First ATI Radeon HD 4870 and HD 4850 Pictures Emerge

[Gam'ster]

Hmm.... nice im going to buy one...

Gam

[WarEagleAU]

I just spooged all over the place, so please excuse me for a moment.


Those are awesome. Ive always loved ATIs reference single slot coolers, well really, since the 3850 came out (maybe a tad before then). Ive got to get me a 4870 now and the price increase is only about 120 bucks more (give or take 20 bucks) than what I paid for my 3870.

[magibeg]

oh man, those look so awesome. Now i'm going to have to save my money and buy one (possibly 2) of those.

[ShadowFold]

Time to start saving for a 4850 I loved my 3850, beast of a budget card(tho it was 210$ when I bought it).

[Azazel]

looks like ATI are gonna have a good couple years to come

[freaksavior]

but when can i pre-order it! /?

[crow1001]

Err they like look every other ATI GFX card thats been releases recently so i don't know how they look so awesome. And if according to this article below, they may have a job beating an 9800GTX. If true, good job ATI..

According to a roadmap we've seen, the RV770XT, the card that ATI might brand as the Radeon HD 4870 512MB will be position to fight the Geforce 9800GTX 512MB.

The RV770XT should be as fast as a non-overclocked version of the Geforce 9800GTX 512MB or around that speed. This means that the RV770XT might be a bit faster or a bit slower than this Nvidia offering.

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=7511&Itemid=1

[zaqwsx]

Originally Posted by DrPepper

Only 6 why don't you use molex to 6 pin converters.

I have 3 6pin and 3 8pin. So 2 for each card and i can only put 3 cards. Thats what i ment.

Edit: I read it wrong. Know that I think of it I could.

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

everybody who's screaming about power usage ... i dont think its that bad.

[magibeg]

Originally Posted by crow1001

Err they like look every other ATI GFX card thats been releases recently so i don't know how they look so awesome. And if according to this article below, they may have a job beating an 9800GTX. If true, good job ATI..



http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=7511&Itemid=1

If thats true than ATI must have the most horribly optimized card in history. Double the stream processors and clocked higher with faster memory and more TMU's and yet only slightly faster than it already is? i hope not :P

[Nitro-Max]

i wonder how the 4870 will compare to the 3870x2 ?

I might have to sell mine off and get one of them babys

[ISMurphy]

Originally Posted by erocker

Doesn't look nearly as cool as two 4870's. I'm a very feeble man... Plus, I don't want to wait the extra month. I want to max everything out on AOC now!

i do that now with my 2 3870's

make sure to check out the AoC clubhouse post, and the site in my sig for some pwning fun.

[Megasty]

Originally Posted by crow1001

Err they like look every other ATI GFX card thats been releases recently so i don't know how they look so awesome. And if according to this article below, they may have a job beating an 9800GTX. If true, good job ATI..



http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=7511&Itemid=1

I think fudzilla goofed up in one way or another. The 4850 should be $229 but on paper should also be faster than the 9800 GTX. Comparing it to the stuff that's already out, the 3850x2 slightly beats the 9800 GTX while the 3870x2 kills it. The 4870 should match or be faster than 3870x2. Everything depends on what nVidia does with the 280 & 260 GTX. It might turn out to be a closer fight then we thought

[PVTCaboose1337]

I mean overall not a bad looking card. The single slot one is ok. I wish they would try to make the cooler look better like nvidia... I love NVIDIA coolers.

[ShinyG]

I hope this time it will be a close fight instead of the usual "ladder" hierarchy we have now, where each card is 10-15% faster and more expesive than the previous one and no two cards compete from ATi and nVidia compete in the same price segment! Both manufacturers are avoiding competition as much as they can...
I want a full-out war, head to head! Imagine how low the prices would go...
Eeeh, just dreaming

[newtekie1]

I couldn't care less about how they look, they don't look that much different than any other card, I want to know performance and price, then I will care.

[Morgoth]

hell yea good price and looking cant wait for 2x hd4870x2 end 2008 ^^

Originally Posted by Azazel

sweetness and price is amazing

ya , so i think ati gets more cards sold this summer. i personally am saving up for these, cant to much higher up to nvidia offerings , thats a lot of money.

[philbrown23]

soooo you will need 2 6pin pci-e connectors? this 4870 better kick some balls

[Winterwind]

RV770 should be much faster than RV670.
not because of more shaders or faster ram but because of more ROP-s.
latest ATi cards all had 16 ROP-s and it wasnt enough.
RV770 has(atleast they say so) 32 ROP-s.
That was ATi-s weakest link til now.

So, i would say RV770 will be faster than HD3870 X2.
Atleast it will have much more raw power than X2

And that ~160w TDP(HD4870) shouldnt be something to worry about.
BTW, idle TDP will be much lower than RV670

[Megasty]

Originally Posted by ShinyG

I hope this time it will be a close fight instead of the usual "ladder" hierarchy we have now, where each card is 10-15% faster and more expesive than the previous one and no two cards compete from ATi and nVidia compete in the same price segment! Both manufacturers are avoiding competition as much as they can...
I want a full-out war, head to head! Imagine how low the prices would go...
Eeeh, just dreaming

That would be a NWO The last batch of garbage just didn't make any since from nVidia's side. The G92 8800gs-gt-gts & 9800 gtx just didn't hold any water at all. All the cards were 5-15% better than the last & had huge price jumps - especially between the 8800gts & 9800gtx. On top of that, there's the placeholder 9800gx2 which came about & died 3 months later just to beat the 3870x2. That's irritation rather than competition

On the other side was ATi who were just holding their heads above water with 38xx series after the 8800 series ate them for breakfast.

I want equal competition more than anything. That would save us from the pain of seeing nVidia release $600-800 clunkers that don't go 0-60 in 10 seconds or efficiently do my laundry

[snuif09]

maybe the second 6 pin connector is for oc'ing.

[choppy]

Originally Posted by Squirrely

Wow, the 4850 looks sweet. From what I heard, its supposed to be 125% faster than the 8800gt?

lol, whoever told you that must have pulled your pants down afterwards!

[jbunch07]

125% faster than an 88gt...

haha very unlikely maybe more like 10-25


but these cards do look damn sexy!
i like the red and black.

[flashstar]

10-25%???

It's crazy how nearly everyone is counting ATI out before the fighting has even begun. Again, with 1008 Gflops of power versus 930 Gflops for Nvidia's offering, the R770 should be at least on par with the 280 GTX even assuming that games are optimized for Nvidia.