PCIe 1.1 and 2.0 differ not much,

but if you want to go for the best, go for 2.0

how many runs did you do? its better to get an average because you can get fluctuations.

Glad that someone asked the difference between PCIe 1.1 vs. PCIe 2.0. Since there's not much performance gained, then it won't make much sense to upgrade my mobo

We managed to get more details about the upcoming Powercolor HD 4870 PCS card, the same one that was pictured recently. According to our sources, this card will be available in two versions, the 512MB and the 1GB version and both of the cards will be cooled by Powercolor's PCS cooling. We managed to confirm that the GPU will be overclocked to 800MHz.

The cooler itself is custom made by Zerotherm and it comes with dual S-shape 6mm diameter heatpipes which are connected to no less than 94 aluminum fins. The heatsink is cooled by a 2 ball bearing 8 cm fan. As we wrote before, this should reduce the cards temperature up to 20°C when compared to the reference cooling.

Another interesting detail is the card's phase power design, as Powercolor decided to change some things there as well. As you may know, the reference HD 4870 comes with 3-phase core and 2-phase memory power design. According to our sources, the new Powercolor HD 4870 PCS will use 4-phase core and 2-phase memory power design.

WAOMG..... you think can get that thing here within two weeks ar? Hahahahaha

better buy now, there's no point in waiting
btw i just ordered another 4850, cant wait to test 4850 cf performance 

nothing change, same shit..
HD4870 Crossfire Watercooled. Enjoy ~

If wan stress/test stability i think ATi tools enough?Or need some gaming too?

is there a plugin or something to fake the 3dmark result .. just wondering..

y not? 4870 got better dual slot cooler le..

In that case it's better off getting a 3rd party cooler . But i've seen coolice 4850 overclocking the result not impressive. Max. OC only gains 1-2FPS in Crysis

The fan as loud as hand dryer zzzz, 50% still can stand. Borrow us u Q9450 i wanna test .

how about max oc on crysis at least 1680x1050 ? 

for me.. gameplay result better than benchmarks

It'd be nice if you could test 4850 in a naked environment