Radeon HD 4870 X2: Four Cards Compared
Software Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
Sapphire seems to know how to improve the list of accessories and still offer the best price. The DVD Suite from Cyberlink is great for enabling a large variety of useful burning, printing, video, and picture programs. On the DVD you can see the list of software provided, though some programs are only trial versions.
On the Ruby ROM you can find wallpapers, screen savers, demos, and games such as Call of Juarez, Dungeon Runners and some advertisement for Stranglehold (John Woo). When looking at the DVD contents list, you’ll see that the games are only demo versions.
The graphics driver Sapphire gives you includes AVIVO and Hydravision for multi-monitor use. The software list ends with the DirectX 10 benchmark 3DMark Vantage Advanced Edition, and the software player Power DVD Version 7, which can play both DVD and HD videos.
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Not only do we have four super-fast Radeon HD 4870 X2s to test, but also a list of 31 other graphics configurations including CrossFire and SLI setups. If you're in the market for AMD's fastest card available, you'll want to see this.Reply
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neiroatopelcc "Because of accessories and price, Sapphire is our best-buy recommendation."Reply
One slight warning about sapphire though. If you have problems, don't expect their support team to help you before you've solved the problem yourself!
I made a ticket regarding some issues with my 4870 on august 7th, and received a reply on the 26th of september! That's 46 days to address an error they simply stated would go away with a bios upgrade from their homepage!
As for the article, I actually liked the detailed driver errors they encountered. Not that I liked the errors themselves, but I liked them being explained. Usually you just read 'after spending some hours resolving driver errors ....' without getting any wiser. -
Pei-chen Wow, AMD cards consume power like a Detroit SUV. I like Nvidia GTX 2xx series’ Toyota Prius like efficiency at idle.Reply -
ilovebarny Why didnt they use the GTX260 Core 216? its like way better than the regular GTX260. And i just read yesterday that Nvidia was only going to make GTX260 Core 216 now. http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10497&Itemid=1Reply -
enforcer22 Pei-chenWow, AMD cards consume power like a Detroit SUV. I like Nvidia GTX 2xx series’ Toyota Prius like efficiency at idle.Reply
Hmm your right. Power house vs crippled mouse.. yeah your analagy sucked im sure mine did to but all i saw from what you typed was i like weak stuff dont give me more power. -
bdollar seems to me if you are going to be comparing the highest end cards and even crossfire them for 4x you would have the highest resolution as one of the options. i would think people considering going x2 in crossfire would consider a 30" screen.Reply
don't get me wrong, i liked the article but would have liked to have seen the resolution spectrum hit the top. -
It's nice to see the 9800GX2 included in the tests. I was considering the 4870x2 due to all the rave reviews but they never had the comparison like this against my current 9800GX2. I won't be getting new card anytime soon it seems. Thanks.Reply