Feb 25, 2008 i looking to purchase a 3870x2 card and was thinking of selling the other, but if crossfire between the two would be possible, i would definitely keep the 1st one as well. Jul 21, 2008 a 4870 is cheaper than a 3870 x2 and a 4850 is about half the price of a 3870x2. Crossfire 4870 x2 versus trigtx 280 nvidia geforce forums. The radeon hd 3870 x2 features a single crossfire connector at the top of the pcb, meaning youll eventually be able to add a second card to it to enable 3x or 4x crossfire. Download latest mobility drivers for amdati mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 and microsoft windows 7 64bit.
I know that sometime in march amd is supposed to release a driver that will enable multy gpu support. Jun 16, 2008 as long as the x2 cards can run at the same clock speeds as the individual 4870 s, the x2 part should be faster. So you could then, i would think, go out and buy 2 4850s xfire them and create a set up that would rock the 3870x2 s for about the same price as a single 3870x2 probably less or get 2 4870s and xfire them for less than the cost of the 2 3870s x2 s and still be a. Each of the five instructions of a vliw bundle has to be independent from the others and the performance therefore depends on the optimization of the driver. Geforce gtx 680 vs radeon hd 4870 x2 hardware compare.
It features 1536 spus along with 128 texture address units. This was not the case with 2900cf and 3870cf vs 3870x2 i also would have thought it would be easier to get higher oc on single 4870s in cf than. For the most part we see the card performing almost in line with a. Crysis is one game that doesnt scale very well in crossfire, the hd 4870 x2 still. Amdati drivers for mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 and windows 7 64bit. Driver for ati radeon hd 4870 x2 radeon software adrenalin 2020 edition 20. I was going to buy 2 of the cards 2 weeks ago, but wanted to research the 4870 s first. Amd radeon hd 3870 x2 driver hard drive installation via winzip with setup. Amd is the first out of the gates with the radeon hd 3870 x2, based on what amd is calling its r680 gpu.
Radeon hd 4870 x2 and hd 4870 crossfire cf compared. I realize the 4870x2 was likely performing on beta drivers, but the 4870s dont have official support yet either, as theyre not even listed on the driver page of ati. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the ati mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 crossfire disabled performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions. I would say get 1 4850 and use that if you cant wait for the 4870, when the 4870 comes out get it and run the 4870 and the 4850 in crossfire click to expand. Amds ati radeon hd 4870 x2 came out 22% faster on average than the radeon hd 4870 with the same settings at. Jun 25, 2008 for what its worth, i tried retesting the 3870 x2 with the new catalyst 8. Im hoping the next gen mac pro will feature a cuttingedge gpu.
Amds drivers will treat each gpu in the team as if it has 512mb of. Its a compatibility question about your graphics card and the catalyst driver. Radeon hd 3870 x2 not crossfire is a dualgraphics solution of two radeon hd 3870. Amdati driver for mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 windows 7 64bit. Visiontek radeon hd 4870 x2 2gb community technology. Ati 5970 compared to 4870 x2, 3870 x2, 5770 and x800 pro arvutihull. Via quits mainboard chipset industry amd radeon hd 4870 x2 crossfire. If i was going to build a small lan party rig i would honestly put a 4870x2 in once the driver mature. Amdati driver for mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 windows 8 64bit.
I have msi ati hd 4870 1gb, first i have downloaded the last catalyst, and in this package a new driver exist for my card id. Even before testing the x2, we could imagine the performance of two radeon 3870 gpus put together would be quite good, but as is the case with standard dualcard sli or crossfire, we also expected. Radeon hd 4870 x2 in the mac pro inside mac games forum. I looking to purchase a 3870x2 card and was thinking of selling the other, but if crossfire between the two would be possible, i would definitely keep the 1st one as well. Driver for ati radeon hd 3870 x2 radeon software adrenalin 2020 edition 20.
