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[wondergod]

Ok, here are a bunch of reviews on the new 4870 if anyone is interested...

this is probably my fave review, does a little bit of design/size comparison and FPS comparisons...plus I prefer Anandtech over most sites ;)
http://www.anandtech...aspx?i=3341&p=1

Here are some more reviews

Hothardware

PC Perspective

Tweaktown - 4870 Crossfire


Main points...

4870 is better than the Nvidia GTX 260 while costing ~ 100 bucks less(and not far away from the 280)

Uses less power

Amazing memory bandwidth with a lower Bit size (GDDR5 helps a lot!)

Again 4870 is better than the Nvidia GTX 260 while costing ~ 100 bucks less(and not far away from the 280)

Crossfire doesn't seem to scale as well as SLI does(more performance gain with SLI than crossfire)

In addition, for the crossfire faults, if its just a driver issue that can be corrected I'm sure ATI will get on it.

[DarkShadow]

Glad to see AMD working well with their new playtoys @ ATI.

4870 X2's in crossfire = Lol SLI can't touch it.

[Chris82]

Interesting, this is why I like ati cards. I suppose in a year or so I'll be picking up a 5870, should be great fun. Good performance at a good price.

[wondergod]

AND more good news from AMD/ATI....They are bringing back the All-In-Wonder line. Personally one of my fave series of cards as I've owned every model since the 9000 AIW. I was quite sad when they discontinued the line

Its now back with a built in Theater 650 mpeg 2 hardware encoder, SD/HD, Clear QAM, HDMI with Dolby 5.1 capability, and Full 1080p, and of course DirectX 10.1 support....

http://www.engadget....l-in-wonder-hd/

[DarkShadow]

Have a look at Guru3d's review of an Asus 4870, imo for the price, nVidia's getting raped.

the GTX 260 costs what, like 380 Retail right now? for 299 the 4870 is a complete steal, I'm just waiting for the 4870X2's to come rolling out (can you say the power of SLI / Crossfire in a single card? )

[wondergod]

Wow, JUST KILLIN THEM!

http://www.tgdaily.c...-38137-135.html

"Following controversial allegations that Nvidia is cheating in 3DMark Vantage and Unreal Tournament 3 benchmarks, executives from Futuremark and Epic moved forward to clean any confusion. However, the game was not over — enthusiasts from Israel ported PhysX middleware to run on ATI Radeon cards, achieving remarkable performance. Owners of ATI Radeon cards will be able to play PhysX games as well, such as Ghost Recon 2 and already mentioned Unreal Tournament 3."

Edited by wondergod, 28 June 2008 - 09:47 AM.

[DarkShadow]

Yeah nVidia always had a dark aura of fail associated with them involving cheating, this is like the third fucking time, and its downright pathetic, but what do you expect from a bunch of asians that get outclassed by us *white folk*.

[Mandraque]

i fail for just buying the 3870 recently. But at least ill be getting physx soon.

[�HADOW109]

I'm probably going to get the 4850 because of its super cheap price and good performance . Though my friend has one and it gets pretty hot. Btw Ati was founded by Asians.

[DarkShadow]

ATI = Canadian, sure the majority of their PCB's are made in asian, but non the less, their Corporate HQ was originally in Canada.

[wondergod]

Bump for new link...

Sneak Peak at the 4870 X2

[Scroll_Lock88]

I'm probably going to get the 4850 because of its super cheap price and good performance . Though my friend has one and it gets pretty hot. Btw Ati was founded by Asians.

There is a profile tweak for the 4850/4870, can up the fan speed to give it adequate cooling under load temps. Reduced it from 80 C idle/Load, to right around 45C idle, 55C load.

[DarkShadow]

ATI 4870x2 vs Nvidia 280 GTX @ HardOCP

[At The Gates]

::drools:: ok..I want one now