HD 4870 CrossFire Review!

[rangers]

This is getting sad

piss off then

 

[rangers]

you come on to the 4870 thread and all you talk about is the 280 just f*ck off and die

 

[rangers]

sorry to offend but the truth sometimes hurts

 

[Oh Snap]

They are gonna melt rigs with those temps

Well if they can outperform 3way GTX280's, and hold high/playable framerates at 4xAA on Crysis, then **** it, it's time for phase cooling.

 

[jusomdude]

I'm followin' ya.

ATI know's what they're doing pricing their products for the majority of the average consumer instead of the consumer whore.

You lost me. People who buy a Honda are "average consumers" while people who buy a Mercedes are "consumer whores"? Does buying a higher quality/performing/whatever product for more money instantly make you a consumer whore? You're going to have a tough time making this kind of an argument on hardware enthusiast forums, fyi. Explain.

Also unrelated to the quote, let me say that I'd like to see some solid support from ATI for high resolutions. The link jaydeejohn posted showed they were doing very well with AA at high res, but that was on Assassin's Creed which isn't the most demanding game out. The fact that they can push AA at 2560 is pretty impressive though, so I'm hoping that their 1GB mem 4870's handle crysis a lot better at 2560. If they're coming close to the GTX280 at lower resolutions, lets hope the additional memory helps.

Consumer whore meaning they buy things that maybe perform slightly better but not really what it's worth. The 280 performs 10%-20% better, where it costs 100% more than the 4870. A consumer whore will buy a product just to brag that they have the best performing product and because they have the money even though it's not really worth it.

 

[rangers]

i can admit when i make a c*nt of myself but im not the one with the 280 and looking at the 4870 benches and feeling cheated

 

[FrozenGpu]

This is a discussion between the 4870 CF and the Nvidia offerings, try reading the thread before you have an anneurism.

correction it was a discussion, until you turned it into trollfest '08...

 

[Oh Snap]

Consumer whore meaning they buy things that maybe perform slightly better but not really what it's worth. The 280 performs 10%-20% better, where it costs 100% more than the 4870. A consumer whore will buy a product just to brag that they have the best performing product and because they have the money even though it's not really worth it.

There's also the cost of PCIe slots, so in purchasing those 2 4870's you're actually limiting your performance in the future as with a GTX280 you'd still have another 1 (or 2, depending) slots open. You might not think it's worth the extra money based on your budget or how you value game performance to pay more for a 10-20% increase, while others find the the increase noticeable and worth every penny. Not really sure how that makes them a "whore," just sounds like you personally don't like people who have extra money to spend on **** they think is cool.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Allright everyone play nice.

closing thread for now.

Sad to do, but it's dead IMO.