While details on amds highend ati radeon hd 4870 x2 graphics card began. Video cards ati radeon hd 4870 x2 sapphire ati radeon hd 4850 x2 2gb. Radeon hd 3870 x2 in crossfire x tested page 1 the latest ati catalyst drivers bring us the ability to pair up two hd 3870 x2s for some quadgpu crossfire x action. Ati 5970 compared to 4870 x2, 3870 x2, 5770 and x800 pro. Jan 24, 2010 ati 5970 graphics cards lenght and weight compared to 4870 x2, 3870 x2, 5770 ja x800 pro. Ati 5970 graphics cards lenght and weight compared to 4870 x2, 3870 x2, 5770 ja x800 pro. Aug 12, 2008 ati has claimed that it will use two performanceclass gpus on a single card to deliver highend products, and the radeon hd 4870 x2 is the result. Once youve connected the bridge and activated the crossfire mode in amds. The range of scores 95th 5th percentile for the ati mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 crossfire disabled is just 0. We saw the same problem with the radeon hd 3870 x2 crossfire. As long as the x2 cards can run at the same clock speeds as the individual 4870s, the x2 part should be faster. Amd ati radeon hd 3870 x2 drivers for windows 10 x64. Amdati mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 mobility drivers for microsoft. Triple crossfire 4870 4 gb ram eizo s2431w vista 64bit cat 9.
I currently have an 8800 ultra and was thinking of. Used to be best bang for the buck vs the 4870 s at th 209 price level read below cons. I can get a 4870 demo version cheap but is it worth spending money on. It is important to note that this direct connection between the gpus is another difference between 3870 x2 and the 4870 x2, and of course, the move from pcie 1. As with all multigpu solutions, the hd 3870 x2 may suffer from a phenomenon. Oct 21, 2008 amd radeon hd 3870 x2 driver hard drive installation via winzip with setup. Random texture flickering is no longer experienced when playing with crossfire and eyefinity enabled. Aug 29, 2008 page 1 of 2 radeon hd 4870 x2 in the mac pro posted in mac hardware. Is this kind of bondage between the two card i have possible. More recently, there were cards like the geforce 7950 gx2, and even atis own radeon hd 2600 x2, which didnt really do too well. And i qoute from my mate who has just gone green i waited 9 months for 3870x2 cf drivers to improve, i read soon forever.
Although the radeon 3870x2 is still capable of playing many games at decent framerates, i wouldnt recommend it for a budget pc as youll need a pretty beefy power supply. It features 1536 spus along with 128 texture address units and 32 rasterization operator units. Not bringing the sideport would defeat the idea behind the x2 after all. Hd 4870 x2, the card has an improved pci express 2. Amd ati mobility radeon hd 4870 x2 crossfire notebookcheck. Ati radeon hd 3870 x2 crossfirex the power of 4 gpus is now possible with amd s ati crossfirex technology.
Amd radeon hd 3870 x2 compare amd radeon hd 4870 gpu. I am going to move this to the catalyst driver forum. The radeon hd 3870 x2 features a single crossfire connector at the top of the pcb, meaning youll eventually be able to add a. This is the same basic sort of layout we saw in the radeon hd 3870 x2 before it. The old radeon hd 3870 x2 had a total interconnect bandwidth of just.
Sapphire radeon hd 4870 x2 in crossfirex page 18 final. We have seen in the past that dualchip cards performed behind a pair of singlegpu boards. Amd today announced the radeon hd 4870 x2 graphics card, which. The hd 4870 x2 performance isnt really much of a surprise. Msi 3870oc 2 bridges it works ok in crossfire 3xgpu. I think atis linux drivers show a bit of evidence of this, with the lack of crossfire support in older drivers they also notably missed support for the 3870x2, and with new drivers that have crossfirex4800 crossfire support they now notably support the 4870x2. A lot has happened since the dualgpu radeon hd 3870 x2 was launched last january, though not so much on atis front. I like the fact that the hd 5870 has directx11 already supported, and that it is a newer card. Bsod errors are no longer intermittently experienced after installing the driver with crossfire enabled. Arbitration between 2 separate cards occurs through a pcie interface, the pcie bus and another pcie interface. Ati mobility radeon hd 4870, 2009 ati mobility radeon hd 4870 x2. Link anandtech do a nice little feature test system.
