More 4870 X2 News.

Ste · 07-04-2008, 06:39 PM

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The official name

We told you briefly here that dual RV770XT card codenamed R700 comes with 2GB memory but now we can confirm that Radeon HD 4870 X2 is the official name.

The volume production of R700 GDDR5 boards starts on July 28th while the card should be available in August 2008. ATI plans to sell BBA boards (Built By ATI) and the partners will buy a complete board including fan at least for the time being.

The board with 2GB GDDR5 might not be that cheap but the 1GB version is also be possible. ATI hopes to capture the performance crown and it has the best chance since years. An ATI VP already told us that according to internal testing R700 should end up faster than current flagship Geforce GTX 280.

Cool, but waiting sure does suck.

NosBoost300 · 07-04-2008, 06:56 PM

mannn, i was gonna shell for a gtx260/280.. but again.. I DON'T KNOW.... i guess i'll buy a tec cooler for my cup while waiting?

LeftEyeBlind · 07-05-2008, 02:15 AM

Rofl, watch it be cheaper than a GTX280 too.

Fat.Clown · 07-05-2008, 05:51 AM

I am rooting for AMD :P
more competition the better

gurusan · 07-05-2008, 05:55 AM

nosboost don't bother with TEC cooling. A waste of power, time, and money really.

Apokalipse · 07-05-2008, 08:17 AM

only thing I see that might be an issue is if you wanted third party cooling for it. It does have two GPU's, and a bridge chip between them

gurusan · 07-05-2008, 08:29 AM

for us water users 2 maze4's or mcw60s will still fit nicely.

Apokalipse · 07-05-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by gurusan

for us water users 2 maze4's or mcw60s will still fit nicely.

what about the bridge chip?

gurusan · 07-05-2008, 09:29 AM

ramsinks + active cooling. they are dirt cheap and are pretty nifty.

Or I'm sure one of those NB coolers would work well, the enzotech ones are so nice.

Drizzt5 · 07-05-2008, 03:07 PM

"Should end up faster", that is not suprsing considering how OC'd 4870's compete with gtx 280's.

What I want to hear is how much faster and how much $$$.

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