The new King with ultimate 3D performance-MSI 4870 X2 2GB VS. 4850/4870 CrossFire

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Re: The new King with ultimate 3D performance-MSI 4870 X2 2GB VS. 4850/4870 CrossFire

4870X2 needs an 8-pin plus a 6-pin power supply.
I suggest that you use a 550~600W or above PSU for safety reason.


The rear side of 4870X2
It has a similar plastic case design of 260GTX/280GTX for protection.
The rear side of 4870X2 casing is made of steel.


IO Ports
The DVI ports are located around the middle for TV/HDTV output port.


ATI special cooling design

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Re: The new King with ultimate 3D performance-MSI 4870 X2 2GB VS. 4850/4870 CrossFire

In order for 4870X2 to have a full test, we also joined the 4850/4870 comparison test.
The representative of the second group is Gigabyte HD4870 CrossFire.


The representative for the third group is HD4850 + MSI 4850 CrossFire.



Test Platform
CPU: INTEL Core 2 Duo E8300
MB: GIGABYTE P45T EXTREME
DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator TWIN3X2048-1800C7DIN
VGA: MSI R4870X2-T2D2G-OC
HD: Seagate 7200.10 320GB
POWER: Corsair HX1000W Modular Power Supply
Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp VP/JETART Nano Diamond/Lubic



VGA clock were default
4850 625/900Mhz
4870 750/900Mhz
4870X2 780/900Mhz

3DMARK2003
4850 CrossFire

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Re: The new King with ultimate 3D performance-MSI 4870 X2 2GB VS. 4850/4870 CrossFire

4870 CrossFire


4870X2



3DMARK2005

4850 CrossFire


4870 CrossFire

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Re: The new King with ultimate 3D performance-MSI 4870 X2 2GB VS. 4850/4870 CrossFire

4870X2



3DMARK2006

4850 CrossFire


4870 CrossFire


4870X2


4870CF/4870X2 has better performance than 4850CF in 3DMARK 2003/2006 test.
But in the 3DMARK 2005 test, the gap between the three is not too much.
In the 3DMARK test, ATI 4800 series basically has a very high performance for the graphics cards.

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Re: The new King with ultimate 3D performance-MSI 4870 X2 2GB VS. 4850/4870 CrossFire

4870 CrossFire


4870X2


In the Crysis performance, the 4870X2 has beaten the 4870CF.
But the two have a better performance compared to 4850CF.
Although the gaming performance of 4850CF is not good than 4870CF, but the C/P value is higher the others.


Temperature
Environment temperature at room is about 29 to 32 degree.

4850 CrossFire


4870 CrossFire

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4870X2


The radiator size and the texture of 4800 series are good.
But the performance of the temperature is barely satisfactory.
The temperature is about 78 to 82 degrees which is similar to the previous test of ATI/NVIDIA high-end graphics card.
But most consumers always prefer the lower temperature of the new technology and new 55 nm process GPU.


Power consumption
This is the power consumption of the whole system. It shows the difference of the electric consumption of the graphics cards

3DMARK2006 is the test platform.
The power consumption of 4850 CrossFire is about 260~360W.


The power consumption of 4870 CrossFire is about 325~429W.


The maximum power consumption of 4870X2 is 449W.

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