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Occ's Second Hd4870 Review Posted |
 Jul 17 2008, 08:26 PM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
Our reviewers take a look at a second HD 4870 video card - this one from Visiontek - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/visiontek4870/
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Jul 17 2008, 08:48 PM
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 Audio Nut  Posts: 6,678 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
Something on those Crysis benches seems waaaay off. The 260 is beating the 280!!!
EDIT: At a closer look a lot of those test results seem odd... -------------------- Desktop: | Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz | 128 GB GSkill Falcon | 8 GB WinTec AmpX | Sapphire 4870 X2 | DFI P35-T2RL | PCP&C Silencer 610 | W7 x64 | HTPC: | X3 720 BE @ 3.4 GHz | 4.5 TB Storage | 8 GB GeIL Black Dragon | PowerColor 4830 | ECS A-780GM-A | ATI Theater 650 Pro | OCZ Fatal1ty 550 | W7 x64 | Router/VPN/Compiling: | Opteron 175 | 4 GB DDR 500 | S3 Trio PCI VGA | Asus A8N-SLI SE | SinTek 500SLI | XP Pro | Office: | Dell Precision 390 | Core 2 Duo E6320 | 2 GB DDR2 667 | XFX 7800GT | Fedora 10 / Windows 7 RC | NetBook: | Asus EeePC 900A | 1.6 GHz Atom | 32 GB SSD | 2 GB DDR2 667 | Intel Integrated | W7 x86 | |
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Jul 17 2008, 09:04 PM
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 OCC Boss Posts: 27,160 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
QUOTE (Thewacokid @ Jul 17 2008, 09:48 PM)  Something on those Crysis benches seems waaaay off. The 260 is beating the 280!!! EDIT: At a closer look a lot of those test results seem odd... Try reading the review first. Its an overclocked 260 -------------------- Main Rig
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Jul 17 2008, 09:08 PM
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Audio Nut Posts: 6,678 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
I did...it just seems odd that even an overclocked 260 would be beating out the 280 so often.
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Jul 17 2008, 09:12 PM
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OCC Boss Posts: 27,160 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
The cards are pretty close. A overclocked 4850 gives a 4870 a run.
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Jul 17 2008, 09:19 PM
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Audio Nut Posts: 6,678 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
I guess I thought there were larger differences between them. Perhaps it's the settings used that bunches them up? I just remember seeing them a lot further apart before. :shrug:
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Jul 17 2008, 09:25 PM
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OCC Boss Posts: 27,160 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
I guess it would depend on what you were looking at.
I notice alot of other sites use High Settings for Crysis we use Med with 2XAA so that might be example of where your difference might be that you discribe. -------------------- Main Rig
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Jul 17 2008, 11:11 PM
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Audio Nut Posts: 6,678 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
QUOTE (bosco @ Jul 18 2008, 05:25 AM) I notice alot of other sites use High Settings for Crysis we use Med with 2XAA so that might be example of where your difference might be that you discribe. I have the feeling that's exactly what the difference is. -------------------- Desktop: | Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz | 128 GB GSkill Falcon | 8 GB WinTec AmpX | Sapphire 4870 X2 | DFI P35-T2RL | PCP&C Silencer 610 | W7 x64 | HTPC: | X3 720 BE @ 3.4 GHz | 4.5 TB Storage | 8 GB GeIL Black Dragon | PowerColor 4830 | ECS A-780GM-A | ATI Theater 650 Pro | OCZ Fatal1ty 550 | W7 x64 | Router/VPN/Compiling: | Opteron 175 | 4 GB DDR 500 | S3 Trio PCI VGA | Asus A8N-SLI SE | SinTek 500SLI | XP Pro | Office: | Dell Precision 390 | Core 2 Duo E6320 | 2 GB DDR2 667 | XFX 7800GT | Fedora 10 / Windows 7 RC | NetBook: | Asus EeePC 900A | 1.6 GHz Atom | 32 GB SSD | 2 GB DDR2 667 | Intel Integrated | W7 x86 | |
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Jul 18 2008, 07:40 AM
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 Posting Nut Posts: 7,220 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Pennsauken, NJ Member No.: 20,152 |
how come the tests aren't run witth completely maxxed out settings? even if the frame rates are unbearable, the hardware will truely get a good stressing with that. (Full AA, Ultra High Etc.)
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Jul 18 2008, 08:51 AM
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OCC Boss Posts: 27,160 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
We test at playable settings not settings that you can't play on.
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Jul 18 2008, 10:02 AM
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Posting Nut Posts: 7,220 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Pennsauken, NJ Member No.: 20,152 |
QUOTE (bosco @ Jul 18 2008, 11:51 AM) We test at playable settings not settings that you can't play on. well i can understand that but it will truly gauge which card is better equipped, since the tests are purely benchmarks. I'm not trying to be mean in a anyway, i just think it would be interesting to see -------------------- Mobo: Gigabyte EP45 EXTREME | Processor: Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 4ghz 24/hr stable!
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Jul 18 2008, 10:06 AM
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OCC Boss Posts: 27,160 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
I don't understand what that would prove?
You take three good video cards load up a game and get 5 frames. All three cards fail they suck!  If you test at playable settings then it gives the reader somewhat of a general idea what a card will do. 
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