ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 - R700 Preview: AMD's Fastest Single Card
by Derek Wilson on July 14, 2008 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
The Card
Obviously, this is a large card. But like the 3870 X2, AMD has managed to keep the board fairly compact for having two GPUs and 1GB of GDDR5 on board.
The R700 does have a plate across the back of the card like the 3870 X2, and it also has RAM on the back as well (the 4870 carries all it's RAM up front). These RAM chips are different than what is used on the single 4870, but capacity and performance should be identical.
The R700 needs one 6-pin PCIe power connector and one 8-pin connector
The layout is very clean for the amount of stuff that needs to happen here.
That's a black AMD PCB
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toyota - Monday, July 14, 2008 - link
EVERY other review I have seen has been the 2gb models.homerdog - Monday, July 14, 2008 - link
Same here...GTaudiophile - Monday, July 14, 2008 - link
AMD: Focus on "Crysis" domination and I'm sold!Keep up the good work but keep on working!
orionmgomg - Monday, July 14, 2008 - link
Rgr THAT 100%That and a 64 bit OS Vista 64 Ultimate for all the memory and DX10
soydeedo - Monday, July 14, 2008 - link
AMD: Give me $300 more dollars and I'm sold!Also a spelling note on the GRID benchmark page: intreguing