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    Oh how sweet it is. Goodbye 4870X2... Nice knowing you
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    for a review of a product not yet released going against comptitor drivers 2 months old. Credibility out the window right there.
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    The complete list of cards tested is as follows:-

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 (ForceWare 180.87)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 (ForceWare 180.48)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB GDDR3 (ForceWare 180.48)
    ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 8.10)
    ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 (Catalyst 8.10)

    Y hallo thar. I smell money, lots of it.

    since drivers alone don't dictate the absolute performance of the hardware
    GOOD, why don't you go to pre-BigBang drivers?
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    so are they launching BD soon or a comic book?

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    I'm glad to see it cheaper than the 4870X2 also. It means it does'nt have to beat it in every catagory. I'm sure the X2 will win in a couple of bench's but not many. But for a card $50 cheaper it sure does pwn in the bench's so far. i'm waiting for all the X2 fans to point out everything that was wrong with this review.
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    why testing with old catalyst can't download it from website ? lamos 8.12 gave boost in performance especially in far cry 2 and fallout what a lame site (by the way again games picked by nvidia think its new methodology in benchmarking everyone has its own favourite game )

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonelmore View Post
    When did those 8.11's come out again? Take into account the 295 is running on beta drivers. performance is sure to increase.
    Come on!
    Catalyst 8.12 are out since 8/12 and bring massive improvement.
    295 may running on beta drivers but it's basically 270GTX Sli, so far from a new product to optmize for Nvidia.

    Compare this results with the yesterday Bit-tech review :
    http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...e-on-core-i7/1

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    Quote Originally Posted by AbelJemka View Post
    Come on!
    Catalyst 8.12 are out since 8/12 and bring massive improvement.
    295 may running on beta drivers but it's basically 270GTX Sli, so far from a new product to optmize for Nvidia.

    Compare this results with the yesterday Bit-tech review :
    http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...e-on-core-i7/1

    This review is a joke
    They have been out since the 10th.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonelmore View Post
    I'm glad to see it cheaper than the 4870X2 also. It means it does'nt have to beat it in every catagory. I'm sure the X2 will win in a couple of bench's but not many. But for a card $50 cheaper it sure does pwn in the bench's so far. i'm waiting for all the X2 fans to point out everything that was wrong with this review.
    how the hell its $50 cheaper there is sapphire model available for 489 at newegg :

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...phire%204870x2

    p.s its even cheaper after mir
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    Joke and Biased Review
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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonelmore View Post
    I'm glad to see it cheaper than the 4870X2 also. It means it does'nt have to beat it in every catagory. I'm sure the X2 will win in a couple of bench's but not many. But for a card $50 cheaper it sure does pwn in the bench's so far. i'm waiting for all the X2 fans to point out everything that was wrong with this review.
    If you can't see what was wrog with this review, you frankly an Nvidia fans

    50$ cheaper with a MSRP of 499$?
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...nd&Order=PRICE

    Funniest sentence of the article :
    Will this force ATI into a price-drop? That looks likely and if so, then it will be sweet revenge for NVIDIA, won't it?
    X2 price will go more than 150$ down with this card i doubt it

    Quote Originally Posted by Stukov View Post
    They have been out since the 10th.
    Ok they can't download them? 18/12 today no!
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    goodbye HD4870X2 and hello GTX 295

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    Avg price of a 4870X2 is $530 before rebate. You just found a Xmas deal on one particular model.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonelmore View Post
    i'm waiting for all the X2 fans to point out everything that was wrong with this review.
    In other words, you're just waiting to troll people.

    The fact is there are problems with this review.

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    c2q at 3ghz? Is that supposed to be a joke?
    2 gigs of ram? LOL

    The complete list of cards tested is as follows:-

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 (ForceWare 180.87)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 (ForceWare 180.48)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB GDDR3 (ForceWare 180.48)
    ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 8.10)
    ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 (Catalyst 8.10
    They use 2 month old drivers for ati, different driver versions for nvidia and have balls to say
    drivers alone don't dictate the absolute performance of the hardware
    Which we all know is utter rubbish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AbelJemka View Post
    Ok they can't download them? 18/12 today no!
    I was saying the drivers 8.12 have been available since December 10th. How they can prepare a review on the 18th of December for a product that isn't even launched (actually releases Janurary 8th) and not be able to go to AMD's webpage and update their driver is beyond me. Hell, 8.11 has been out for at last 30 days. Wait, I do know how they were able to frack it up, BIAS and UNPROFESSIONALISM.

    Did a bunch of posts just disappear?
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    Nice to see it beat the 4870X2, not so nice to see it in the same form as the 7950 and 9800GX2. I think I'll wait for the next best single PCB and hopefully single gpu graphics card

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    In a couple of hours OBR is releasing a review with the 8.12. Lets just forget this review ever happened since the drivers were obviously old. All of you come to his thread when he posts it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonelmore View Post
    Avg price of a 4870X2 is $550 before rebate. You just found a Xmas deal on one particular model.
    And who's care? Actual price you can't buy and X2. You can't buy a 295 for Christmas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stukov View Post
    Did a bunch of posts just disappear?
    I don't think so...
    Quote Originally Posted by radaja View Post
    so are they launching BD soon or a comic book?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonelmore View Post
    Avg price of a 4870X2 is $530 before rebate. You just found a Xmas deal on one particular model.
    haha there is powercolor model available for 499 and its even cheaper after rebate and sapphire isn't christmas deadl or smthng they lowered price 3 weeks ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macadamia View Post
    I don't think so...
    I think my page just loaded faulty after my post.
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    I agree the specifications of testing were a joke... HZ doesn't have enough money for a cheap X58 and a 920i at least? oh c'mon...


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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonelmore View Post
    In a couple of hours OBR is releasing a review with the 8.12. Lets just forget this review ever happened since the drivers were obviously old. All of you come to his thread when he posts it.
    We can't see 295 barely edge X2 but Nvidia will have the performance crown so all will be good...
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    i can only see 2 cards for 560$, out of nine on newegg
    average is 526$

    this review is clearly biased, waiting for better...

    the card will get the performance crown in most games, but not with a so big margin as shown in this review
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