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Radeon HD4870 X2 Readies for Release

your are very correct

farlex85 said:
It doesn't take attention away from the 4870, they are in completely different price brackets. The 4870x2 is made to compete w/ the gtx 280, the 4870 is made to compete w/ the gtx 260/gx2. At least that's the closest you could come. However, ignore price, the 4870>gtx 260 and 4870x2>gtx 280. Then, if you put price in there, there really isn't any competition except for foolish purchases. Price/performance is not a cliche, it is capitalism and what every good product excels in.

And I'll be waiting for that gx2. How they could possibly fit 2 gt200s on one pcb or two gtx 280s together and make it work would be a true feat. 2gb of vram? I don't see it happening anytime soon.
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very good point there!
 
Some reports suggest this card features a total of 2 GB GDDR5 memory. Maybe AMD wasn't 'MAD' in saying this card will overwhelm the GTX 280.
 
Its great to see some competition again :) ...... even better that ATI might just be kikin ass again too !! Got my £500 in the bank, just hope someone gets stock of these 2gb monstaz this month.
 
i just can't believe there will be PhysX support for the cards...
 
btarunr said:
Some reports suggest this card features a total of 2 GB GDDR5 memory. Maybe AMD wasn't 'MAD' in saying this card will overwhelm the GTX 280.
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2GB seems a bit overkill for all the games out right now. Maybe when Alan Wake comes out it won't be, but I would rather have a card with 1GB and faster clocks than 2GB ATM.
 
You're forgetting, 2GB = 2x 1GB, in other words, the total graphics memory effectively is 1GB. How? Textures, shader, mesh, and other data are mirrored across both memory arrays. So the GPUs could do AFR (alternate frame rendering). To render alternate frames or even tile, both GPUs need to be served with the same data. So, if you think 1GB for HD4870 is ok, 2GB HD4870 X2 isn't really overkill. The RV770 can make use of 1GB, unlike MSI coming up with a 2GB GeForce 9600 GT.
 
yeah its probably gonna be 2 pcb's attached via some special internal crossfire interface, so the clocks will still be that superfast GDDR5
 
mab1376 said:
yeah its probably gonna be 2 pcb's attached via some special internal crossfire interface, so the clocks will still be that superfast GDDR5
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We already know the design will still be the 2 GPUs on one pcb. If it is 2GB of memory, it'll just use 1 gbit memory chips instead of 512 mbit.
 
Haz197 said:
Its great to see some competition again :) ...... even better that ATI might just be kikin ass again too !! Got my £500 in the bank, just hope someone gets stock of these 2gb monstaz this month.
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£500 :eek: . I hope its not that much. It should be about £300 here in the UK based on $500 + VAT. If I can get it for that :D . Cant wait.

I wonder when retailers will start taking pre-orders?
 
199 = 4850
299 = 4870
399 = 4850 X2
499 = 4870 X2

i asume :P
 
alexp999 said:
£500 :eek: . I hope its not that much. It should be about £300 here in the UK based on $500 + VAT. If I can get it for that :D . Cant wait.

I wonder when retailers will start taking pre-orders?
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hehehe, yeah, probably overkill on the cash like, but, I'm sure I can find something else to spend the rest on ...... nice new x48 cf board for me !!

Let's just hope those pre-orders come sooner rather than l8r !!
 
guys the card will 2 gb and amd owns ati you guys should know that allready
 
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