AMD Claims HD4850 X2 Beats GTX280

[WC Annihilus]

"AMD's upcoming lower-end R700 card could be a real contender in the high-end market"

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[JN]

It wouldn't surprise me if it equals it at the very least. The 4870x2 is a monster when coupled with a heavily OC'd CPU.

 

[k4p84]

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I'd like to see ATI take the crown for a while, maybe we could see sensible pricing schemes on all GPU's now

 

[PP Mguire]

I smell a 55nm 280GX2 comin.

 

[Zoot]

I'd like to see ATI take the crown for a while, maybe we could see sensible pricing schemes on all GPU's now

Amen to that.

 

[nepas]

I smell a 55nm 280GX2 comin.

no, the smell is the pcb melting!!

 

[PP Mguire]

Nah not with 55nm g200 chips. They wont produce that much heat. Considering the 4870 ran hotter and an X2 was made id presume a 55nm GX2 would be cooler than the current 4870X2. Then again, they could use that extra thermal leeway to OC the

out of it

 

[rrjwilson]

Just like to say that the R700 although doing well in current gaming standards shows NO headroom for ability, even when using the physics subset to parallel graphics. The GTX280 has only "scratched" its potential (around 15% as quoted by a friend designing real-time raytracing with the CUDA system embedded in nVidia systems of late).

Its cheap and works well so good for them but to say it is more powerful can only be viewed as outright lunacy by anyone with a grasp of the graphics full potential from within the industry.

Edit:

Forgot to say that you can freely contact the chap on the UKCS forum as I have mentioned here before.

 

[PP Mguire]

Until this "power" is unlocked the ATI counterparts are still more powerful. That kinda goes along with the whole "driver" thing.

 

[Rastalovich]

I`m not personally interested in any x2 cards beating non-x2 cards.

 

[GavX]

It would be nice to see the lowly 4850 topple the GTX280 but I just can't see it happening, and even if it does nVidia will slash prices to keep a foot hold, which tbh I am surprised they have not yet done. And when things settle down Intel will shows its face