4870 review!!! Hope its real

http://translate.google.com/transl [...] h-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 [...] d-hd-4850/

I gotta say i am impressed, I'm just wondering how long will it take for the official launch of the 4870, and then of course the 4870x2.

I am also interested in the RV740, it is more powerful than the hd3870, and should make a price point of like 150-ish I'd have to assume, making it a killer mainstream card. even the 4670 and the 4650 seem like extremely powerful value cards, well based on what is rumored to be there GPU hardware make-up...

So I have to see where this is going, but so far, woodwork ati, now keep up the momentum is all, and AMD should be pimping you out al night long!

Someone posted elsewhere that a bios update is due on these cards, allowing for the fan control to work better. Also, that should drop the idle core speeds as well

Only issue might be the noise....6500 rpm fan ouch

Feel sure that review is legit and it really will be that quick

It seems to be real!
ATI done excellent work!

nvidia better drop the prices of the gtx200 series and soon. im hoping to step up from my 9800 gtx by end of july

OK, whos buying one of these? Or whos waiting for the R700?

8xAA is sooo doable, its like free at 4xAA

Problem there as it gets real tight on their profit margins. Almost a gig of memory, 512 bus, all those wires/connects, plus the yields on the die arent that great, plus its size. Lotsa uphill for nVidia from here on out

Detailed review, but results are scarely good - this casts a shade of doubt by itself High res with AA gets on the GTX280 heels for half a price? Give me one of those, better two

Great find!!! Thanks for the post.


Man that gets my blood pumping!!! I am glad I did not get a 280GTX.

Now to wait for launch, going to get me two of those to run my 22" 1600X1050 screen. Should run most games on fairly high if not max at really good FPS.

Only negatives are those power consumption numbers, not to mension the temps and noise. Might have to get a couple of after market coolers like the passive S1s from Arctic Cooling.

Do you guys think that a 750W Corsair will be enough to run two of these safely? I really dont want to go 1K, the prices are high and im already over budget.

"Official" release date? sorry too lazy to read through endless posts, and threads...

$AU399 for these babies, ouch.

http://pcmaniacs.com.au/pspy-p-4396.html

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.

Al Gore?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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