Insane HD 4870X2 Crossfire-X scaling action!

[Tonucci]

Looks promising !

But lets wait for real reviews like xbitlabs does, with min and avg FPS and TONS of games tested.

[Sparky]

Do I buy a 4870 now... or wait for the 4870x2.... or buy a laptop.... or buy crunchers.... or..... ahh too many choices...!!! *head explodes*

[Aberration]

Well the wait for the 4870x2 is not that long

[AriciU]

If it ends up scaling like that i will definately buy 2 of them and get rid of my current ones So the HX1000 will make sense

[disruptfam]

Would i a quad @ 4ghz for this setup?

[tiro_uspsss]

Crysis?

[eXa]

eXa:
Yeah one of them will run it. But the posted framerates were averages... so 50% of the time it was lower, 50% of the time it was higher. Now if I could get UT3 running at 1920x1200 at max graphics, with 8xAA and 16xAF, and never have the minimum framerate drop below say 80... I'd be set!

Do ur screen run at 80Hz? my bet its 60Hz, so 60fps is all u need mate
And 1 is running a average of 55 @ 2560x1600 so i still think u need only 1 for ur needs...

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Do I buy a 4870 now... or wait for the 4870x2.... or buy a laptop.... or buy crunchers.... or..... ahh too many choices...!!! *head explodes*

All of the above.

SparkyJJO, listen to "the purple bottle" by Animal Collective and re-read your statement.

That is what was entering my ears when I read it and my head nearly exploded!

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

I have a lacie 22" crt that does 2048x1536. IDK if the hz is 75 or 80 or 85, but man, these cards could do it justice!

[Sparky]

All of the above.

SparkyJJO, listen to "the purple bottle" by Animal Collective and re-read your statement.

That is what was entering my ears when I read it and my head nearly exploded!

...................!!!

Can't do all. Don't have that much. In the near future I'll have ~$500 to play with.

[tiro_uspsss]

I have a lacie 22" crt that does 2048x1536. IDK if the hz is 75 or 80 or 85, but man, these cards could do it justice!

it would be 75Hz - same as mine!


(CRT FTW)

[003]

Do ur screen run at 80Hz? my bet its 60Hz, so 60fps is all u need mate
And 1 is running a average of 55 @ 2560x1600 so i still think u need only 1 for ur needs...

Yes it does run at 60Hz, but I can still feel a difference between say 70fps and 150fps. I've got an LG L2000C. Don't ask me how or why, because I do not know. Don't even care if you believe me or not, but I can feel the difference.

I used to be a firm believer in your train of thought back when I had a LaCie electron19blueIV CRT, and I had access to glorious 120Hz refresh rates, and then I could REALLY see and feel the difference.

When I switched to the LG L2000C, it was kind of painful at first, as I experienced the impacts of going from being pampered at 120Hz to being locked at 60Hz. But eventually, I am able to still tell a positive difference between 60fps and 120+ fps on the L2000C. It's not the same as the electron19blueIV, but there is something funny/out-of-my-grasp-of-knowledge going on here, and it is not placebo.

[gOJDO]

Very nice. finally, there are some cards that can make Nehalem a bottleneck for the system

[eXa]

Yes it does run at 60Hz, but I can still feel a difference between say 70fps and 150fps. I've got an LG L2000C. Don't ask me how or why, because I do not know. Don't even care if you believe me or not, but I can feel the difference.

I used to be a firm believer in your train of thought back when I had a LaCie electron19blueIV CRT, and I had access to glorious 120Hz refresh rates, and then I could REALLY see and feel the difference.

When I switched to the LG L2000C, it was kind of painful at first, as I experienced the impacts of going from being pampered at 120Hz to being locked at 60Hz. But eventually, I am able to still tell a positive difference between 60fps and 120+ fps on the L2000C. It's not the same as the electron19blueIV, but there is something funny/out-of-my-grasp-of-knowledge going on here, and it is not placebo.

Well my screen tears so much so i have to use v-sync anyways....

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

that vantage extreme score seems awfully sketchy, especially if they were on a Phenom...

[003]

Nope, these are actually legit. It will be amusing to watch everybody argue over this, while I sit back smugly and wait for the official release, and you all realize they were real.

Well my screen tears so much so i have to use v-sync anyways....

Mine tears as well, but I have trained myself to ignore it. I don't even notice it anymore.

[Lastviking]

Hmmm done with Denab @ 3.5 ghz+ ? or something?

[grimREEFER]

well, still doesn't scale as well as 2, and i still think having more than 2 gpu's doesn't make too much sense, whether it be tri sli or this.

[flopper]

Do I buy a 4870 now... or wait for the 4870x2.... or buy a laptop.... or buy crunchers.... or..... ahh too many choices...!!! *head explodes*

Your a Tomato?

[Leeghoofd]

well, still doesn't scale as well as 2, and i still think having more than 2 gpu's doesn't make too much sense, whether it be tri sli or this.

That's a matter of how you look at it mate... I haven't seen an SLI or crossfire setup do close to 80-100 scaling in games... if these are valid ATI did a nice job on their PCB design... hope they can keep it up and translate this power via good drivers for all the games out there...

Can't wait till next week when these monsters are out here...

[hecktic]

send a pair to fugger, have him test it out and then ill believe it

[Etihtsarom]

Woa
Please
No
...
Economy slow... must save $$$...

Actually too much power even for 2500 res.

[eXa]

send a pair to fugger, have him test it out and then ill believe it

Why? When did he became the king of all independent testers...?

[clonez]

hes got a reputation to loose

not good to choose one side, wont be able to play with the goodies from the oher camp (nvidia etc.)

[tdream]

but can it play crysis?