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I recieved my new XFX 4870 X2 in the post today. I bought it to replace my HiS 4870 512mb.

Before I sell the 4870, I thought I would try my hand at some benchmarks and testing using the X2 in my system on its own, and then running the same benchmarks/tests using the X2 and 4870 in CF.

All of this was done in my sig rig with my Q6600 running at 3.1 stable.

4870 X2 3DMark06 Score -


4870 X2 3DMark Vantage Score -


X2, 512MB 4870 in CF, 3DMark06 Score -


X2, 512MB 4870 in CF, 3DMark Vantage Score -


So adding the 4870 in CF mode made little performance increase to up my scores a bit. The next test I done used Crysis Warhead. I made a detailed post on my blog about the FPS I was getting with the 512mb card in my system on its own, and also details of FPS I was getting with the X2 in my system on it's own. View that here - http://xd1988.blogspot.com/

As for Crysis Warhead in CF mode with the 2 cards. Terrible, just terrible. Info was showing the FPS doing crazy jumps from 12FPS to 45FPS. I initially had all settings on max from previous testing of the X2 on it's own, so when I loaded the game with the CF cards, maximum settings were a no go! I even brought the settings down to "Gamer" and turned AA off completely and the game was barely playable at these rates.

I am sure this will be related to the fact I am using a 512mb card in CF with an X2, but it was still disappointing seeing as my scores improved in the benchmarks, a slight increase in Crysis Warhead and I would have considered not selling the 512mb version.

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That sucks that it isn't worth it in a real world application, but only in benchies does it have a slight advantage... I was thinking about purchasing one to go with my x2 for a little added bonus, but if thats all you were getting from the extra card it isn't worth the time or money.

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i dont think you can CF a 2X along with a single gpu card, ive read about that somewhere just doesnt work. btw i saw you were using vista x86, what a waste of 1 gb of such high speed ram, go x64, heck go win7 x64.

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xdcx

Yeah, exactly.

The 1GB version of the 4870 would be a totally different story though. I'm sure that would see great improvements over what I tested here.

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Yeah man, I know. I just haven't had the time to upgrade my OS yet but it's on my list of things to do when I have my week off at the end of the month.

Not as bad as my friend running 8gb DDR3 in 32 bit like a complete fool.

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as long as you ran the bench on stock settings 512MB or 1GB wont matter as 1GB only comes into it own at 1920x1200 with 4xAA, I have owned both 512MB and 1GB 4870s and the 1GB was about 2-3FPS more than the 512MB at 1920x1200 with no AA in crysis

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Damn, that's really disappointing.

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but dont be disappointed cause once you start cranking the AA up the 1GB shone through, the only reason I didnt keep it was I screwed instaling my new cooler and had return back to scan and they didnt have any in stock so they gave me my money back

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For some reason those scores dont seem right at all it may be that Q6600 holding you back a lot or something i can get 21,600 with just 2 4870's 512mb...

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I think there will be a bottleneck with the Q6600 only sitting at 3.1. If I can push it a little higher I think there would be quite a difference.

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