ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series specs

[Aberforth]

I hope this hasn't already been posted

From: http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?58606

ATI Radeon HD 4850 - 650MHz/850MHz/1140MHz core/shader/memory clock speeds, 20.8 GTexel/s (32 TMU x 0.65 GHz) fill-rate, available in 256MB/512MB of GDDR3 memory or 512MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.73GHz

ATI Radeon HD 4870 - 850MHz/1050MHz/1940MHz core/shader/memory clock speeds, 27.2 GTexel/s (32 TMU x 0.85 GHz) fill-rate, available in 1GB GDDR5 version only

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 - unknown core/shader clock speeds, available with 2048MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1730MHz

HD 4870X2 has 2048 MB VRam, kinda mad don't you think? Anyway, I seriously hope it pwns that gx2 crap.



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[Jax Omen]

it's been already posted, and it's only a couple topics below this.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: Jax Omen
it's been already posted, and it's only a couple topics below this.

then mod can do the honors.

 

[Ryl3x]

"I seriously hope it pwns that gx2 crap"



You have something against this card?

 

[Jax Omen]

Lots of people have issues with SLI-on-a-card being touted as a high-end solution.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: Ryl3x
"I seriously hope it pwns that gx2 crap"


You have something against this card?

You read my mind, as a matter of fact I do. I feel that it has a very short life span, too expensive for the price tag, performance suppression due to SLI and limited features and research incorporated by slackers at nv.

 

[Jakeisbest]

SLI on a card is the way of the future and here to stay. I know alot of people were burned by early offerings but the performance gains are getting better. I think that most high end graphics solutions in the future will be of the GX2 design.

 

[bryanW1995]

amd has already publicly stated that their future high-end is going to be multi-gpu on one card. nvidia has NOT said this yet, but it does seem more likely as time goes on that they will jump on this particular bandwagon

 

[Bateluer]

The drivers for both Crossfire and SLI have definitely gone through a lot of growing pains, but they've definitely improved a lot since their initial releases.

Most people will still loathe buying a multi-GPU solution though, myself included. I would much rather have a single card solution, less hassle.

And to my knowledge, neither Crossfire nor SLI work in Linux. Well, I know Crossfire does not, but I am not certain about SLI.

 

[nanaki333]

i don't have any complaints with my GX2. i like it a lot better than my X2 actually. the X2 would randomly crash to a black screen during gameplay.

 

[Rusin]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
amd has already publicly stated that their future high-end is going to be multi-gpu on one card. nvidia has NOT said this yet, but it does seem more likely as time goes on that they will jump on this particular bandwagon

Well Nvidia said at March that they don't see multi-GPU's as future for them..and they will continue to cherish more these single GPU-solutions..using dual GPU-cards only when it's absolutely necessary.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The Carmack interview posted here a few weeks ago pointed out that SLI / crossfire performance for recent games depends on drivers interfering with the normal rendering pipeline:

"CARMACK: It?s probably making it even harder for the PC card guys because as developers get more sophisticated with the low level access we get on the consoles, the rendering engines are become harder to kind of, behind our backs, automatically split across multiple GPUs. We are doing more sophisticated things on the single GPU - there is a lot more data transfer going back and forth, updated states that have to be replicated across multiple GPUs, dependent sections of the screen doing different things. It?s still possible buts it?s kind of a hairy job and I definitely don?t envy those driver writers or their task at all. "

Carmack

 

[Wreckage]

This does not look like it will topple the 8800ultra.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Wreckage
This does not look like it will topple the 8800ultra.

Well, since the 3870X2 toppled the 8800 Ultra, we can reasonably assume that the 4870X2 will spank the 8800U like a small dog. The question is, how will it fair against the GT200 line up.

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Wreckage
This does not look like it will topple the 8800ultra.

Well, since the 3870X2 toppled the 8800 Ultra, we can reasonably assume that the 4870X2 will spank the 8800U like a small dog. The question is, how will it fair against the GT200 line up.

Well I was talking single GPU as the GX2 spanks the 3870 like a small monkey.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Wreckage
This does not look like it will topple the 8800ultra.

I'd be willing to bet money that it will.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Wreckage

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Wreckage
This does not look like it will topple the 8800ultra.

Well, since the 3870X2 toppled the 8800 Ultra, we can reasonably assume that the 4870X2 will spank the 8800U like a small dog. The question is, how will it fair against the GT200 line up.

Well I was talking single GPU as the GX2 spanks the 3870 like a small monkey.

Except the 9800GX2 is a dual GPU solution.

 

[rrm]

So the 4870X2 will be better than the 9800GX2? it has a lot of RAM

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: Wreckage

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Wreckage
This does not look like it will topple the 8800ultra.

Well, since the 3870X2 toppled the 8800 Ultra, we can reasonably assume that the 4870X2 will spank the 8800U like a small dog. The question is, how will it fair against the GT200 line up.

Well I was talking single GPU as the GX2 spanks the 3870 like a small monkey.

Even single GPU it will topple the Ultra.

Dual GPU/X2 it won't even be close.

Single GPU performance matters less and less each day... next-gen cards are going to be multi-GPU. Whether or not nVidia is giving single-GPU as the high-end one last hurrah with GT200 is irrelevant.

 

[Janooo]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
...

Even single GPU it will topple the Ultra.

Dual GPU/X2 it won't even be close.

Single GPU performance matters less and less each day... next-gen cards are going to be multi-GPU. Whether or not nVidia is giving single-GPU as the high-end one last hurrah with GT200 is irrelevant.

There is a talk that 4870X2 will be more than just a crossfire. Time will tell.