Quote Originally Posted by Hornet331 View Post
nah, first i thought i would get a 280gtx regardless what ati would release this round. But 4870 turned out a lot better then expected, while 280gtx was inline with my expectations.

bios "fix" is doubtful. How many people can update a bios? I hope its really a driver issue. I also think most people want to see lower idle power draw, especial when amd promised 20W...

Also the idle power saving on the 3870 worked out of the box.

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...stungsaufnahme review from the 3870 release day)
After reading about all the 4870 problems, I feel alot better about going with Nvidia. I have had zero problems with GTX280 and both cards clock to 700mhz easily. 21,000+ Vantage score is fun too.

I want to like ATI but until they get the problems solved I will stay away from Xfire.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...7&postcount=17

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=3956

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...86&postcount=1

$300 is not cheap if the card breaks and cannot overlock at all. guess you get what you pay for.