how are the 4870x2's doing?

Mekks · 11-18-08, 10:56 PM

well im going to sell my 4870 and upgrade along with a new monitor. only two upgrade options i see are the 4870x2 or 280gtx.

im kinda scared of the x2 how is driver support doing?

ziggo0 · 11-18-08, 11:04 PM

My buddy has been playing everything from the Source Engine (DoDS/L4D), to CoD4/5, to Fallout 3 // etc just fine with 8.11 (latest).

mastrdrver · 11-18-08, 11:21 PM

I would recommend taking a hard look at your psu. According to GPU-Z, anything past the stock settings draw 50 amps or more on my HIS 4870x2. Both GPUs run all out at the settings I have when playing COD4. If I try to oc any of the stock speeds, I get texture flicking real bad and real big ones. It maybe the 8.10 drivers and the issues they've had. Still, the Antec I got was on ATI's certified list. I wish I would have gone with something bigger now, but I was extremely tight on money when I got it a week ago.

Mekks · 11-18-08, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mastrdrver

I would recommend taking a hard look at your psu. According to GPU-Z, anything past the stock settings draw 50 amps or more on my HIS 4870x2. Both GPUs run all out at the settings I have when playing COD4. If I try to oc any of the stock speeds, I get texture flicking real bad and real big ones. It maybe the 8.10 drivers and the issues they've had. Still, the Antec I got was on ATI's certified list. I wish I would have gone with something bigger now, but I was extremely tight on money when I got it a week ago.

yea i plan to also get a new psu when i order either. i play wow mostly which hates duel gpu setup.. but does not need alot of gpu power. i also play cod4/5 alot of steam games, l4d ect...

im just really scared to get a 4870x2 and get crap support like the 3 series duel gpu cards did.

ziggo0 · 11-18-08, 11:44 PM

Meh, I dout that will happen. The 3800 series wasn't as big of a hit as the 4800 series...so, it will probably last a while.

glock19owner · 11-19-08, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Gods_oMekone

im just really scared to get a 4870x2 and get crap support like the 3 series duel gpu cards did.

Actually I plan on going back to quad fire 3870 X2's...cards should be here sometime next week or so...

I am honestly not that impressed by a single 4870 x2 vs quad fire 3870 X2's...

Honestly...save 150.00 - 200.00 and find 2 good used Asus TOP 3870 X2's...

dogbert_2001 · 11-19-08, 08:18 AM

Don't upgrade

prime81 · 11-19-08, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by glock19owner

Actually I plan on going back to quad fire 3870 X2's...cards should be here sometime next week or so...

I am honestly not that impressed by a single 4870 x2 vs quad fire 3870 X2's...

Honestly...save 150.00 - 200.00 and find 2 good used Asus TOP 3870 X2's...

I'd have to disagree, the fastest I ever got my 3870x2's with a quad CPU @ 4ghz was around 20k 3dm06 and COD4 ran like crap. With my single 4870x2 it ran 21k 3dmark06 on an E8600 @ 4.5ghz, and of course cod4 just flies on this card.

glock19owner · 11-19-08, 01:09 PM

Benching on a single card...yea Vantage and 01...but thats it...all of my other scores cant beat what I did on CF 3870 X2....

But I am not talking just benching...all around the 4870 X2 was not worth the upgrade...dont see spending 500.00 on a card to get a 2 - 5% scale...

Save the extra cash...but the dual 3870 X2's and use the saved money to upgrade other hardware...

tommcd64 · 11-19-08, 03:41 PM

I have been very satisfied with my 4570 X2. I don't know if it is the actual card performance or the changes in drivers but my 4870 X2 performs much better than the 3870 X2 did.

AngelicPenguin · 11-19-08, 05:18 PM

I had an 8800GTS 640. Nice improvement in performance.

Only games I've tried so far are COD4, Oblivion, and Crysis.

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11-18-08, 11:21 PM	#3
mastrdrver Member Join Date: Oct 2008	I would recommend taking a hard look at your psu. According to GPU-Z, anything past the stock settings draw 50 amps or more on my HIS 4870x2. Both GPUs run all out at the settings I have when playing COD4. If I try to oc any of the stock speeds, I get texture flicking real bad and real big ones. It maybe the 8.10 drivers and the issues they've had. Still, the Antec I got was on ATI's certified list. I wish I would have gone with something bigger now, but I was extremely tight on money when I got it a week ago. __________________ Cooler Master HAF 932 \| Core i7 920 \| Asus P6T6 Revolution \| 6GB Corsair Dominators \| Crossfire XFX 5870 Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050w \| Viewsonic VX2835wm \| Twin 300GB VR (Raid 0) \| W7 Professional x64 3.801Ghz Cores (4C/8T) \| 3.62Ghz unCore \| 1810Mhz 7-8-7-21 Memory \| 900Mhz Core, 1250Mhz GDDR5 1.225 vCore LLC \| 1.375 vQPI/VVT \| 1.24 vIOH \| 1.20 vICH \| 1.66 vDimm \| Differential Amplitude 800mV Passive Noctua NH-D14 \| Zalman VF3000A \| 200mm HAF 500RPM (Q-Fan) \| 140MM Masscool 800RPM (Q-Fan)
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11-18-08, 11:44 PM	#5
ziggo0 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: La Porte, Indiana	Meh, I dout that will happen. The 3800 series wasn't as big of a hit as the 4800 series...so, it will probably last a while. __________________ My Heatware
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11-19-08, 01:09 PM	#9
glock19owner Member Join Date: Nov 2002	Benching on a single card...yea Vantage and 01...but thats it...all of my other scores cant beat what I did on CF 3870 X2.... But I am not talking just benching...all around the 4870 X2 was not worth the upgrade...dont see spending 500.00 on a card to get a 2 - 5% scale... Save the extra cash...but the dual 3870 X2's and use the saved money to upgrade other hardware...
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11-19-08, 03:41 PM	#10
tommcd64 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Texas	I have been very satisfied with my 4570 X2. I don't know if it is the actual card performance or the changes in drivers but my 4870 X2 performs much better than the 3870 X2 did.
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11-19-08, 05:18 PM	#11
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