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How long did it take for the 1GB version of the 4870 to be released?
well its not that you need to 2gb but its that fact that may need more than1gb for some games at some settings especially with the newer cards that can really crank the AA and res. I believe someone showed that at 2560x1600 GTA 4 used over 1.6 gb of vram with max settings.Games use 2gb now? Wtf am I missing? And last I heard we were hard pressed to use 1gb outside of GTA IV
Games use 2gb now? Wtf am I missing? And last I heard we were hard pressed to use 1gb outside of GTA IV
1GB definitely won't be enough to run most games in a dual monitor configuration (24" - 30") in full res with AA. Heck some games can push the boundaries of 1GB with a single 30", especially with GTAIV as some have pointed out. Do we know for sure the 2GB won't be available at launch? That is surprising if so, especially with the way ATI is touting Eyefinity.
Yeah kinda lame to talk about eyefinity like it's a revolution in gaming, and then launch without a card that can handle it...
You're right though at this point everything is speculation, Here's hoping the 2 GB comes at launch.
I'm pretty sure that they were showcasing the demos using 1GB 5870 cards. So it's not like they can't handle eyefinity. But I think I'd like a little more memory headroom on my graphics card if I'm gonna run triple displays.
1GB definitely won't be enough to run most games in a dual monitor configuration (24" - 30") in full res with AA. Heck some games can push the boundaries of 1GB with a single 30", especially with GTAIV as some have pointed out. Do we know for sure the 2GB won't be available at launch? That is surprising if so, especially with the way ATI is touting Eyefinity.
100 bucks more for an additional 1gb would be insane.I think I might be running into that 1gb issue with lotro @ 5760x1080... if I enable AA or DX10 shadows I have to really dumb down the IQ far beyond what I think is acceptable otherwise I get this choppy sensation... the fps is still over 30 but I can tell the card is struggling at something.. most likely moving texture data.. it still looks really nice without AA and DX10 shadows though.. the extra FOV is pretty amazing.
I wonder how much more a 2gb card would cost.. maybe $100 more?
So already some news about the 2GB cards?
This is really taking too long
I think I might be running into that 1gb issue with lotro @ 5760x1080... if I enable AA or DX10 shadows I have to really dumb down the IQ far beyond what I think is acceptable otherwise I get this choppy sensation... the fps is still over 30 but I can tell the card is struggling at something.. most likely moving texture data.. it still looks really nice without AA and DX10 shadows though.. the extra FOV is pretty amazing.
I wonder how much more a 2gb card would cost.. maybe $100 more?
What is the hold up ? I remember Kyle saying that the Eyefinity-6 card should possibly come out around the same time of the 5870X2, that was before it called the 5970. Well that card came out two months ago, where is the Eyefinity-6 with 2gb memory card ?
I sometime get an error in WoW and game crashes to desktop, only in very intense areas, like flying from Flight path to FP in Northrend areas like Dragonblight with tons of trees, it brings my game to a crawl at 5760x1200, and then the game crashes, says it is a "memory dump error"
it's might be ATI's (temporary) answer to fermi's (rumored to have 1.5 - 2gb) maybe ATI is waiting a bit until more solid fermi info is released/or the card itself is released.
Other than a write up about it on a foreign site http://translate.google.com/transla.../0/458/458240.shtml&rurl=translate.google.com
ATI has been very hush hush about it since November
Good point, maybe the Eyefinity-6 card was put on hold and turned into the refresh card ? Would be the 5890 in March ?
100 bucks more for an additional 1gb would be insane.
The next step of Eyefinity games should be:
Lower quality settings for the flanking monitors.
I agree that's a lot.. might have overshot a bit, but that ddr5 aint cheap.
its not going to have a bigger memory bus.Maybe if it was the refresh card, had a bigger memory bus, and also had an additional 1GB... then is would really be worth it's price.
I sometime get an error in WoW and game crashes to desktop, only in very intense areas, like flying from Flight path to FP in Northrend areas like Dragonblight with tons of trees, it brings my game to a crawl at 5760x1200, and then the game crashes, says it is a "memory dump error"
I get the same crash in WoW, its not the eyefinity setup as i had it happen on my 30" monitor too. It's an addon that is requesting too much memory. Basically you have an addon that has a memory leak in it. I still havent figured out which addon it is though.
what do you think is honestly the percentage of people that will/do run multiple monitors, less then 5% if that..
what do you think is honestly the percentage of people that will/do run multiple monitors, less then 5% if that...
I agree that's a lot.. might have overshot a bit, but that ddr5 aint cheap.
edit: hrm.. I guess it isn't too expensive after all.. but the card would need some redesigning to accommodate the extra mem.. maybe $50 over the 1gb model? might be more reasonable.
that would be nice.. not sure if it will be possible..
The next step of Eyefinity games should be:
Lower quality settings for the flanking monitors.
Yeah I've said this before actually, I think a 1/2 resolution on the side monitors would probably not be noticeable, especially with AA enabled.
I run a 2560x1600 resolution monitor and it has 2 native resolutions 2560x1600 and 1280x800 as the 2nd is basically just using a block of 4 pixels (2x2) to represent a single pixel. And with a bunch of AA it actually doesn't look as unbearable as you'd think. Now bung that in your peripheral vision and you're probably not going to be able to tell the difference when focused on the middle monitor. You've just lowered the rendering power needed for a side monitor to ~25% of what it was before.
Excellent idea, and hell, it'd probably be more realistic modeling of peripheral vision anyway. One thing I don't like about Eyefinity is the "fish eye" effect you can get on the side monitors. While you can somewhat correct for this by changing the FOV, it still feels off to me. I'd love to flank my 30" with a pair of ~19" 1440x900 monitors in portrait mode - I feel it'd give a very realistic effect.Yeah I've said this before actually, I think a 1/2 resolution on the side monitors would probably not be noticeable, especially with AA enabled.
I run a 2560x1600 resolution monitor and it has 2 native resolutions 2560x1600 and 1280x800 as the 2nd is basically just using a block of 4 pixels (2x2) to represent a single pixel. And with a bunch of AA it actually doesn't look as unbearable as you'd think. Now bung that in your peripheral vision and you're probably not going to be able to tell the difference when focused on the middle monitor. You've just lowered the rendering power needed for a side monitor to ~25% of what it was before.