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  1. 06-26-2008, 05:52 AM #1
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    4870 crossfire #warning many pics#



    Royal Mail managed to deliver these cards at 10:30am....

    took a few photos of the package for you... out with the old and in with the new...
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  2. 06-26-2008, 05:57 AM #2
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    installed the hotfix driver, but am in need of the new bios as i'm idling at 80c... just going to have a search for it now.... then some benching...
  3. 06-26-2008, 06:01 AM #3
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    Get the DuOrbs on off your old cards
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  4. 06-26-2008, 06:08 AM #4
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    yep thats next if i cant find this new bios... just want to see for myself how good/loud the stock fan is at its propper settings...
    heres a quick bench for ya...

    surface deformer....

    hit over 303fps, 3870 crossfire would hit 289fps max... 2900 crossfire would hit 292fps max highly overclocked...
    crossfire doesnt seem to have any effect on the score, though i had it enabled on all 3 sets of cards anyway....
    redid the test with an extra 50mhz on the memory and reached over 310fps with a result of 17483.... 17502 @790core 1100mem
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  5. 06-26-2008, 06:10 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by HeX_00 View Post
    Get the DuOrbs on off your old cards
    What he said

    even reseating the existing cooler would help
  6. 06-26-2008, 06:12 AM #6
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    i have a new tube of mx-2 just begging to be applied.... need to buy some heat sinks for the ram ect....
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  7. 06-26-2008, 07:31 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by purecain View Post
    installed the hotfix driver, but am in need of the new bios as i'm idling at 80c... just going to have a search for it now.... then some benching...


    Is there a new BIOS already?
  8. 06-26-2008, 07:47 AM #8
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    right just took a few pics of GRID.

    i changed the screen shot button to f12 forgetting it changed the overlay displays position

    so the fps are in differant corners... lol i thought 'where's the fackin counter gone....'

    i made sure there were plenty of cars around me as possible.... 70-79fps on grid with crossfire....@1680-1050 all settings max
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  9. 06-26-2008, 08:00 AM #9
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    awesome i got 2 x 4870's on the way
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  10. 06-26-2008, 09:17 AM #10
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    order an aftermarket cooler aswell... my cards are getting too hot with this bios... the display driver stops responding and recovers or crashes the whole pc....
    its not good man....
  11. 06-26-2008, 09:27 AM #11
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    New BIOS? To keep the fan from spinning too slowly at idle, or to fix a PowerPlay issue?

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  12. 06-26-2008, 09:38 AM #12
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    both m8, power play has the core at 500mhz, it should be lower. the memory is at 1000mhz... the fan is doing absolutely nothing to cool the card....... its very bad....
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    Quote Originally Posted by disruptfam View Post
    awesome i got 2 x 4870's on the way
    I hate all of you.
  14. 06-26-2008, 09:58 AM #14
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    some alone in the dark pics with fraps... i think its locked at 60fps...
    never drops below 30 with everything set to maximum...light draw distance ect...
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  15. 06-26-2008, 10:04 AM #15
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    and more....... still a crap game lol
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  17. 06-26-2008, 10:09 AM #17
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    anyone else tried using the duorbs without any other heat sinks....
  18. 06-26-2008, 10:15 AM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by purecain View Post
    anyone else tried using the duorbs without any other heat sinks....
    Do you by any chance have an old AMD heatsink? If you diced that up, that would do pretty well.

    GDDR5 w/out heatsinks though, I don't know....


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    i do as matter of fact, well an old north bridge heatsink... still brand new with the sticky thermal pad....
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    Quote Originally Posted by purecain View Post
    and more....... still a crap game lol
    DUnno about that but sure it looks like crap.
  21. 06-26-2008, 10:45 AM #21
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    i'm only playing it to get my moneys worth... lol gives me a right headache.... i've got to find these trees and set fire to em in central park and no clue as to which direction to go, only to search for a minimum of 30 of em... hate it....
  22. 06-26-2008, 10:47 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by ColonelCain View Post
    Do you by any chance have an old AMD heatsink? If you diced that up, that would do pretty well.

    GDDR5 w/out heatsinks though, I don't know....
    right i'm trying to fashion a cutting tool now...

    i might run em without the heat sinks tonight and use a friends workshop tomorow to make e real nice job of it....
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  23. 06-26-2008, 01:44 PM #23
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    i'm running a single 4870 until my second card arrives tomorrow. i run GRID at max settings @ 1680x1050 and average mid-90's fps. you might have to rename the game's executable to afr-friendlyd3d.exe if it doesn't have a CF profile yet. you also have to make sure you patch the game to 1.1 so the flicker goes away. not that you need CF in that game, but your framerate is lower than mine with a single card.
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  24. 06-26-2008, 04:16 PM #24
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    now were making progress...

    wow fixed the fan speed.... look at the results, only thing i havnt been able to up yet it the core past 800mhz... but thats for tommorow...

    check this out.... i was guttered before but now i'm really happy with these cards....

    @MrBunglex- thanks for the info pal... appreciated... just ran my first 3dmark 06 bench with these cards... take a look and let me know what you think...

    http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7246307
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  25. 06-26-2008, 05:30 PM #25
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    how did you fix the fan speed, bios flash of software
    thanks looks good
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