Amdati driver for mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 windows 7. Over the radeon hd 3870 x2 are the benefits of pci express 2. Drivers ati radeon hd 4870 on windows 10 community. This adds latency and limits data transfers to the max speed of the pcie bus. Keep in mind the hd 4870 is an 8 year old graphics card which in the tech world is considered ancient. Ati 3870x2 crysis very high at1920x1080 dx10 with old driver duration. As in the previous test, this article shows unimpressive 3dmark scores, but as the author is quick to point out, 3dmark06 is known to be quite he. Radeon hd 4870 x2 crossfire 4cf if you have the cash for it and have a compatible motherboard, plus 800 watt power supply, you can combine two. Windows 10 driver support for discrete amd radeon graphics products.
Jan 28, 2008 these selfcontained sli crossfire graphics cards will work on anything however. Radeon hd 4870 x2 vs radeon hd 7970 hardware compare. Nov 15, 2019 the hd 4870 x2 performance isnt really much of a surprise. Amdati driver for mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 windows 8 64bit version. We evaluate two radeon hd 3870 x2 cards in crossfirex on an intel core 2 quad system, powering crysis, cod 4, and ut3 seeing the gameplay experience produced compared to a radeon hd 3870 x2 and a radeon hd 3870. Install amd ati radeon hd 3870 x2 driver for windows 10 x64, or download driverpack solution software for automatic driver installation and update. Ati radeon hd 3870 x2 crossfirex tested techpowerup. Just like their nonex2 namesakes the hd 4850 x2 and hd 4870 x2 are. Amdati driver for mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 windows 7 64bit version.
Im not satisfied with the driver support to be honest. They may work on windows 10 but may have issues and is not supported since it wasnt tested. Crysis 2 in crossfire mode random graphics corruption and game instability. When the file download window appears, click save windows xp users will click save this program to disk and click ok. A 4870 is cheaper than a 3870 x2 and a 4850 is about half the price of a 3870x2. Well, the graphics division of amd is about to give it another. Hi guys has anyone heard or seen how much faster the 4870x2 will be vs the 3870x2. I have a few suggestions for apple in this article especially the radeon hd 4870 x2. The mobility radeon x3870 x2 combines two mobility radeon 3870 graphics cards on mxm boards onto one laptop in crossfire cf mode.
A small comparison video between atis 3000 series single fastest graphics card and 4000 series single fastest graphics card. Radeon hd 4870 x2 crossfire 4cf if you have the cash for it and have a compatible motherboard, plus 800 watt power supply, you can combine two radeon hd 4870 x2 cards using crossfire. Crossfire on the card isnt even working properly, check any bench of a 3870x2 vs 3870 in call of duty 4 ati preferred drivers. Amdati mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 mobility drivers for. Nov 19, 2008 radeon hd 4870 x2 crossfire 4cf if you have the cash for it and have a compatible motherboard, plus 800 watt power supply, you can combine two radeon hd 4870 x2 cards using crossfire. These selfcontained slicrossfire graphics cards will work on anything however. Jan 28, 2008 more recently, there were cards like the geforce 7950 gx2, and even atis own radeon hd 2600 x2, which didnt really do too well. Jun 24, 2008 i would say get 1 4850 and use that if you cant wait for the 4870, when the 4870 comes out get it and run the 4870 and the 4850 in crossfire click to expand. Amds radeon hd 4870 graphics processor the tech report.
It keeps having conflicts with some or the other games. This combination is expected to offer almost the same performance as radeon hd 3870 crossfired while consuming. I know the 256bit x2 memory interface of the 9800gx2 kills its potential performance but it seems that 3way sli over 3 cards is handled better than quad gpus over 2 cards im sure x3 9800gtxs outperform x2 9800gx2s if i remember correctly. I have some concerns with crossfirex, as i have heard mixed opinions about it. This combination is expected to offer almost the same performance as radeon hd 3870 crossfired. Amdati mobility radeon hd 3870 x2 drivers for windows 7 64bit 26 files. The only real issue with ati gpus is the currently dont handle aa very well those benchmarks are without aa turned on in which case ati 3870x2 wins. Just like the hd 3870 x2, the hd 4870 x2 uses a pciexpress bridge chip to.