Palit Creates Monstrous Radeon HD 4870 X2: The Revolution R700

mdm-adph · Nov 4, 2008

I think it's absolutely beautiful. :laugh:

kid41212003 · Nov 4, 2008

Wow, 2GB?
2x2GB? 1GBx2? I love these marketing method.

mdm-adph · Nov 4, 2008

kid41212003 said:
Wow, 2GB?
2x2GB? 1GBx2? I love these marketing method.

I'm still waiting for someone to make a technically 4GB 4850X2 (2GB x 2) card. :laugh:

aCid888* · Nov 4, 2008

CyberDruid said:
Again just my opinion but oneof the features I find most valuable about the HD cards is they play in HD

The sound comes through the HDMI ...unlike Nvidia cards...where you you have to set up something (usually cumbersome) to get the sound to your TV and then it's still not HDCP...

The HD ATI cards offer a single cable solution for running a modern LCD TV. I'm driving my 52" Sammie with a single cable and get decent sound even for music from the PC.

My 9800GTX+ offers HDMI Audio by having an audio input in the side of the card under a rubber cap, even comes with the cable needed to make it work and DVI-to-HDMI adapter

insider · Nov 4, 2008

That card is made for modding, remove the plastic cover and cheap fans, strap on 2x 80mm high CFM fans then volt mod the GPU/MEM for some serious performance bump, enthusiast performance card of the year we have a winner...

SK-1 · Nov 4, 2008

I thought Dave said he was going to give every TPU member, with 4+ years on TPU, a new Graphics Card??

jbunch07 · Nov 4, 2008

Possibly the best looking 4870X2 I've ever seen! I'm drooling over here! I want one so bad! Cant wait to see the review!

btarunr · Nov 4, 2008

mdm-adph said:
I'm still waiting for someone to make a technically 4GB 4850X2 (2GB x 2) card.

You need 2Gb GDDR3 chips, which I doubt exist.

mdm-adph · Nov 4, 2008

btarunr said:
You need 2Gb GDDR3 chips, which I doubt exist.

You couldn't just cram two of these together? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131127

Even with needing to put memory on the back, would it be that much different from the 3870X2's?

btarunr · Nov 4, 2008

I meant 2Gb, not GB. 2 Gb = 256 MB. An R700 PCB takes 16 connections, so 256 x 16 = 4096 MB.

In that PowerColor card, every two 1Gb chips share a connection. There's no room left on an already overcrowded R700 PCB, for two 1Gb chips to share a connection.

mdm-adph · Nov 4, 2008

btarunr said:
I meant 2Gb, not GB. 2 Gb = 256 MB. An R700 PCB takes 16 connections, so 256 x 16 = 4096 MB.

In that PowerColor card, every two 1Gb chips share a connection, so there's no room left on an already overcrowded R700 PCB.

So, dual-PCB like a 9800GX2, then?

btarunr · Nov 4, 2008

mdm-adph said:
So, dual-PCB like a 9800GX2, then?

Given the market these days, I don't think any AIB would dare do that. It's suicidal in terms of mfg costs.

Also that, it's not just two boards with a GPU and its memory each, the GPUs aren't just connected to the bridge chip and to eachother using the crossfire connection, but also the extra bit of wiring Sideport brings in. NVIDIA made it look very easy, with the NF200 suppying a PCI-E connection, and the SLI connection.

insider · Nov 4, 2008

Dual PCB would completely kill the value factor relative to nVidia's offering.

mdm-adph · Nov 4, 2008

btarunr said:
Given the market these days, I don't think any AIB would dare do that. It's suicidal in terms of mfg costs.

The said the same thing about the Spruce Goose. All we need now is a Howard Hughes character to direct AMD's R&D.

btarunr · Nov 4, 2008

Howard was lucky. The people behind the drawing boards shared the same passion he had to nutkick Pan, more importantly, they were skilled to do so.

DonInKansas · Nov 4, 2008

Pretty friggin' sweet looking.

Paging Palit_Guy for a TPU giveaway bonanza! :roll:

mdm-adph · Nov 4, 2008

btarunr said:
Howard was lucky. The people behind the drawing boards shared the same passion he had to nutkick Pan, more importantly, they were skilled to do so.

Au contraire -- none of us can be completely sure that the people running AMD are entirely sane, either.

Jeffredo · Nov 4, 2008

I still have use of those other slots - a dual slot GPU is a much space as I'm going to give to one.

WarEagleAU · Nov 4, 2008

hell yes, thats what Im talking about. Iwonder if Palit_guy can give us some more insight or benchmarks or something..

imperialreign · Nov 4, 2008

why 3 slots?

all the better to eat the competition, my dear.

damn, that has got to be one of the beefiest, mean & nasty looking cards I've seen in a while.

Nice also to see Palit stepping up to the ATI line as well. I'm so tempted right now to scalp my two 4870s and two 3870s for two of these beasts . . .

Duffman · Nov 4, 2008

dang nabbit, this is the card i was waiting for...until that Sapphire 4850x2...deciding....hurting...brain...aargh

erocker · Nov 4, 2008

This IS my next card. I don't care if it takes up four slots, it would be insanity to run two in crossfire.

Kreij · Nov 4, 2008

Sure .... I buy a Palit X2 a little while ago and now they come out with this.

Oh well, I am really pleased with my X2. Smooth as silk at 2560 :toast:

Polarman · Nov 4, 2008

Wow! Triple Decker GFX Godlyness!

Duffman · Nov 4, 2008

anyone know what retail is gonna be for this?

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