4870 review!!! Hope its real

[Kari]

Those power consumption figures are quite high, I'm starting to have doupts how feasible the 4870X2 is going to be after all...

Other than that it seems to be a great card. DAAMIT sure needed something like this, maybe they'll even get back to black because of this.

 

[randomizer]

Other than that it seems to be a great card. DAAMIT sure needed something like this, maybe they'll even get back to black because of this.

The graphics division might. The CPU department hasn't got a hope though, every bit of money they make goes into a pay rise for Hector.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

At 60% better than a G280, who cares about power usage?

 

[randomizer]

At 60% better than a G280, who cares about power usage?

Al Gore?

 

[Kari]

^^It'll make it damn hard to cool it properly if it's using tons of power, all that heat has to go somewhere rather fast, otherwise it'll just go up in smoke. lol

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Its already been done. They havnt released them yet, but they exist. And shame on Al Gore for letting all those polar bears freeze to death, no wonder theyre on the endangered species list

 

[AAArDvArK]

Agreed, hence my master plan of crossfiring two of these babies. But will a 750W PSU handle them + 9450 + HDD + 4GB RAM? I thought I was on the safe side but damn now I am thinking 1K might not be enough. We all saw what happened with SLI 280GTX and the 1K PSU in Anands review.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Id wait for a few days. Get a better feel as to whats needed

 

[Malovane]

Al Gore has Nvidia inside:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/GlobalWarming/Story?id=2906888&page=1

 

[spathotan]

I agree with what James said, a GX2 280 or whatever it wouldnt be called is impossible without leaping way over the border of absurdity, I say leaping because the GTX 200 cards have already steped over the border.

The card would be the entire length of cases, require 3 or 4 power plugs, 3 slot cooling, and the PCI interface would probably break off the PCB inside the socket from all the weight, im suprised the current cards dont do that to begin with.

 

[dattimr]

I'm still waiting for Nvidia's Can Of Whoop-Ass. Perhaps GTX 290+++?

 

[ovaltineplease]

pretty nice numbers, but i'm kinda surprised to see the 4870 launch at 512mb gddr..?

I'm sorry to nitpick too.. but I hate parallel mounted power connectors >_<

I gotta say the power draw of the total system with the card is a bit surprising too.. 378watts vs 320 watts for 4850 or 341 watts for 3870X2.

Actually the 4870 seems to draw more power than a 9800 GX2! Come to think of it I think their power numbers have to be off.. but I could be wrong I guess :S

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Everyone wanted something to replace their 8xxx series, well here it is. Nit pik all you want, this card kicks, its everything we were hoping for, or close to it, but after pricing, yes everything

 

[waver_01]

The high power draw/temperatures is probably because PowerPlay isn't supported until 8.7 for these cards

until then take all these results with a grain of salt

 

[spaztic7]

Al Gore?

What, him and his $3000 a month electric bills and eating endangered fish for his daughter’s wedding?

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Hey, take it easy on poor ol Al, he only made $100,000,000 last year. Give the guy a break, hes just looking out for you n me

 

[foxhound009]

Now I need to: wait till the 4870 price drops and sell my old 3870 ...
I hope my PSU will do it...

what do you think, should an 550 watt cooler master extreme power do it?
it's pretty low on the PSU tier list...

 

[yetyhunter]

Nvidia 9800 GX2 Is STILL the best card on the market.I will not sell my 8800 GTS 512 ,I will just buy another one.Is that a good Idea?

 

[lameness]

All those power consumptions figures look messed up.....according to those stats under load the 9800gx2 only uses 18w more then a single 9800gtx, surely thats wrong?

I like the performance, but the heat, the (possible) noise and the power consumptions make it look like the gtx280, albeit a very cheap gtx280. I was hoping to x fire and get some serious performance.....but i think that the power needed for that would be daft.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Heres the english version http://en.expreview.com/2008/06/24/first-review-hd-4870-and-hd-4850/ Changed at top post also

 

[mpkonig]

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expreview.com%2Ftopic%2F2008-06-24%2F1214282167d9273.html&hl=zh-CN&ie=UTF8&sl=zh-CN&tl=en This appears to be legit. Who knows for sure. Watch out, if youre anywheres near an nVidia dealer, you may get hit by falling prices Translated english version http://en.expreview.com/2008/06/24/first-review-hd-4870-and-hd-4850/

F'n A Cotton....F'n A.....4850 and 4870 FTW......and once Anandtech and toms comes out with benchmarks....errr....scratch that...once Anandtech comes out with benchmarks and proves this articles right or wrong.....for 299....im all about the 4870

 

[RizzyWho]

Well i shud be getting 2x4870's ... ill whack my findings up when i get them!
Seems alrite the results... least it will be cheaper than an GTX 280 lol

 

[3Ball]

I am going out on a limb and going to say that I believe the review. I thought it was very well done. I now know what card I am going to spring for this summer. Thx for the link jay!

Best,

3Ball

 

[RizzyWho]

In the UK i reckon the price will be around £180-£220

$300 x exchange rate x Vat
300 x 0.508802279 x 1.175 = £179.352803

Just add a little import tax, hidden tax and tax (LOL).... shud be around the £200 margin... i HOPE!!! lol

kkthanksbye

 

[NarwhaleAu]

It is on the wish list - awesome performance.