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ATI eta May $499 4870x2 gddr5

post #1 of 21
4/24/08 at 2:51am
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When it will become available the 4870 X2 will hit the market for $499.

Our sources indicate that the launch is only weeks away, so expect your usual hardware sites to feature dozens of reviews of 4850 and 4870 with GDDR5 memory, since this memory type will be a hot topic in months to come.
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ATI’s RV770 will be rated at a fill rate of 20.8-27.2 GTexel/s (excluding X2 version), which is on the lower end of the GeForce 9 series (9600 GT: 20.8; 9800 GTX: 43.2 9800 GX2: 76.8).
Interesting read, lots of headroom for overclocking

TomsHardware
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post #2 of 21
4/24/08 at 7:51am
ZX81 - Remember...no sigs.
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post #3 of 21
4/24/08 at 9:30am
weeks away eh?
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post #4 of 21
4/24/08 at 10:03am
Reviews should start leaking pretty soon. I know GBQ is all over this.
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post #5 of 21
4/24/08 at 12:15pm
I'm freaking out man!

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Flagship dual-GPU 4870 X2 cards will include 2048 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.73 GHz. The Radeon HD 4870 X2 will be introduced at a later date (and could see spec revisions).
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post #6 of 21
4/24/08 at 12:42pm
holy crap.... 2gb of ram!?!
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post #7 of 21
4/24/08 at 5:13pm
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that posting sig thing is a pain imo, its not as if it takes up loads of space
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post #8 of 21
4/24/08 at 9:15pm
you have to check off one thing and post. pretty simple and makes the news posing look better... imo

can't wait for the 4870x2's

now ek needs to get on designing a waterblock for them.
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post #9 of 21
4/24/08 at 9:19pm
ZX81 your sig breaks the forums post boxes for me. So check the box. Intresting but way out of my price range.
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post #10 of 21
4/24/08 at 10:21pm
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Originally Posted by ZX81 View Post
that posting sig thing is a pain imo, its not as if it takes up loads of space
The news-posting rules are there for a reason. News posts are now featured on the NBF home page. It can really jack up the home page if you don't format properly.
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post #11 of 21
4/24/08 at 11:51pm
i want a 1gb bit interface. 256 bit sux. nvidia once had a 512bit interface and i figured with pci-xpress 2.0 it would just keep rising...
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post #12 of 21
4/25/08 at 1:45am
gddr5 doesn't need a higher memory bus though. amd knows what they're doing.
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post #13 of 21
4/25/08 at 12:37pm
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ahh, ok minimised it too

I'm stubbornly on the old style. I don't like the new style - too bright
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post #14 of 21
4/29/08 at 8:12am
OK - Been reading that they [ATI] will start releasing some of the new GPUs on 1 May. Can anyone confirm?
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post #15 of 21
4/30/08 at 7:13am
So how much better is the 4870x2 going to be than the 3870x2 ?
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post #16 of 21
4/30/08 at 1:03pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
So how much better is the 4870x2 going to be than the 3870x2 ?
Alot. This is just the 4870, just imagine what the X2 will do.



Guru3D
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post #17 of 21
4/30/08 at 2:30pm
oh I gotta get me two of those babies
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post #18 of 21
4/30/08 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
oh I gotta get me two of those babies
You and me both man.

I can't wait for the X2's
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post #19 of 21
4/30/08 at 2:41pm
End of May for the X2?
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post #20 of 21
5/1/08 at 12:15am
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Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ™ View Post
Alot. This is just the 4870, just imagine what the X2 will do.


Guru3D
drool...
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