ATI HD4800 Review Thread

[bill_d]

hmmm which to choose...

lol OOS

[Linchpin]

Is this card compatible with current HD3870 coolers or not?

[ripken204]

so doing a quick search i see that many people recommend VisionTek??
im coming from NVIDIA so i have no idea for these ATI AIB Partners.

[clayton]

so doing a quick search i see that many people recommend VisionTek??
im coming from NVIDIA so i have no idea for these ATI AIB Partners.

I usually buy from companies in the top 2 warranty. But just so you know, they are no EVGA counterpart for ATI's.

[seamumc]

Been a long time since one of my machines sported an ATI (now AMD) video card, (I still remember the 9700 pro fondly). The price/performance is simply too good to ignore; keep in mind I have the money and lack of sense to buy a GTX 280. Just ordered the PowerColor brand and will have it in a couple days, can't wait to see how it performs on my setup.

[seamumc]

Is this card compatible with current HD3870 coolers or not?

Canuk's review list several coolers they found compatible, including the Thermalright HR-03 GT.

For some odd reason I can't access the first page of their review, but if you do a google search you can access all the other pages.

[keninishna]

Is newegg out of stock allready? or were they just updating inventory.

[YMAA]

Is this card compatible with current HD3870 coolers or not?

Apparently the Accelero S1 from Arctic Cooling and the HR03 GT from Thermalright fit. Just from what I've heard on here.

[Luka_Aveiro]

oh gawd
1- powerplay isn't working , but thats not going to help load issues but only idle heat and power consumption , and maybe load heat if the fan isnt spinning like it should

The fan is working, like it should, read expreview review.

2- what!! Nvidia drivers are Bawls , nvidia controll panel is such a pain! , CCC is much much better...

That's your opinion, I have mine. Agree to disagree.

bah physX can you say Havok?

I'm talking about GPU PhysX, not CPU

cool you have a 4870?...... if not you cant really comment on the stock cooler from reading about it on DA INTARWEBZ

Then no one can talk about performance numbers red on DA INTARWEBZ , unless they don't own the cards.
I thought that was what reviews were for, to give us a slight idea of what the card is, without having to purchase it
I saw no review talking good about temps or noise, most of them don't even show temperatures, guess a negative point like that would ruin a bit of hype, huh?

you also forgot to mention that the 260 is a good bit more expensive?

I was talking about an hypothetical 448MB GTX260.

care to share some of these magic secrets? watching video on this 8600 is bawls

If magic secrets are ignorance erasers, here you go:

Video Image Settings


Video Color Settings


Desktop Color Settings

Pictures taken from my desktop, if you would like to learn a little more, feel free to PM me.

[seamumc]

Is newegg out of stock allready? or were they just updating inventory.

Woo, looks like I got my PowerColor 4870 in the nick of time. Newegg charged my card and says its good to go and I've never had a stock issue with them in the 7 or so years I've been a customer.

When I ordered mine an hour ago the HIS and PowerColor were in stock, the Sapphire wasn't.

[natty]

keep in mind I have the money and lack of sense to buy a GTX 280

i lol'd

[Hard H20]

Woo, looks like I got my PowerColor 4870 in the nick of time. Newegg charged my card and says its good to go and I've never had a stock issue with them in the 7 or so years I've been a customer.

When I ordered mine an hour ago the HIS and PowerColor were in stock, the Sapphire wasn't.

I made the cut as well, ordered 2, card charged. I'm hoping this was not a stock screw up and they actually had these in stock when we ordered. Now the nervous pace begins until Fedex arrives tomorrow.

[Whokidmo]

im sorry i must have smoked too much good stuff last night after my finals... cause i just read hot hardware review and 4870 SLI beat 1 GTX 280 by 1fps!!!!!!!!!! plus 9800+ beat 4850 and in SLI beat both 4870 and 4850 in CF mode... i'd rather buy 1 gtx280 now and upgrade to SLI or tri-SLI later then buy 2 4870s in CF now or that new RV770 chip... nvidia got it right again just like the 8800gtx... now i just wish SLI worked on an intel chipset

[Miwo]

ugh, Newegg sales tax =[

[Heretic]

Best Buy also has (or did, not sure if they still do) the 4870 in stock with free shipping and at MSRP to boot

[SKYMTL]

I didn't know you could cuss in reviews from Canada

Shhhhhh....I let that one slip in @ 3:00am.

[natty]

Best Buy also has (or did, not sure if they still do) the 4870 in stock with free shipping and at MSRP to boot

and with sales tax to boot

[nr2134]

im sorry i must have smoked too much good stuff last night after my finals... cause i just read hot hardware review and 4870 SLI beat 1 GTX 280 by 1fps!!!!!!!!!! plus 9800+ beat 4850 and in SLI beat both 4870 and 4850 in CF mode... i'd rather buy 1 gtx280 now and upgrade to SLI or tri-SLI later then buy 2 4870s in CF now or that new RV770 chip... nvidia got it right again just like the 8800gtx... now i just wish SLI worked on an intel chipset

If you only play Crysis I guess that would be the right choice. If you make a decision like this on one review and results from one game........I guess that really was some good stuff thats still affecting your judgement.

[SKYMTL]

Is this card compatible with current HD3870 coolers or not?

Sorry, we were getting hammered for the last 12 hours. Here is our aftermarket cooler install page.

[natty]

This has to be an error right? Crossfire 4870's scoring over twice as high as a single 4870???

[Clairvoyant129]

This has to be an error right? Crossfire 4870's scoring over twice as high as a single 4870???

Not an error. Read Anand's conclusion... according to them, crossfire has the potential to scale higher than SLI. Once AMD releases new drivers, I'm sure you will see near or close to perfect CF scaling in more games.

[RedBull78]

This has to be an error right? Crossfire 4870's scoring over twice as high as a single 4870???

No error. Look at the resolution it was tested on. That's where multi-gpu comes in handy bro.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

woohoo they are all gone from newegg, didn't see that one coming

I'm glad I was the first to get my 2 x HIS i did the rush processing so maybe mine will be the fastzors shipped lol

[natty]

Not an error. Read Anand's conclusion... according to them, crossfire has the potential to scale higher than SLI. Once AMD releases new drivers, I'm sure you will see near or close to perfect CF scaling in more games.

The scaling in that picture is better than perfect. How is that possible?

[RedBull78]

My mobo has one 16x and second 4x PCI-e lanes.. how much performance loss would I encounter if i paired 2x4870's in cf mode?