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#425893 - 04/25/09 11:19 PM Re: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 [Re: Clark]
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I saw it.. good news for the 32/64 question.... not for the 4870 X2 not being any faster than the 4870. I wonder how that can be...?
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#425894 - 04/25/09 11:22 PM Re: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 [Re: NucleusG4]
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Can you ask him to elaborate.. is it any stock card.. or does he mean any flashed card?
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#425945 - 04/26/09 11:17 AM Re: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 [Re: NucleusG4]
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I asked and received two replies.

I don't understand, however.
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#426132 - 04/27/09 07:27 PM Re: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 [Re: NucleusG4]
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Here is a nice little web site for learning how to flash a PC 4870 card.

I really like that they are able to flash a 1GB 4870 card.
Believe it or not, that 1GB vram could make a big difference for when I run X-Plane.
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#426153 - 04/27/09 10:45 PM 10.5.7 and the HD 4890 [Re: NucleusG4]
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Netkas is pretty certain that the HD 4890 will work on the Mac Pro.
For some reason he seems to waiting on 10.5.7.

I looked at 8 OpenGL benchtests with the HD 4890 and the HD 4870.
At the best, the 4890 beat the 4870 by 14.8 percent.
At the worst, the 4890 beat the 4870 by 10.7 percent.
The HD 4890 beat the HD 4870 by an average of 13.5 percent.

Netkas says that THIS is the HD 4890.

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#426170 - 04/28/09 12:42 AM Re: 10.5.7 and the HD 4890 [Re: Clark]
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Is the PC version of that card already released? I guess it must be.
Good.. by the time I wait.. it'll be on OSX and proven.
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#426192 - 04/28/09 03:18 AM Re: 10.5.7 and the HD 4890 [Re: NucleusG4]
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It was released on April 2nd.
It is showing very nice benchmarks.

Some people think the HD 4890 is a version of the HD 4870.
It is not.
The HD 4890 has 1GB of vram.
There is a HD 4870 1GB video card also.
The HD 4890 will take the 4870 1GB card to the cleaners.

Because the 4890 and 4870 are different gpus, I am very surprised that they could find drivers to flash the PC HD 4890 card.
I don't know how in the heck they do it.

I can understand the The 4870 X2 and the 4870 1GB cards being able to be flashed because they are in the same family as the 4870 512MB card.
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#426348 - 04/29/09 06:00 PM Re: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 [Re: NucleusG4]
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The 4870 X2 is two GPUs on one card.
If I am understanding correctly, you can only flash one of those GPUs, therefore it becomes just a single 4870 card.

My 4870 (512MB) card is being shipped to me as we speak.

They are still talking like 10.5.7 will be a savior with drivers for video cards like the 4890 and some NVIDIA GTX cards.
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#426363 - 04/29/09 08:04 PM Re: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 [Re: Clark]
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Holy crap.. I don't even require a card right now.. but all this talk has me itching in a bad way. shocked shocked
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#426366 - 04/29/09 08:34 PM Re: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 [Re: NucleusG4]
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I think this is a bad time to buy a card right now.
I regret I did so.
I think there is some nice stuff coming down the pike.
Unfortunately patience has never been a virtue of mine.

So, hold off and hang in there and you'll do well
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