Bottomline: As expected, the Asus EAH4870X2 TOP and MSI R4870X2-T2D2G-OC both outperformed a reference Radeon HD 4870 X2, nearly across the board. The only instance where the factory overclocked Asus and MSI cards didnt clearly outpace the reference card was in...
Abstract: Having already discussed the merits of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 at length in our review of ASUS offering a couple of weeks ago, there isnt really a great deal we can add to those thoughts when it comes to using a single board - It remains the fastest s...
Abstract: In this article we’ll take a closer look at the performance of ATI’s latest high end card, compared to NVIDIA’s top card. Both cards offer plenty of headroom when using the latest games. In our first review of the ATI HD 4870 X2 vs...
Bottomline: AMD has proven that it can make an appealing and competitive multi-GPU video card for gamers. AMD has shown that it is still thinking about the gamer who games at 2560x1600 widescreen resolutions and likes his game maxed out with AA. We are glad that A...
Bottomline: Out of doubt, this product can be theoretically twice as fast as the 4870 card. But in practice, its 1.5-1.8 times as fast, sometimes even slower. When you read graphs and performance gain values, you must keep in mind that dual-GPU cards (both from ...
Bottomline: If youve been reading TR for any time at all, you know all of the caveats that go along with a multi-GPU graphics card like the Radeon HD 4870 X2. Without proper support in the game or a profile in the video driver, you may only see about half of the ...
Bottomline: Our first conclusion is that the Radeon HD 4870 X2 manages to achieve its objective—namely to be the best performing card you can buy. It has been a long time coming, and other Radeons have had the same goal but have not been able to attain the same...
Abstract: Final Words Ive never felt totally comfortable with single-card multi-GPU solutions. While AMD reached new levels of seamless integration with the Radeon HD 3870 X2, there was always the concern that the performance of your X2 would either be chart to...
Bottomline: The ATI Radeon 4870 X2 not only puts ATI back on the map as a dominant player its been for more than a decade in the graphics industry but also is quite a shot to Nvidia when they need it the least. The level of performance at the highest game setting...
Abstract: ATI Radeon 4870 X2 Performance PreviewThe ATI Radeon 4870 X2Normally companies like to keep their upcoming plans pretty quiet. After all, you don’t want to tip off your competitor(s) about your future products. Divulging these details could also...
Abstract: When AMD launched the HD4850 and HD4870 earlier this year they continued with the strategy that they had started with the HD3000-series. Instead of trying to create a really fast, and expensive, GPU and then scale it down over the following 6-12 month...
Bottomline: Alright then, time to wrap up this preview. As stated, there where some limitations enforced on this preview, mainly related to the number of benchmarks we can present. In our full review well obviously include the entire test-suite. But let me start...
Abstract: Final Words The two new additions to the test suite, Age of Conan and Race Driver GRID certainly beef up the portfolio of advantages AMD has in the current generation. Not only that, but we got quite an interesting surprise with GRID. Yes, even with R7...
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