Originally posted by: btdvox
Originally posted by: airhendrix13
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: airhendrix13
Originally posted by: tvdang7
the 4870 does benifit from overclocking. the problem is all the sites have CCC cap and cant reach the full potential but most people are hiting like 825+ on the core using the amd overclock tool.
Do you have any benchmarks for that? I'd like to see how OCing affects the cards performance.
the CCC O/C only allows my 4870 to get to the "safe" 790/1100
it is about a +3% FPS improvement over stock [generally/roughly in a few games; maybe less - not impressive, but the core needs a higher OC to make a bigger difference]
i have RivaTuner that can OC further, but i haven't pushed the core yet; my temps - admittedly high to start with; only went up +2C at max CCC o/c.
So i have hope for more and i will let you know tonight how far she goes.
The reason i picked HD4870 was because i got it at launch and i want to play with Crossfire
X3 [by adding a 4870x2]
BTW,
the Sapphire box actually ENCOURAGES "max O/C'ing"
:Q
This helps confirm the rather small performance impact of OCing on the 4870, but like you said, perhaps you can push it further with RivaTuner. I'm surprised by the small temperature increase when OCing, what speed is your fan running at?
I look forward to seeing your OC results!
LOL
Seriously you need to stop trolling...
Being a complete Nvidia Fanboy- I will tell you that Nvidia has dropped the ball recently- the 8 Series was amazing but the 9 series sucked, and then they had the supposedly every laptop chip failed, Which i dont think is true. And then many 790i's had tons of issues.
Unfortunately Nvidia is now playing catchup to ATI and the new GT200 55nm is going to be Super Rushed and will have its own set of Problems...
Consumers who are smart.. Would be smart to avoid this all till nvidia cools down and comes out with a Complete Tested and stable product.
Now Before you flame me- You should know I own 3- 8800 ultras in tri sli.
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Also Physx was stupid before and its kind of stupid now, No games will really truly showcase it because Half the owners who have ATI wont use it- In fact many wont because of the FPS drop you get from it.
It is cool that they sent out the demos and stuff but if you play UT3 with the physx the glass shattering is really unrealistic...