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TechReport 1680x1050 4x/16x, 4870 pwns. Does BB have them yet?

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dnottis

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The techreport's review (http://techreport.com/articles.x/14990) is the most compelling for me as they actually 1680x1050 4x/16x which is what I'm looking for. The 4870 pretty much came in right under the SLI, 9800GX2 solutions which I can't stand due to the micro stutter. I'd take the next fastest single card anyday. Looking at their reviews sure the GTX280 won a few at thiese settings, but not many - the 4870 was more consistently the fastest single card.

So now we wonder... when will these be available at your local CircuitCity or BestBuy to walk in and buy??

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Those look like some very favorable scores for the entire 4800 series
 
i dont know, the HD 4850 in CF seems pretty damn compeling too. Thats the road i went and looks to me to be the right call. Got to hand it to ATI, they did the right thing this gen. and Honestly a powerful, $170 that can run pretty much anything you want is just the kind of thing that helps the PC gaming sector. dispell the myth that you need to buy $500 videocards to play with all the bells and whisles on
 
Those graphs are wierd... they don't even follow the colour code specified of gray=median, green=avg.
 
I guess we'll have to wait until 10AM when most of them open :p

i'll be calling
 
Thats what I'm wondering. It is not on their site yet. Maybe their getting it in on the 8th of July?
 
crossfire 4850 is still doing the damage too.... think thats the route im gonna go on this machine till the 4870x2's release
 
Injection of <3 said:
gx2 is dominating
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I owned a 9800GX2. Worst card ever. Lots of stuttering loading textures. Sure the Assassin's Creed FPS were higher - but when I would load the game the first 10 - 15 seconds were just choppy.

9800GX2 FTL - they don't mention the 512MB addressable memory with 256bit bus kills the performance of the 9800GX2 cause it's just not a smooth gaming experience.
 
These reviews are very strange, they show the 4870 way above teh 280 in most scenarios which im not sure I believe to start with, and scaling from 1 card in xfire to 2 can give results of like 5%

That looks heavily bottlenecked by CPU or something. Need some 4Ghz quad core test beds...
 
xBanzai89 said:
Well here it is online http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...94048&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1212192380239. I had to use the pricing SKU 8894048 in the search to find it. It says available online only.
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Niceeee... just put one in with overnight shipping since the order I had before seems like it might not come, if it does come I'll just return this one in-store unopened :). THANK YOU!


EDIT: These scores are impressive... using AA/AF, which I always game with, really lets the 4870 pull in close to the 280 and beat it at times like in the original post here.
 
Sweet, just ordered one. With free shipping too, which is simply ASTONISHING since everyone always gouges big-time on shipping up here to Alaska.

 
It's simply amazing at how quickly my "bang for buck" 8800GT has been made outdated. I mean, it's not even listed in TR's graphs :(

Also amazing how the single 4850 is equal or greater than the 3870X2, on two of the graphs, but is losing in Assasin's Creed. Though I'm sure if it's OCable, at all, it'll take care of that area too. One generation jump, with a single lower end card basically matching or exceeding the dual gpu solution of last. Not bad.
 
Any word on local stocks?

My CC&BB (Roanoke, VA) don't have any. However, you can NEVER trust the sales reps on the phone....
 
jarlaxlecq said:
i dont know, the HD 4850 in CF seems pretty damn compeling too. Thats the road i went and looks to me to be the right call. Got to hand it to ATI, they did the right thing this gen. and Honestly a powerful, $170 that can run pretty much anything you want is just the kind of thing that helps the PC gaming sector. dispell the myth that you need to buy $500 videocards to play with all the bells and whisles on
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No joke... its the same card, just clocked a little slower (lower speed Ram). Considering 2x 4850's seems to be 80% or more of what two 4870's is, and two of them would cost you $400, spending $300 on a single 4870 doesnt make much sense either. For dual 4870's, you could be running triple 4850's!!!
 
undertheradar said:
No joke... its the same card, just clocked a little slower (lower speed Ram). Considering 2x 4850's seems to be 80% or more of what two 4870's is, and two of them would cost you $400, spending $300 on a single 4870 doesnt make much sense either. For dual 4870's, you could be running triple 4850's!!!
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It's the memory bandwidth that really lets the 4870 shine, plus dual-slot coolers and a stock core clock past what most 4850s are able to OC to. Yeah, though, considering you can find 2x 4850s for $300-350 total right now, they are an excellent option for those with crossfire-capable motherboards.
 
True... the actual price is less than half that of the 4870... so even more reason NOT to get a 4870...lol... esp if you have a FX board and can do 4 of them.

It might be interesting to see what the 4870x2 can do for the price, but unless they price it at $450 or less, there may not be a point in even making it.
 
Frostex said:
These reviews are very strange, they show the 4870 way above teh 280 in most scenarios which im not sure I believe to start with, and scaling from 1 card in xfire to 2 can give results of like 5%

That looks heavily bottlenecked by CPU or something. Need some 4Ghz quad core test beds...
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Nope, 280 is not bottlenecked there. If you look around the internet, I believe in an xtremesystems forum some guy was testing gtx 280 solo/sli/ trisli with a 4.5 ghz quad core and pretty much same picture.
 
i love ati cards due to crossfire and the amazing motherboard chipsts that comes along with it (CPU OC wise). Will be waiting a few months though till warhead and far cry 2 pops up then ill buy a card to run those :D
 
dnottis said:
I dunno CF adds 10 fps. Not really worth running 2 cards imo.
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Adding 10 fps to the average score is HUGE dude.
Not so much when you're talking about a jump from 110 fps -> 120 fps
But in the mid-ranges, it make a big and very noticeable positive impact on gameplay.
 
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