ATI R700 Preview

[onewingedangel]

screw reviews I want the card for my birthday on the 14th

COME ON RELEASE THE HOUNDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

patience, the 12th is only two days away

[Red Evil]

how does this card work with a game without a profile?

[L7R]

Like a single 4870.

[L7R]

but there's a possibility to try a crossfire profile from other games by renaming the *.exe (for example to fear.exe). Or force the card uses AFR mode by checking Catalyst A.I to advanced, but that hardly works in any game i've tested.

[serialkilla277]

any word on what games don't have a profile?

[Monkeywoman]

"ATI let us snap some more photos of the Radeon 4870 X2, this time w/ the side of the case off, but we still could not run any benchmarks on the card or take it out for photos. One of the ATI reps did let slip that they were running w/ the side of the case open today b/c the card was getting quite hot (but had not crashed). This is in a room with ambients about 68F too." and lots of pics here http://www.xcpus.com/GetDoc.aspx?doc=47&page=2

[adamsleath]

any word on what games don't have a profile?

teehee

[disruptfam]

Hey Adam

Have you heard any word on the release date in AUS? I thought it was the 12th

But i asked my local i.t store and they rekon they have no word on date from there supplier?

[onethreehill]

Hey Adam

Have you heard any word on the release date in AUS? I thought it was the 12th

But i asked my local i.t store and they rekon they have no word on date from there supplier?

Release date is 12th worldwide

[Dangals]

Hey Adam

Have you heard any word on the release date in AUS? I thought it was the 12th

But i asked my local i.t store and they rekon they have no word on date from there supplier?

This is what popped up today!!

http://www.itestate.com.au/pages/pro...on&pcode=06195

Is probably a bit more than I was hoping but still wont stop me.....

can't wait

[lolhalol]

Retail out in malayisa.. price is insane... :S

[disruptfam]

This is what popped up today!!

http://www.itestate.com.au/pages/pro...on&pcode=06195

Is probably a bit more than I was hoping but still wont stop me.....

can't wait

yeah mate.. me either!

Lolhalo what did you get in the with the sapphire card?

I found the 4870 1gb in stock @ a few places

http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-sapphir...ce-122416.html

[lolhalol]

yeah mate.. me either!

Lolhalo what did you get in the with the sapphire card?

I found the 4870 1gb in stock @ a few places

http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-sapphir...ce-122416.html

dont get what u mean bro.. u mean the bundle? bundle is standard cables u get with 4870 , then u get vantage benchmaark and thts bout it.

[eric66]

[mascaras]

we want more reviews !!!

i will start testing tomorow a Powercolor HD4870X2 2Gb GDDR5






i will report the results here >> http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=198045

[disruptfam]

cheers mascaras!!! look forward to it

[ownage]

I believe this is not posted yet?





I also found a statement from AMD why CrossfireX can deliver mor then 2x performance.

As for super-linear performance, it's possible -- The actual amount of cache is increased as well as the number of functional units. That means that it's very possible for data to stay in cache longer in xfire, than in regular rendering on a single card. That will lead to performance higher than 2x."

[disruptfam]

whole thread here mate

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=197648

[F.stop]

i will start testing tomorow a Powercolor HD4870X2 2Gb GDDR5

i will report the results here >> http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=198045

good job

[Leeghoofd]

Wouldn't it be better if you had only one card, to remove the cooler and just put a 120mm fan below them huge copper coolers... looking forward to tomorrow, gfx mayhem...

I'm very afraid of this statement :

One of the ATI reps did let slip that they were running w/ the side of the case open today b/c the card was getting quite hot (but had not crashed).

[Flinch]

I agree that it isn't very reassuring.

[onewingedangel]

*cough*95 degree C load temps in an open test bed*cough*

[bill_d]

*cough*95 degree C load temps in an open test bed*cough*

well need to know room temp and what the fan speed of the x2 is before i say it's to high, but i want a watercooled one anyway

[Xion X2]

I'm sure it runs "too hot" just like my 4870's ran "too hot." (they idled at 46/40C w/ the fan hack.)

[zlojack]

That stock HS will be off so fast it won't matter anyway.