[Test Report] Powercolor HD4870X2

[mascaras]

personally i'd like to see some pics with the card in your rig, also do u have a pic side by side with GTX 280 i'd like to see a size comparison

sure , tomorow i take photos of system and also 4870X2 side by side with GTX280 !




btw: with cat 8.8 beta the temps are much lower


auto fan (27%) , full temp = 73º







Manual fan speed @ 35%



Idle = 45º








Full = 53º











regards

[Xello]

Nice report Mascaras

Crysis numbers are far above what some other sites posted, i wonder if a driver issue. IE Tweaktown report 2 x 4870x2 1920x1200 VH = 21fps.

[cakofony]

From the pre-release demos i saw, this card didn't do too well in crysis against the 280 (I think the crysis engine is sloppily coded). Do you think you could run some cod4 tests, and maybe test fps on a source engine game for fun/high numbers?

I am really thinking about buying this card tonight.

[mascaras]

From the pre-release demos i saw, this card didn't do too well in crysis against the 280 (I think the crysis engine is sloppily coded). Do you think you could run some cod4 tests, and maybe test fps on a source engine game for fun/high numbers?

I am really thinking about buying this card tonight.

cod4 added !


yes , i will also test HL2 episode Two , assassins creed , Grid !

Nice report Mascaras

Crysis numbers are far above what some other sites posted, i wonder if a driver issue. IE Tweaktown report 2 x 4870x2 1920x1200 VH = 21fps.

with catalyst CD Driver ( bundled with card) i also had "bad" performance , but then i installed catalyst 8.8 beta and its really better


1680x1050 Very High = 32 fps ( Catalyst CD driver)

1680x1050 Very High = 39.5 Fps ( Cat 8.8 beta)

1680x1050 Very High + AA 4x = 36 Fps ( cat 8.8 beta)

[Xion X2]

Nice report Mascaras

Crysis numbers are far above what some other sites posted, i wonder if a driver issue. IE Tweaktown report 2 x 4870x2 1920x1200 VH = 21fps.

TweakTown was using a P45 which was choking for bandwidth. Not nearly enough to handle these beasts.

[zlojack]

TweakTown was using a P45 which was choking for bandwidth. Not nearly enough to handle these beasts.

Tweaktown also used a CPU at 3GHz while mascaras has his CPU at 4GHz

[Xello]

The Tweaktown article claims to use a Gigabyte X48-DQ6, i guess it was the cpu.

[Slovnaft]

Tweaktown also used a CPU at 3GHz while mascaras has his CPU at 4GHz

woul cpu speed really affect his performance that much?

I could understand the effect of fsb speed, but at such high cpu clocks is it really going to be the cpu that's bottleneckign things?

[mascaras]

Nice report Mascaras

Crysis numbers are far above what some other sites posted, i wonder if a driver issue. IE Tweaktown report 2 x 4870x2 1920x1200 VH = 21fps.

Like i suspected it looks like Crysis runs much better with AA in windows Vista then windows XP

>> http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f...x-280-a-56778/





btw:

3dmark Vantage results in few minuts


regards

[Xello]

I notice now that Tweaktown used XP.

I thought 4 way crossfire and 4 way SLI didn't work in xp!

woul cpu speed really affect his performance that much?

I could understand the effect of fsb speed, but at such high cpu clocks is it really going to be the cpu that's bottleneckign things?

I believe that for quad sli and quad crossfire yes a 3ghz cpu is a bottleneck.

[jmke]

Like i suspected it looks like Crysis runs much better with AA in windows Vista then windows XP

Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista SP1

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/154...rex/index.html


but all their numbers are off compared to every other review on the planet

[mascaras]

Just wondering if you had to do anything to get crysis dx10 working so well? as i havent had much luck yet


Thanks

I didnt do anything , just install game and run ! ( i already runned the benchamrks over and over again , and always same results )

are you using catalyst 8.8 beta ???? (not the 380mb version , thats not 8.8 beta)


with catalyst of CD Bundle i also had less performance (about -7 fps @ crysis ) , but with catalyst 8.8 beta = 6/7 fps increase

my friend also bought a 4870X2 3 days ago , and with 8.8 beta have same results !


whats your motherboard??

do you have windows Vista 64bit Ultimate service pack 1???

Quality: VeryHigh
1920x1200 0aa
Average FPS: 19.99
Min FPS: 15.27 at frame 1959
Max FPS: 22.96 at frame 1000

Thanks

thats very Bad , Something definitely wrong with your system (maybe only 1 GPU working)

my results with same settings :


Quality: VeryHigh
1920x1200 0aa




Minimum : 23.76 Fps
Maximum : 43.9 Fps
Average : 36 Fps





edit:


even with a single HD4870 512MB GDDR5 i had better results


your result with 4870X2

DX10 64bit

Quality: High
1680x1050 0aa
Average FPS: 38.31
Min FPS: 27.39 at frame 1954
Max FPS: 48.83 at frame 79





my result with a single HD4870 512mb

1680x1050
quality : high



Minimum : 22.24 Fps
Maximum : 54.41 Fps
Average : 44.83 Fps




like i said , something wrong with your system !


regards

[dasa]

ah sp1
looks like vista hasent auto updated to sp1 yet
thanks for the tip ill see how it goes

edit: much better!

DX9 1900x1200 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: High
Ave FPS: 56.705
Min FPS: 35.94
Max FPS: 72.78

DX10 1900x1200 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh
Ave FPS: 34.49
Min FPS: 21.65
Max FPS: 42.96

DX10 1900x1200 AA=16xQ, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh
Ave FPS: 32.135
Min FPS: 21.32
Max FPS: 38.80

[mascaras]

ah sp1
looks like vista hasent auto updated to sp1 yet
thanks for the tip ill see how it goes

edit: much better!

DX9 1900x1200 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: High
Ave FPS: 56.705
Min FPS: 35.94
Max FPS: 72.78

DX10 1900x1200 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh
Ave FPS: 34.49
Min FPS: 21.65
Max FPS: 42.96

DX10 1900x1200 AA=16xQ, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh
Ave FPS: 32.135
Min FPS: 21.32
Max FPS: 38.80

see !!


regards

[Unbornchild]

Nice report Mascaras

Crysis numbers are far above what some other sites posted, i wonder if a driver issue. IE Tweaktown report 2 x 4870x2 1920x1200 VH = 21fps.

The TweakTown test is bad: Q6600 @ 3 Ghz, Vista with only 2 GB PC6400 RAM, and then Catalyst 8.7 that doesn't even support 4870X2.

Mascara's Crysis numbers are also a tad higher than should because he did the gpu bench instead of the (true game reflecting) time demo bench like Assault_Harbor

[mascaras]

The TweakTown test is bad: Q6600 @ 3 Ghz, Vista with only 2 GB PC6400 RAM, and then Catalyst 8.7 that doesn't even support 4870X2.

Mascara's Crysis numbers are also a tad higher than should because he did the gpu bench instead of the (true game reflecting) time demo bench like Assault_Harbor

i will run today Assault_Harbor


another videos in Crysis

1680x1050
Very High
AA 4x


http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=11424a6

http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=17cf0c2

[mascaras]

The TweakTown test is bad: Q6600 @ 3 Ghz, Vista with only 2 GB PC6400 RAM, and then Catalyst 8.7 that doesn't even support 4870X2.

Mascara's Crysis numbers are also a tad higher than should because he did the gpu bench instead of the (true game reflecting) time demo bench like Assault_Harbor

just made Two runs , dont know if with 3 or 4 runs the results are better , even so


Average = 31 fps
1680x1050
Very High
AA x4