*Official* ATI Radeon HD4850X2 Thread

[SigSauer]

Well I'll post some bench results somtime this week when I get my mobo back(DOA) from rma. The card is pretty noisy so i'll probably put 2 vf900's on it, but the noise doesnt compare to my servers .

[rico2001]

Originally Posted by SigSauer

Well I'll post some bench results somtime this week when I get my mobo back(DOA) from rma. The card is pretty noisy so i'll probably put 2 vf900's on it, but the noise doesnt compare to my servers .

Good deal on the benches, look forward to seeing you results. Like I said, no pressure to do so, just gives more info for us all to look at. And I hear ya on the X2 noise. Have been telling ppl that same thing for awhile. Although it is loud, its not as bad overall as the rest of the fans I have spinning in my case. On the zalman fans, since you will be removing the black shroud from the card, be sure to support the back end of the card with some bracing or something. There would be not much support over the entire length of the 11-1/2" long pcb.

[SigSauer]

It's already bend a bit so putting on some copper will bend it more . My PSU will most likely pose a problem, that thing is ancient(allmost 4 years) so i have no idea if it will last when the system goes all out.

[rico2001]

Unreal Tournament 3 Benchmark

E8300 @ 4003 mhz, 6Gb DDR2

1680 x 1050, DX10, Highest detail quality, 0xAA

4850 x1 = 123.00 average fps
4850 x2 = 126.13 average fps (3.1 fps, 2.5% gain over single 4850)
4850 x3 = 127.87 average fps (1.7 fps, 1.3% gain over 4850 x2)




Conclusion: Again another Unreal Engine 3 game, which are, for the most part, battles of the single gpu. I don’t scale well at all and I mainly credit my cpu at 4.0G to be able to post those fps. The GTX285 still holds the crown as fastest single gpu card; hopefully not for long.

Ref. HardwareZone (Core 2 Extreme QX6850 at 3.00GHz used)

[SigSauer]

The low framerates in crossfire are because UT3 has no crossfire support.

[rico2001]

Yep, no multi-gpu at all or very little I believe, nvidia or ati.

[SigSauer]

Just tried to run S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky on my old pc with the HD4850X2, i got 7 fps average . Res:1680x1050 Settings: Enhanced Full dynamic lighting, Maximum setting.

[rico2001]

Originally Posted by SigSauer

Just tried to run S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky on my old pc with the HD4850X2, i got 7 fps average . Res:1680x1050 Settings: Enhanced Full dynamic lighting, Maximum setting.

What is your old pc? Should do better than 7fps.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/gra...4850-x2-2gb/10
Wish I had that game, those fps on that chart look beatable.

[SigSauer]

Originally Posted by rico2001

What is your old pc? Should do better than 7fps.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/gra...4850-x2-2gb/10
Wish I had that game, those fps on that chart look beatable.

AMD Athlon64 3800+ 2.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM that the old one.

[rico2001]

Sapphire Radeon HD4850X2 2gb Give Away!

Interesting and worth a shot.