Graphic Cards 4870x2 Reviewed!

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So the first of benchmarks have started coming in with full reviews, I'll try and keep adding to this post as and when they come.

Radeon HD 4870 X2 and Crossfire review

PCGH - Test/Benchmark: Radeon HD 4870 X2 reviewed

Club Overclocker - Sapphire Radeon HD4870X2 2GB Review! - This one is from a guy from EOCF! - It is a indeed a very nice review!

PC Perspective - Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB Review - AMD's Triumph

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Review - 3D Graphics, Audio & HDTV by ExtremeTech

ATI 4870 X2 (R700) GFX - Introduction - DriverHeaven.net

Double the fast: Palit HD 4870 X2 Review - Page 1 - This week on the ATI show...

EDIT: Okie went through it, they are testing the 280 with 177.34! So dont jump on conclusion with this review, I hope some better ones come soon!
 
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Detailed previews have been on some reputed sites for a while now. We all know what to expect. This will be fastest card out there.

The question is, what will be its price. If its less than or around $500 I might jump in :P
 
Shripad said:
Detailed previews have been on some reputed sites for a while now. We all know what to expect. This will be fastest card out there.
The question is, what will be its price. If its less than or around $500 I might jump in :P
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Yep, but these previews did lack some games, however we do know the performance. But I doubt if these cards will be less than $550 at least, $600 is where they'll probably start with, 2gb ddr5 wouldn't come cheap!
 
With my current bad-phase with HW.. not sure if i want to buy another card or no :P
But its a real good way to post some crazy scores :D
 
the power consumption is huge , 2x more than GTX 280 idle and micro sluttering etc makes GTX 280 better buy if 4870x2 is priced more than 500 $
i am hoping some good price drops on GTX 280 after this is launched , then i will pick one :ohyeah:
 
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RoBoGhOsT said:
the power consumption is huge , 2x more than GTX 280 idle and micro sluttering etc makes GTX 280 better buy if 4870x2 is priced more than 500 $
i am hoping some good price drops on GTX 280 after this is launched , then i will pick one :ohyeah:
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before you blame HD4870X2 for higher power consumption, go & double check all reviews.the power saving features are disabled on HD4870X2 or even 4870/4850..:bleh:
 
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why do people keep defending the broken powerplay on ati products by saying that they will be fixed in later driver releases?

if ati intends to release a product with a certain feature, and that feature is not available at launch, tehn all it indicates is shoddy work from the company.

despite having made such a damn good vfm product, ati seems to have slipped up on its drivers once again. broken powerplay, broken fan control...

powerplay right now is not 'disabled'.. disabled would mean that you can 'turn it on'.. but thats not the case. it just doesnt work. aka.. its broken
 
before you blame HD4870X2 for higher power consumption, go & double check all reviews.the power saving features are disabled on HD4870X2 or even 4870/4850..
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i am going to go as far as saying fanboism :bleh:

you have to admit it is currently broken

another problem i saw is that if you OC using amd gpu clock tool, it disables your profile in ccc and then the fan doesnt run at the speed that you enter in the fan hack
 
i_max2k2 said:
So the first of benchmarks have started coming in with full reviews, I'll try and keep adding to this post as and when they come.

here goes the first one!

PCGH - Test/Benchmark: Radeon HD 4870 X2 reviewed

EDIT: Okie went through it, they are testing the 280 with 177.34! So dont jump on conclusion with this review, I hope some better ones come soon!
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lol do you seriously think gtx280 might beat 4870x2 if newer drivers come out?
that (p)review has been out for quite some time,so might explain the older driver.nvidia will need a significant improvement from drivers if they want to position gtx280 against the 4870x2,instead of having 4870 clawing at its heels.

RoBoGhOsT said:
the power consumption is huge , 2x more than GTX 280 idle and micro sluttering etc makes GTX 280 better buy if 4870x2 is priced more than 500 $
i am hoping some good price drops on GTX 280 after this is launched , then i will pick one :ohyeah:
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umm yeah someone who buys a card worth 500$ just to play some games on a 30'' monitor is concerned about electricity bills:rofl:
and why should gtx price drop if it is the better buy if 4870x2retails at 500$,or maybe its because you know that 4870x2 is better and ati will try and position it right in the face of gtx280 and then gtx280 price will go down.:bleh:
 
Sapphire HD4870X2 listed at

£ 261.27( Excl. VAT) = $392

£ 306.99( Incl. VAT) = $460

SAPPHIRE INTERNATIONAL INC. Video Card Radeon Hd 4870x2 2gb Gddr5 Pci-e Dual Dvi-i Hdcp 21137-00-40R

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umm yeah someone who buys a card worth 500$ just to play some games on a 30'' monitor is concerned about electricity bills:rofl:
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thats coz..............it will need a powerfull PSU ..........not to care of electricity

if it requires more power =then must be more power dessipation(loss)

so power loss=heat genration .

whatever it may be but 4870X2 is excellent .............at least it will consume power less then 4870CF if u do care of power:ohyeah:

GTX 280 seems not matching it........

only CRYSIS ..........in which GTX 260 beats 4870X2:rofl:

n NVIDIA will have to drop prices of their cards or introduce new cards which will be powerfull than 4870X2 (hope new planned card may be that one)
 
^^yeah UK vat is 12.5% :O

btw, lets see what happens when the gt200 comes out on 55nm...i guess there will be a huge price war then :)
 
Shripad said:
lol what world you are in? :P
261 GBP = $500

1 GBP = 1.91940 USD

So that should be the price in US. probably lower. Even then not bad.
EU and UK people are always ripped off by VAT.
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actually thats the price without vat,price with vat is around 300 quids.so might turn out to be around 500$ in us,decent price for the 2gb version.
 
This "review" is old stuff tested with "old drivers".

We better wait till Tuesday to see the real 4870X2
 
gamervivek said:
lol do you seriously think gtx280 might beat 4870x2 if newer drivers come out?
that (p)review has been out for quite some time,so might explain the older driver.nvidia will need a significant improvement from drivers if they want to position gtx280 against the 4870x2,instead of having 4870 clawing at its heels.
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:rofl: How in the world can u say that by saying what I said, meant 280 would be faster than 4870x2 I dint! I meant it would be a little faster with newer drivers, 4870x2 would definitely be a faster.

And I do apologize that I dint look at the date of publishing.

umm yeah someone who buys a card worth 500$ just to play some games on a 30'' monitor is concerned about electricity bills:rofl:
and why should gtx price drop if it is the better buy if 4870x2retails at 500$,or maybe its because you know that 4870x2 is better and ati will try and position it right in the face of gtx280 and then gtx280 price will go down.:bleh:
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I have a 280 SLI and I did factor the power consumption since I know its power friendly. So yea whoever is buying these cards would definately look there, not just merely bcoz of electricity bills but also for PSU requirements.
 
Guru 3d added!

EDIT: they are doing it with a e8400 @ 3ghz,

God knows why none of the reviewer's have overclocked their system even one bit, at least they could have shown some stats how much these cards are getting bottle necked!
 
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