ATI HD 4000 series

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http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=277696

4870/4850 3DMark06 Comparisons.

As well my cousin in Hong Kong has the 4850 for $1750 HKD. Which is about $230 CAD.

http://my.ocworkbench.com/2008/amd/PowerCo...eview-intro.htm

More pre-launch benchmarks.

[Menge]

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=579&a...xpert&pid=1

another quick review.

looks on par with the 9800GTX but cheaper.

i was kinda wishing it'd go up to GTX 260 levels

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Nah, I don't think that's going to be reasonable considering how well they are priced now in comparison to the cards available on the market today.

[HostileGamer]

LoL you guys are funny!

Heres a lil somthing for ya's ;)

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4850

It was released early and is out today!

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Whoa! It's $199 and it offers performance above the 8800GTX and below the HD 3870X2. ATi has done it again. They've finally released another "9700 Pro".

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

The 4870 is out July too, check this out: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_ra...orce_9800_gtx+/

Just look at those specs, the mem speed alone is faster than most peoples overclocked processors. Imagine the bandwidth!

[ironsight2000]

The 4870 is out July too, check this out: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_ra...orce_9800_gtx+/

Just look at those specs, the mem speed alone is faster than most peoples overclocked processors. Imagine the bandwidth!

could a PCI-e 16X handle the bandwith as i think the 4870 is pcie2.0

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

the difference between pcie slots is minimal between 8x/16x - the rated BW on the 4870 non X2 is 116GB/sec too IIRC so indeed! it just has a lot of headway and optimisations!

[obiwong]

some 4850 Crossfire benchmarks

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=566786

[edit]

4850's available to order @ ncix.com

$210 Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...acture=SAPPHIRE

Edited June 20, 2008 by Obi Wong

[ViperAFK]

More crossfire benches:

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http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3338

Anandtech reveiws the 4850. The 4850 seems to be neck and neck with the 9800GTX. Definitely good news for AMD, although nVidia just announced the 9800GTX+

[Andre S. Veteran]

More crossfire benches:

I LOLed. :laugh:

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

The HD 4870 X2 should be out in mid-August. It'll feature 2GB of GDDR5 memory. It's also expected to cost $499 USD. Keep in mind that the GTX 280 costs $649 and it only features 1GB of GDDR3 memory. ATi has done it again. Finally!

[zerologic]

I only have the PCIE 1.1 or something. Will a PCIE 2.0 card work for me?

Looking very seriously at buying ATI and replacing my 8800GTS :happy:

[Digitalx]

that's good, now if only they'd revise the 4850 cooling and then the range would be perfect.

PCI-e are both compatible with each other and 2.0 doesn't offer any benefits as of yet as long as they both run at x16.

[ViperAFK]

I only have the PCIE 1.1 or something. Will a PCIE 2.0 card work for me?

Looking very seriously at buying ATI and replacing my 8800GTS :happy:

Yeah it will work fine, PCIE 2.0 is backwards compatible.

[seethru]

that's good, now if only they'd revise the 4850 cooling and then the range would be perfect.

PCI-e are both compatible with each other and 2.0 doesn't offer any benefits as of yet as long as they both run at x16.

There's instructions floating around online on how to increase the fan speed using the built in Overdrive feature and a quick XML edit. My card now sits idle at 60 celsius using 65% fan speed as opposed to the 32% it shipped at.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I read here that the prices dropped for the GTX 260/280. ATI should drop their prices slightly to counter it.

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I think they're still in pretty good shape even if they don't counter this price drop actually.

[ObiWanToby]

I firmly believe ATI's image quality is better on the desktop, my Vista wallpaper doesn't seem as, rigid, the colors blend more. Plus the 4870 plays everything I want on maxed out settings at 1680x1050. This includes Crysis with no AA (Very High). I'm happy with ATI, I think people probably should go the ATI route still, after all Nvidia did cause 30% of the Vista crashes....