ATI 4870 vs Nvidia 9800 GX2

ALEKSA · 07-01-2008, 12:47 AM

Ati 4870 with single GPU is faster then Nvidia 9800 GX2.

link: http://www.guru3d.com/news/ati-radeo...hmark-results/

ATI is awaken from looooong dream !!! Now, Nvidia is in trouble.

IxBLACKHEARTxI · 07-01-2008, 12:51 AM

Link doesn't work.Well it appears that ATI is in for a big treat!From what I've read a lot of HD 4870 owners are reporting that there cards are dieing within a few days of installation.So maybe getting and HD 4870,4850 isn't so much of a good idea at the moment!

ALEKSA · 07-01-2008, 12:57 AM

link: http://www.guru3d.com/news/ati-radeo...hmark-results/

drivers will be better. It's question of time !!!

IxBLACKHEARTxI · 07-01-2008, 01:05 AM

Lol drivers?No the cards are frying,that means they don't work no more.

ALEKSA · 07-01-2008, 01:53 AM

It's a new card.

Interesting, when come up a new card from ATI, it worse then Nvidia, come on, give a little support. At least, that card have 800 -stream processors-, 256-bit, gddr5.

Maybe somebody make mistake, about overclock ?

lovely? · 07-01-2008, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by IxBLACKHEARTxI

Lol drivers?No the cards are frying,that means they don't work no more.

do you know why their frying? because their owners are flashing the bios. there are a few that died because of a crossfire error, but the main reason so far is people flashing the bios. and even if the card does die after you flash the bios, there is a fix for it.

maroon1 · 07-01-2008, 10:12 AM

Did you look at the date of that article ?. Those benchmarks are not confirmed, and they originally came from unreliable Turkish website

No, 9800GX2 does beat HD4870, and does beat even GTX 280 in many cases
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/148...ire/index.html

[-0MEGA-] · 07-01-2008, 04:01 PM

It should, after all it is a dual-GPU card. As for the BIOS issues, I heard of a few problems.

One is that Crossfire could be one of the problems, the factory BIOS setting for the fan control is not set correctly, causing the fan to run too slowly and fry the cards. The other is that if people copy the flash and rewrite it to the video card, it uses the wrong size BIOS (64K versus 128K of the 4870).

Computer_Freak · 07-01-2008, 08:47 PM

Bit old and not true

Check the latest review on the nnet.

The GX2 beats it. But for the price the ATI 4870 cant be beat. But i have heard that they are frying in 3 days....

ThatGuy16 · 07-01-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Computer_Freak

But i have heard that they are frying in 3 days....

User error, the people have been overvolting them. And most of all, flashing wrong bios to the card.

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ALEKSA New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	ATI 4870 vs Nvidia 9800 GX2 Ati 4870 with single GPU is faster then Nvidia 9800 GX2. link: http://www.guru3d.com/news/ati-radeo...hmark-results/ ATI is awaken from looooong dream !!! Now, Nvidia is in trouble. Last edited by ALEKSA; 07-01-2008 at 01:01 AM.

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IxBLACKHEARTxI Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 165	Link doesn't work.Well it appears that ATI is in for a big treat!From what I've read a lot of HD 4870 owners are reporting that there cards are dieing within a few days of installation.So maybe getting and HD 4870,4850 isn't so much of a good idea at the moment! __________________ CPU \|\| Pentium D 965 Extreme Edition RAM \|\| 4GB Kingston PC5300 667mhz HDD \|\| 1X WD WD3200JD-60KLB0 320GB / 1X Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB MBO \|\| Foxconn 975X7AA GPU \|\| Evga 8800GT Superclocked 512MB GDDR3 PSU \|\| Thermaltake Purepower 500W Case \|\| NZXT APOLLO (BLACK) Mouse \|\| Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse keyboard \|\| Saitek (Eclipse 2) Gaming keyboard

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IxBLACKHEARTxI Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 165	Lol drivers?No the cards are frying,that means they don't work no more. __________________ CPU \|\| Pentium D 965 Extreme Edition RAM \|\| 4GB Kingston PC5300 667mhz HDD \|\| 1X WD WD3200JD-60KLB0 320GB / 1X Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB MBO \|\| Foxconn 975X7AA GPU \|\| Evga 8800GT Superclocked 512MB GDDR3 PSU \|\| Thermaltake Purepower 500W Case \|\| NZXT APOLLO (BLACK) Mouse \|\| Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse keyboard \|\| Saitek (Eclipse 2) Gaming keyboard

07-01-2008, 10:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
maroon1 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Somewhere in Hell !!! Posts: 2,641	Did you look at the date of that article ?. Those benchmarks are not confirmed, and they originally came from unreliable Turkish website No, 9800GX2 does beat HD4870, and does beat even GTX 280 in many cases http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/148...ire/index.html __________________ Free softwares: Avast! antivirus - FireFox - FDM - OpenOffice - CCleaner Last edited by maroon1; 07-01-2008 at 10:16 AM.

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[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,447	It should, after all it is a dual-GPU card. As for the BIOS issues, I heard of a few problems. One is that Crossfire could be one of the problems, the factory BIOS setting for the fan control is not set correctly, causing the fan to run too slowly and fry the cards. The other is that if people copy the flash and rewrite it to the video card, it uses the wrong size BIOS (64K versus 128K of the 4870). __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 960 (6-6-6-18) 750GB SATAII w/32MB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605

07-01-2008, 12:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
ALEKSA New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	link: http://www.guru3d.com/news/ati-radeo...hmark-results/ drivers will be better. It's question of time !!!

07-01-2008, 01:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
ALEKSA New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	It's a new card. Interesting, when come up a new card from ATI, it worse then Nvidia, come on, give a little support. At least, that card have 800 -stream processors-, 256-bit, gddr5. Maybe somebody make mistake, about overclock ?

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Computer_Freak Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South Africa Posts: 517	Bit old and not true Check the latest review on the nnet. The GX2 beats it. But for the price the ATI 4870 cant be beat. But i have heard that they are frying in 3 days.... __________________ ● Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13Ghz (@ 2.536Ghz, CPU temp: 28° Idle, 45° Load) ● Biostar Tforce 965PT ● 2x1Gb DDR2 800 RAM CL6 @ 942mhz ● GeCube ATI X1650 Pro 256MB (soon an ATI 4870) ● Huntkey DH power 500w ● Standard Case, 2 fans For All those who want a good Hardware monitor Last edited by Computer_Freak; 07-01-2008 at 08:50 PM.

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