wow lots of work it seems ! The test results didn't surprise any of us i think. Now, the waiting for the next-gen graphics has commenced, as this generation hardly shows us any real performance booms. Also: it's common courtesy to pitty/laugh at, those who bought the Radeon 4870 512mb :/
my 3870 is starting to look quite shabby, having said that i generally game at 1440x900 and havn't noticed any problem on the lastest titels....the old girl got some life yet?
Tim, thanks for the very thorough comparison of GPU's... much appreciated. The step-by-step comparisons and relative percentage gains/losses were particularly informative and insightful. Reviews such as these are the main reason I stick around this site over the US based websites.
Thanks a lot ;)
A nice comparison.
I came back to ATi with my 4870 1Gb and i'm happy I did. 830MHz core stock cooler all day long ( at 50%)
The 260+ is looking like a better and better choice every day the price comes down tho....
Originally Posted by MiNiMaL_FuSS my 3870 is starting to look quite shabby, having said that i generally game at 1440x900 and havn't noticed any problem on the lastest titels....the old girl got some life yet?
Yeah, I still have a 3870 too. Does ok for the most part, but AA performance is dire. It also suffers when there are things like smoke and dust in a scene. I am thinking of replacing it after Christmas, but the idle power consumption of the 4870 is too high and the GTX260 is too long to fit in my case without modification. I really hope both manufacturers can address these points!
Very good review. If only I could read it clearly, I didn't recognize the lighter red/green graphs AT ALL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daltonism
Deuteranomaly (most common - 6% of males, 0.4% of females): Having a mutated form of the medium-wavelength (green) pigment. The medium-wavelength pigment is shifted towards the red end of the spectrum resulting in a reduction in sensitivity to the green area of the spectrum. Unlike protanomaly the intensity of colors is unchanged. This is the most common form of color blindness, making up about 6% of the male population.
6% of the audience is quite a lot so I'd suggest to deffer from using low contrast red/green in graphs for people like us so we can enjoy the reviews without straining our eyes ;)
That's a singularly unfortunate condition to have if you're into computers and websites :( can't you adjust your monitor to bypass the problem?
@article, it's nice to know I'll be able to slap another 1Gb 4870 alongside this one in a year's time and get an insane boost. Food for thought, though it'll have to wait till my next overdraft comes through. Free money for the cake...
Originally Posted by Andrei Very good review. If only I could read it clearly, I didn't recognize the lighter red/green graphs AT ALL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daltonism
Deuteranomaly (most common - 6% of males, 0.4% of females): Having a mutated form of the medium-wavelength (green) pigment. The medium-wavelength pigment is shifted towards the red end of the spectrum resulting in a reduction in sensitivity to the green area of the spectrum. Unlike protanomaly the intensity of colors is unchanged. This is the most common form of color blindness, making up about 6% of the male population.
6% of the audience is quite a lot so I'd suggest to deffer from using low contrast red/green in graphs for people like us so we can enjoy the reviews without straining our eyes ;)
called darwinism :D
nice article.. the msi overclocking comp in taiwan looked pretty cool too
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Replyto be honest, the only difference is which driver/utility set the customer prefers.
will there be a AVIO vs Badaboom encoding soon? with ATI also starting to release stream processor applications, nVidia no longer have that advantage.
I really liked the "4870 vs 260" graphs, very helpful! I recently got my grubby fingers on a 4870 1GB, and i'm glad i did :)
(k/g! Awesome job guys, now go enjoy Christmas and stop working so late)
A nice comparison.
I came back to ATi with my 4870 1Gb and i'm happy I did. 830MHz core stock cooler all day long ( at 50%)
The 260+ is looking like a better and better choice every day the price comes down tho....
Well, i'm rooting for the next gen fight now ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daltonism
Deuteranomaly (most common - 6% of males, 0.4% of females): Having a mutated form of the medium-wavelength (green) pigment. The medium-wavelength pigment is shifted towards the red end of the spectrum resulting in a reduction in sensitivity to the green area of the spectrum. Unlike protanomaly the intensity of colors is unchanged. This is the most common form of color blindness, making up about 6% of the male population.
6% of the audience is quite a lot so I'd suggest to deffer from using low contrast red/green in graphs for people like us so we can enjoy the reviews without straining our eyes ;)
@article, it's nice to know I'll be able to slap another 1Gb 4870 alongside this one in a year's time and get an insane boost. Food for thought, though it'll have to wait till my next overdraft comes through. Free money for the cake...
called darwinism :D
nice article.. the msi overclocking comp in taiwan looked pretty cool too
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