Official HD4870X2 (R700) Review Thread

[perkam]

When I buy a card, it's job is to last a few years. I generally only upgrade when games hit that I can't max out that I want to play, or when I can do so with little to no expense to myself. With my 8800GTX already sold, plus my old A64 parts, the new card is considered free regardless of which one I go with.

So really, it narrows down to the micro-stuttering, just how bad is it... If it's not too bad at high-resolution(unnoticeable in other-words), then I may once again have an ATi card in my system. As against multi-gpu setups as I happen to be, I can't ignore the performance difference between nvidia and ati this time around, plain and simple.



Nice to hear. Obviously I(as many others would as well) would like as many confirmations upon this as possible.

PCGH did a MS test and found that MS only occurs when the average FPS drops below 40FPS, which doesn't happen even at 2560 resolution with 4xAA 16xAF in most games.

Crysis is the only game where drivers are lacking at the moment. Beyond that, there is little comparison between GTX 280. The X2 is faster than GTX 280 SLI in games at high resolutions and high AA.

Perkam

[Buck47]

What would be better ATI HD 4870X2 or GTX260 SLI ???
Thanx!

Perkam answered that one:

PCGH did a MS test and found that MS only occurs when the average FPS drops below 40FPS, which doesn't happen even at 2560 resolution with 4xAA 16xAF in most games.

Crysis is the only game where drivers are lacking at the moment. Beyond that, there is little comparison between GTX 280. The X2 is faster than GTX 280 SLI in games at high resolutions and high AA.
Perkam

[Atal]

The X2 is faster than GTX 280 SLI in games at high resolutions and high AA.

Perkam

and 2 months ago guys were drooling and praising the 260's and 280's

[perkam]

and 2 months ago guys were drooling and praising the 260's and 280's

It's a bug called impartiality. I can't get it off of me

Check TechReport, Legitreviews, Anandtech and many more for 4870X2 Pwning GTX 280 SLI.

Perkam

[y2kbos]

It's a bug called impartiality. I can't get it off of me

Check TechReport, Legitreviews, Anandtech and many more for 4870X2 Pwning GTX 280 SLI.

Perkam

Sometimes they are ahead, sometimes they are not.The race is long.