I didn't see any improvement 1.) Single 4850 512meg 2.) Single 4870 512meg 3.) Single 4870 1Gig 4.) Crossfire 4870 1Gig 5.) Single 4870 x2. (Thought crossfiring was the problem) 6.) Crossfired 4870x2. My frame rates are always roughly...

charts says other wise)! That's because you upped the fan speed. 4870 runs hot. It's a fact of life. wow dagger mr NVIDIA fan boi. Just manual set ur 4870 to 30 %. U can barely hear the fan at that speed and it keepts the card cool at 58 C Don't use Smartdoctor...

I feel like I am taking crazy pills... RE: 4850/4870. I just don't get it. The Radeon 4850 and 4870 get glowing reviews, yet I read tons of posts where people are having issues in a lot of games. Crashing instability and whatnot. ATI still does not have...

with high/maxed-out settings and at 2x - 4x AA. Anyone got any links or experiences with the 512MB 4870 at these settings? Also, once 4870 prices go down next year I'm considering buying a 1GB 4870 and running them in CrossFire. Again, good idea at 1680 x 1050?....

512mb high performance or 1gb stock HD 4870. I have a feeling this question will turn up a lot of different views... ow well here we go, Im getting a HD 4870 and i have 2 in mind, the problem is that one has 512mb DDR5 memory but higher clock speeds ( ) and...

maxed with 4xAA... with the standard 8.10's I was getting fps in the 20's now it never drops below 40 with the hotfix. So wait for the 8.11's and if that doesn't help get a 4870. What settings were you at and what kind of framerate were you getting with...

if you leave the stock settings on the card but if you tend to overclock expect alot of sound. Get a better after market cooler for the 4870 and you are set. hmmm, how would it be with 2 4850 in crossfire? ^It should be better than 4870 but do you have the...

crisis in res 1024x768 with no aa. So I didn’t recognize the radeon’s habit when using AA in crisis. The problem come when I turned my GPU into a 4870, then set res to 1650x1050 with AA.i really could’t see any improvement when activating AA compared...