tweaktown.com - 8/12/2008
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Introduction It's hard to turn around and say that the HD 4870 X2 is one of the most anticipated cards of recent times, due to the plain fact that there have been so many cards released over the last three months. While some had thought that the new HD 4870 would become the fastest single card solution on the market, the price AMD launched the card at gave indication that the chances were ...
joystiq.com - 8/12/2008
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joystiq.com —
AMD (ATI) has just launched its newest assault
against competitor Nvidia in the ever-continuing graphics arms race....
It is touting the awkwardly-named ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 as the fastest graphics card ever made, with 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power. ...
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AMD touts the ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2 as the 'world's ...
amd.com - 8/12/2008
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amd.com —
“Our gameplay experiences with the ATI Radeon HD
4870 X2 were phenomenal, especially once we raised the...
antialiasing setting to high levels... Who would have thought we’d ever be seeing Oblivion at 2560x1600 with 24X AA? This means you can load up old ...
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i4u.com - 8/12/2008
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i4u.com —
AMD today announced the world's fastest graphics card,
the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2. The HD 4870...
X2 is delivering 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power. Also announced today is the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card, delivering good performance at a ...
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ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 unveiled
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AMD dubs HD 4870 X2 "world's fastest graphics card," benchmarks prove it
Engadget —
... however, as the systems didn't scale well when going from 2 to 4 GPUs. In fact, Crysis seemed to barely notice the additional CrossFireX horsepower, something that should be corrected with future driver releases. Make no mistake though, as power-hungry, expensive, and hot-running as the new HD 4870 X2 may be, it's a big day for AMD as it retakes the graphics crown from NVIDIA, as short-lived as this victory may be. Read -- HotHardware Read -- PCPer Read -- Tweaktown Read -- CustomPC Read -- AMD press release ...
Hands-on: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in CrossfireX
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... number of applications, including a full version copy of 3DMark Vantage.
The HD 4870 X2 is going to quickly become a popular card among people at launch and hopefully can allow AMD to become a fearsome force in the graphics card arena once again over the next 12 months.
Now we just have to see how NVIDIA are going to retaliate; it’s doubtful that they’re just going to sit back and watch AMD enjoy the sales of their new card.
Read the full 18-page review over on TweakTown
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AMD ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 —
D' Technology Weblog
Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday its most powerful graphics technology to date, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics board houses two 4870 graphics processing units (GPUs) and competes with Nvidia’s fastest board, based on the GTX 280. In chip-to-chip competition, Nvidia’s GTX 280 generally beats a single 4870 in performance because it’s bigger and faster: the Nvidia ...
AMD 4850 X2 and 4870 X2 mutli-chip graphics cards launched. Looks good. —
Ubergizmo
AMD has launched is second round of cards based on its efficient R700 architecture. As their names indicates, the 4850 X2 and 4870 X2 are multichip versions of the 4850 and 4870 boards. The memory and GPU clocks are the same. The 4870 X2 seem like a great product: there's more bandwith, AMD has promised that their driver is better than ever and it's priced very competitively. Here's the ...
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 unveiled —
I4U News
AMD today announced the world's fastest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2.
The HD 4870 X2 is delivering 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power. Also announced today is the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card, delivering good performance at a compelli...
AMD doubles up, announces ATI HD Radeon 4850 X2 and 4870 X2 —
Engadget
Sure, times might be tough at AMD, but that's not stopping the crew at ATI from gunning for NVIDIA's newest gear -- the company just announced the new HD Radeon 4850 X2 and 4870 X2. Aimed at the "super high-end" of the market, the $399 4850 X2 and $599 4870 X2 feature two GPU chips on a 625 or 750MHz bus, respectively, with up to 2GB of 900MHz GDDR5 RAM. ATI says that there's a 20 percent ...
Fastest Graphics Card Alive ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Gets Official Tomorrow [Ati] —
Gizmodo
ATI's Nvidia-slaying Radeon HD 4870 X2, previewed last month , will get official tomorrow at SIGGRAPH says the WSJ, who notes that some reviewers are calling it the most powerful card around. It's an interesting test of ATI's graphics card strategy: Cheaper, less power-hungry GPUs that can be easily strapped together (like the dual-GPU 4870 X2) versus Nvidia's penchant for obscenely powerful ...
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