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4770 has arrived

I'm waiting for the $10+ price drop and MIR deals to happen. For some reason I'm really excited for this card.
 
ND40oz said:
yeah, where the hell are the single slots, how am I supposed to fill up my revo...
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I am kinda stunned at how massively ridiculous that HSF is, given the power draw of this card. I mean, the HD 4850 has TWICE the power draw under load, and the reference HSF was single slot.

This is just plain silly.

And hideous. That stupid blade cover thing has no useful function, and even in cases that can FIT a double-slot card is going to be all kinds of problems with cabling.

What an incredibly terrible idea!
 
Also: seems like just the 4770 dropping everywhere. That's concerning - I was hoping we'd get a launch at the same time of a 4750 that managed to fit into the PCI-E (only) power envelope (IE., no external power needed).
 
I don't see how its a surprise that the reference cooler, I'm guessing, is a dual slot. The 4830, which is very similar to this card, while having a larger die were mostly dual slot cards. Grad an aftermarket cooler and you could probably make it a single slot though. Maybe a passive one too.
 
dderidex said:
I am kinda stunned at how massively ridiculous that HSF is, given the power draw of this card. I mean, the HD 4850 has TWICE the power draw under load, and the reference HSF was single slot.

This is just plain silly.

And hideous. That stupid blade cover thing has no useful function, and even in cases that can FIT a double-slot card is going to be all kinds of problems with cabling.

What an incredibly terrible idea!
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the 4850 does not have twice the power draw. the 4850 has a tdp of 110 watts and the 4770 has a tdp of 80 watts. I agree these coolers are quite stupid especially for this type of card.
 
cannondale06 said:
the 4850 does not have twice the power draw. the 4850 has a tdp of 110 watts and the 4770 has a tdp of 80 watts. I agree these coolers are quite stupid especially for this type of card.
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Xbit Labs testing shows that the Radeon 4770 draws ~50w under load, and the Radeon 4850 draws ~110w.

So...more than twice the power consumption, actually.
 
dderidex said:
Xbit Labs testing shows that the Radeon 4770 draws ~50w under load, and the Radeon 4850 draws ~110w.

So...more than twice the power consumption, actually.
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well I was going by the official TDPs form ATI. it does seem odd that for Xbit it only pulls 50 watts which is only 60% of what ATI claims for the 4770 yet the 4850 is pulling right at its official TDP rating. Hardocp had the 4770 pulling 73 watts.
 
cannondale06 said:
well I was going by the official TDPs form ATI. it does seem odd that for Xbit it only pulls 50 watts which is only 60% of what ATI claims for the 4770 yet the 4850 is pulling right at its official TDP rating. Hardocp had the 4770 pulling 73 watts.
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Unless it's like the 4890, and ATI is just throwing it out there at ridiculously low clocks for the core to:
- Give enthusiasts some mad overclocking headroom to have fun with
- Give the IHVs room to sell "factory OC'd" parts
 
not really a fan of that cooler but the performance and price I can get behind. Seems like the new $100 recommendation.
 
I can't wait to see the non refrence 4770. Hopefully they will arrive in the next week or two.
 
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