4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official

**Bamboo** · 08-12-2008, 09:31 AM

Today is AMD's big day, so thought I would pass on some of the many reviews that are out. Sounds like really good news for AMD.

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The Radeon HD 4870 X2 has a SRP of US$599 which is slightly higher than expected, but still not completely unreasonable when you consider that it comes with 2GB of GDDR5 which is still quite expensive. The Radeon HD 4850 X2 uses GDDR3 memory and comes in at a much more reasonable US$399, but at least it also comes with 2GB.

I'm sure it won't be long before we see it much cheaper than that with sales and rebates.

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AMD also seems to have taken advantage of its SidePort technology and created a fast interface between the GPUs for direct communications which offers data speeds of up to 5GB/s compared to a mere 900MB/s over the CrossFire interface. A new PCIe 2.0 bridge chip could possibly also help improve the overall performance of these new cards, although its hard to say how much of a performance improvement this adds, as currently no graphics card is using up the full bandwidth of a PCIe 1.0 x16 slot.

Links:
Just announcement:
4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official

AMD Launches Radeon HD 4870 X2, Radeon HD 4850 X2 Announced at a $400 Price-point

Reviews:

AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card Double-barreled badness

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in CrossfireX

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 - AMD Back On Top

AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Testing the Multi-GPU Waters

Sapphire AMD (ATI) Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB: opening up a can of whoop-ass

AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2: R700 First-Look : Two Times The Compute Power

The site lists a ton more review sites incase you are looking for a review with a certain game and none of the above have it:

AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 arrives

Bottom line as you can see from the head lines is it is a very powerful card. It still needs driver work, since some games, like Crysis, don't show nearly as much improvement as other games. Games like Conan and Call of Duty have it on top though.

**Long Bow** · 08-12-2008, 10:23 AM

Looks truly impressive

However it looks like for common folks running at 1680 x 1050 or even the 19## x 12## people that a 4870X2 is over kill

Thats scary power.

**kin3** · 08-12-2008, 10:39 AM

That's some card...but who can afford it?

If I were to build a new rig today I would go with Hd 4870.

**Bamboo** · 08-12-2008, 11:50 AM

When it drops down to about $450 in the next couple of months, a lot of people are going to be able to afford it. A lot of sites are now reporting the list price is $550, not $599.

And yeah, right now it is overkill for most things except Crysis (suck), but who knows how hard core the games out between now and Christmas will be. I just posted in the general forums the official specs for farcry2, but for those that missed it:

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Ubisoft just unleashed the Far Cry 2 requirements for the PC version of the open-world shooter and the minimum requirements actually aren't that bad. The recommended requirements? Don't ask, I'm still trying to get over the realization that my one-year old computer is now officially out-dated.

Minimum requirements
CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
RAM: 1 GB
Video card: NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better, Shader Model 3 required, 256 Mb of graphic memory
Media reader: DVD-ROM
Hard drive space: ~12 Gig or HD space. (tbd)

Recommended
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
RAM: 2 GB
Video card: NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better, 512 Mb of graphic memory
Sound: 5.1 sound card recommended
Supported Video cards:
NVidia 6800, NVidia 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops. ATI X1650 – 1950 series , HD2000 series , HD3000 series , HD4000 series .

**Bamboo** · 08-14-2008, 01:00 AM

Some just popped up on newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...eon+HD+4870+X2

**Bamboo** · 08-15-2008, 10:06 AM

Quick update, and I'm looking forward to seeing some scores:

HD4850 X2 outperforms GTX280

**Tonk** · 08-16-2008, 05:02 PM

thing is sold out on newegg lol =/ i cannot justify buying it anyway

**IRS_Agent** · 08-20-2008, 04:46 PM

I thought ATi/AMD was going for an approach that involved not making cards over $500.

**Spulat** · 08-20-2008, 09:35 PM

I'm perfectly happy with the EAH 4850 512 I just purchased. It'll work fine for what I need, and it's certainly more powerful than the 8600GTS 512 I've been using

But i've read some articles on the X2s... great stuff! ATi is king of the hill again, at least for now

**Tonk** · 08-20-2008, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by IRS_Agent

I thought ATi/AMD was going for an approach that involved not making cards over $500.

its all about supply and demand, build it and they will come

**jmaker** · 08-20-2008, 11:38 PM

Err, not to go slightly off topic but when clicking that last link in Bamboo's initial post, I get the message below after 10 seconds on the Tweaktown page. Are sites really using Adblock counter measures now? That's absolutely ridiculous. It's not even an option or a suggestion. They won't let you view their site without disabling Adblock.

