It's 160 watt, 4870's wattage that is. Since x2 would probably be clocked lower, expect 300 watt. Four of those would be um... 1200 watt. Now we need 1500 watt psus, which doesn't exist yet (I've always wondered if 2 psu setups are possible). Maybe 4870x2 would be using a smaller fabrication, 45nm perhaps? That saves power. They're with AMD anyway so that should be possible . Let's dream on, lol.

just only solved the driver issue
so not yet on gaming

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Added on June 27, 2008, 8:19 pmdriver 8.7beta
no issue with crossfire..

taken fron at



dude also remember crysis having 1gb makes a difference

also for those who are keen on 1gb 4870..

its going to cost a lot
y??

ppl like me and others who had saphire hd2900xt 1gb vs 512 can attest to u
very few games make for that 1gb difference

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jun 27 2008, 08:21 PM

from the graph above, it seems crysis 4870 cf scaling is still not good, even 98gtx sli can give higher fps
now, we wait for ati to fix this in their upcoming driver

To tech_frix, amir89, ameque, zhinsara, leh teck and all Gainward fans here,

Thanks for your vote of confidence and kind words. It's great to know we made the right decision to bring back Gainward to Malaysia. Thanks guys.

Since we are here, hope to gather some feedbacks from you all, who wants stock 4870 and who's willing to wait for custom made extreme OC 4870 (our Gainward Golden Sample )?

Waiting time for Gainward custom made 4870, most likely early Aug.

Just shot your requests or PM us if you need any clarifications.

Salute!

hi guys... is there a software that can really measure our ocmputer power watt usage? at lease we dont have guess and calculate.... which is also mostly estimation..

you mean using a multimeter or a load meter at your socket? software i think not...afaik

i saw in cycom selling sapphire 4870 for RM1099

zhen wei selling rm930 ler?

thats the same this

hey i saw cycle and carriage is selling mercedes e280 etc etc for Rm440k..

and u replying

Ah fat.dot.com is selling RM410k...

hmmmm...

ps no offence to zhen-wei..



This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jun 27 2008, 09:51 PM

wat do u guys think bout the bottleneck issue for my proc running at 3.2GHz? is it high or low? do quad core gives lower bottleneck even at lower clockspeed as my current now?

opinions?

p.s - stop poisoning me!

game at higher reso
overclock ure ram more
and have more ram


This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jun 27 2008, 09:54 PM

but some still buy at cycle and carriage

plissss poisonin me more............

man, i guess 4850 or x2 4850 is alr enuff for me kot...

a question here, DDR4 in 3870 n DDR3 in 4850, wat's the diff? y 4850 better than 3870?

p.s - must resist poison.....

the architecture and clock speed.
bek to the old times where amd athlon + ddr1 is better than p4 + ddr2.

bro, ur comments were like the NST ads, 'u straight, dun belok2' lol, jk

elaborate more pls...

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Added on June 27, 2008, 10:04 pmarchitecture is a general thing to know but the clock speed for 4850 is actually lower than 3870, no?

This post has been edited by Sib: Jun 27 2008, 10:04 PM

if u want to take out ure cpu as a limiting factor u have to look at delivery
between the mem controller and gpu
and it has to be on a more steneous gaming requirement

hence clock mem more + game at higher reso.. or more aa/AF...

ic, instead of worrying too much on proc bottlenecking the gpu i should higher up the settings on memory/ram...

so meaning minimizing the bottleneck....

but still i see that many of u guys r quite happy bout the performance of 4850 compare to 3870, is it rly that good? in terms of gaming of course.

ok, thx bro for the explanation

finally
to solve heating prob
are by changging da heatsink
still waiting bro irenic
screen shot...
cause their accelero cooler r very bdgt n performance
good no compromise of it

price+performance=satisfaction

This post has been edited by Evil Oracle: Jun 27 2008, 10:17 PM

sorry not familiar with ATI already, but this 4850 is equal to what = for nvidia series ??

This post has been edited by rayfoo: Jun 27 2008, 10:16 PM