the architecture until tommorow morning. The rest of the article will remain accessible

[mascaras]

Diamond Radeon HD 4850 in CrossFire

Will AMD Rain on NVIDIA's 9800GTX+ Party?


TG Daily is reporting that AMD is preparing to stoke up its GPU war with NVIDIA by unleashing overclocked HD 4850 powered solutions, in order to parry against rival NVIDIA's 9800GTX+. Apparently, by removing overclocking restrictions, AIB's will be able to offer a range of overclocked SKU's, with higher core and memory clock speeds, together with up-rated cooling solutions not being a stretch of the imagination. It is claimed that senior ATI officials anticipate overclocked SKU's to offer an increase of 50 MHz to the core clock speed, compared to currently available HD 4850 parts. Company names on the proverbial grapevine and, set to offer these solutions are, unsurprisingly, HIS, together with Sapphire Technology and Diamond. The upcoming HD 4870 isn’t expected to escape pre-overclocking treatment either.

TG Daily


http://www.techpowerup.com/63817/Wil...X+_Party?.html

Force3D Ushers Forth HD 4870 SKU Specifications

Force3D has, today, announced the specifications of its first SKU powered by AMD's HD 4870 GPU. A core speed of 750 MHz, paired together with 512 MB of GDDR5 memory running at a frequency of 3.6 GB/s are the order of the day, whilst technicalities such as the presence of 800 stream processors and a 256-bit memory interface prove commonality with AMD's HD 4850 offering. Using Extreme settings, Force3D's own 3DMark Vantage results claim that their HD 4870 iteration has a speed advantage of 58% over the HD 3870X2.




Force3D


http://www.techpowerup.com/63780/For...fications.html

regards

[Papu]

holey crossfire batman , thats WTF awesome!

[Luka_Aveiro]

*sigh* please read the thread

no it's not true since all current HD4000 drivers don't support powerplay.
8.7 probably will, and you'll see decreases in power consumption and thermals @ idle, don't expect load power consumption and temperatures to drop down, though...

Fixed

[YukonTrooper]

Wow, the 4870 is awesome! Nvidia can go themselves with their GTX260! I'm going ATI this round!

[Papu]

Fixed

replacing the TIM dropped some people by about 20* , bad batch of goop or badly applied , and anyway what does it matter to you you seem to enjoy just trolling around...

[munim]

Omega Magna Giraffe! 4870 seems to be epic. Suck it Nvidia. Power consumption worries me, but someone mentioned that perhaps powerplay isn't working properly. AFAIK it only really affects idle and in between idle and load. Max load would still be max load, right? Either way, GG ATI on the manageable form factor and cooler compatibility. Get that puppy with an Accelero S1 and I'll be golden.

[Luka_Aveiro]

replacing the TIM dropped some people by about 20* , bad batch of goop or badly applied , and anyway what does it matter to you you seem to enjoy just trolling around...

If stating a fact is trolling, then I am a troller

[clayton]

4850 Crossfire owns hard! For the gamers...

PWNED HARD!

[AliG]

Omega Magna Giraffe! 4870 seems to be epic. Suck it Nvidia. Power consumption worries me, but someone mentioned that perhaps powerplay isn't working properly. AFAIK it only really affects idle and in between idle and load. Max load would still be max load, right? Either way, GG ATI on the manageable form factor and cooler compatibility. Get that puppy with an Accelero S1 and I'll be golden.

Meh, if people were concerned about power consumption they wouldn't have bought the 2900xt, 8800ultra, 3870x2, 9800gx2 or gtx 280. People will deal with it for performance, its all about what your priorities are

[saveus222]

and its 300 USD cheaper..

[natty]

Meh, if people were concerned about power consumption they wouldn't have bought the 2900xt, 8800ultra, 3870x2, 9800gx2 or gtx 280. People will deal with it for performance, its all about what your priorities are

I could run most of those cards with my Antec Earthwatts 500. I'm not sure if I could run a 4870. That's why it concerns me.

[Helmore]

If it can do a 2900XT then it will also be able to run a 4870. 2900XT draws more power than the 4870.

[AliG]

I could run most of those cards with my Antec Earthwatts 500. I'm not sure if I could run a 4870. That's why it concerns me.

dude if you can run an 8800ultra, you can run a 4870

[Bo_Fox]

And if you can run an 8800GTX, you can run a 4870!

[natty]

I guess I can run a GTX 280 also

[JohnZS]

Are the HD4870 reviews going to be out tomorrow? (25th)
John

[Helmore]

Yes, to the both of you

[Ral3l3it]

Is the release date of the 4870 still July 8th or was it moved up?