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eklipz330   12-14-2008 at 01:23:50 AM

Well it looks like they finally released the 1gb edition on Newegg, and just look at the price!

Even the 2gb edition is really cheap!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 04850%20X2

Why the price drop? Makes you think... They also look identical...

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Hyde   12-22-2008 at 11:29:26 PM
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Yeah, i'm going to buy the 1gb version :sol:

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emp   12-22-2008 at 11:43:11 PM
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It's been available for a while... But if you ask me, that card is powerful enough to justify the 2GB of Memory. Your call, but i think it's worth the extra $20-30.

And the reason was most likely to rape the GTX 280 (currently at $315 after rebate).

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spearhead   03-01-2009 at 12:34:49 AM
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i wonder what noise it makes and if the drivers are ok right now can anyone give me some advice. im considering this over radeon 4870 for a either a core i7 or phenom II build

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Homeboy2   03-01-2009 at 01:36:03 AM
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they're cheap because of driver issues, sales must be really bad.

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Anonymous   03-04-2009 at 01:02:53 AM
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the driver issue is a problem only the manufacturer drivers on the disk work,
If you try to put any other driver BSOD and ati installer wont even recognize the card
I am runnining 64bit vista ultimate with 2 of these in crossfire
I do have random restarts due to driver issues and heat but im fixing the heat with some water cooling and a diff power supply that the fan blows out the top of my tower instead of down to the motherboard
when the i am gaming mostly COD4 and WOW it looks beautiful
the random restarts are a bit annoying but im sure this will get fixed with a firmware flash on the card or motherboard ect
my opinion 4gb of video memory cant beat it i can play wow on one screen and cod4 on the other same time windowed lol

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mikeny   03-05-2009 at 02:21:01 AM
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I was thinking of getting a GTX285 and buying another to go SLI instead of getting a 4870 for my i7 build. But key word is: thinking. I'm still undecided.

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Anonymous   03-05-2009 at 11:34:33 PM
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i have seen some comparisons to each and the 4870 is slightly better stats to the gtx285 and if you end up with a 4870x2 then its alot better stats. i only had one 4850x2 online at the time had to RMA the other due to non function will test it next week with benchmark and post stats with both cards online and functioning

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mikeny   03-06-2009 at 02:46:01 AM
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has the scaling issues gotten better concerning the x2's?

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