Here's an article from a developer of Adblock refuting the claim of ads generating revenue for a site.

Well anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else caught that. Here's a filter for that in case anyone cares. Just add this in your Adblock filter list.

Code:

@@.tweaktown.com/phpadsnew/$subdocument

**Bamboo** · 08-21-2008, 12:06 AM

Yeah Jmaker, I get that too. I have to read the article 1 paragraph at a time. PAIN IN THE ASS. But I still post the links since not everyone uses ad-block.

08-12-2008, 10:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Long Bow Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 30 Posts: 1,429	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official Looks truly impressive However it looks like for common folks running at 1680 x 1050 or even the 19## x 12## people that a 4870X2 is over kill Thats scary power. __________________

08-12-2008, 10:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
kin3 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mobile, Al Age: 62 Posts: 1,262	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official That's some card...but who can afford it? If I were to build a new rig today I would go with Hd 4870. __________________ The Old Guy kin3

08-14-2008, 01:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bamboo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,400	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official Some just popped up on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...eon+HD+4870+X2 __________________ LINKS 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP * Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST!* Contact an Admin * Nominate your teammates for a ribbon Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. -Carlos A. Urbizo-

08-15-2008, 10:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bamboo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,400	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official Quick update, and I'm looking forward to seeing some scores: HD4850 X2 outperforms GTX280 __________________ LINKS 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP * Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST!* Contact an Admin * Nominate your teammates for a ribbon Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. -Carlos A. Urbizo-

08-16-2008, 05:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tonk Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Luck, WI USA Age: 22 Posts: 3,019	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official thing is sold out on newegg lol =/ i cannot justify buying it anyway __________________ -Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in an attractive and well preserved body; but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a beer in the other, body totally worn out screaming "YEEEHAW, WHAT A RIDE!!!" - my grandpa -My New Rig: cpu: AMD 6400+ 3.2ghz dual core mobo: Asus Crosshair ram: 8gb (4x2gb) geil exotera 4-4-4-12 video card MSI 8800GTS 512mb (g92) Vista:x64 Laptop: Dell i9300 2.16ghz-2gb ram-6800-17" 1920x1200 -Toasty/Tonk/Chair http://tgtonk.notlong.com

08-20-2008, 04:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
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Spulat Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Baltimore, MI Age: 27 Posts: 1,302	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official I'm perfectly happy with the EAH 4850 512 I just purchased. It'll work fine for what I need, and it's certainly more powerful than the 8600GTS 512 I've been using But i've read some articles on the X2s... great stuff! ATi is king of the hill again, at least for now __________________ 55th Infanty Division - "Your Late-Night Crew!" The TG Way: Respect and Maturity - \|TG-55th ID\| "I've got myself a new mantra, it says 'don't forget to have a good time!'" - Ani D. Last edited by Spulat; 08-21-2008 at 02:05 AM.

08-20-2008, 11:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
jmaker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Warren, OH Age: 28 Posts: 2,647	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official Err, not to go slightly off topic but when clicking that last link in Bamboo's initial post, I get the message below after 10 seconds on the Tweaktown page. Are sites really using Adblock counter measures now? That's absolutely ridiculous. It's not even an option or a suggestion. They won't let you view their site without disabling Adblock. Here's an article from a developer of Adblock refuting the claim of ads generating revenue for a site. Well anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else caught that. Here's a filter for that in case anyone cares. Just add this in your Adblock filter list. Code: @@.tweaktown.com/phpadsnew/$subdocument __________________

08-21-2008, 12:06 AM	#12 (permalink)
Bamboo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,400	Re: 4870 X2 and 4850 X2 gets official Yeah Jmaker, I get that too. I have to read the article 1 paragraph at a time. PAIN IN THE ASS. But I still post the links since not everyone uses ad-block. __________________ LINKS 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP * Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST!* Contact an Admin * Nominate your teammates for a ribbon Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. -Carlos A. Urbizo-

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