Official HD4870X2 (R700) Review Thread

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afaik you can disable one gpu in the driver without restart (at least my 3870s do) to play older games, and ALL older games work with excellent framerates and high resolutions on a 4870 1gb

old game not supportet is one of the worst arguments i've ever hear because CF has been around for 3 years and i'm sure that they didn't drop CF support from any game they added in these 3 years...

BTW: even without support 95% of all old games run on CF enabled systems without IQ issues or perforrmance drops

More like 50% but that's innacurate as you or me can't test all older games. And yes, you can use Catalyst AI to disable Crossfire if needed too. But what's the point of disabling one of the cores you've paid for? Even for old games I needed way more than a single 3870 with heavy AA. Now with the 4870 that need is almost non existent tho, but still there. I was talking about swapping cards, was that guy serious?

BTW Gears of War DX10 is fixed with lastest drivers? That wasn't an old game and perfomance was at best