ATI 4870 Review Thread

Hot on the heels of the 4850 comes another budget sleeper hit from ati, the 4870. this ones even more impressive and delivers bucket load of performance for only 299. reminds me of the days of the Geforce 4 Ti4200


1. Anandtech
AT's 770


2. Tech Report
TR 4870


3. Fudzilla
The Fud!


4. ExtremeTech
ET on 4870



5. FiringSquad
FS on the 4800


6. HardOCP
HardOCP
and i quote:

We were surprised to see the Radeon HD 4870 competing well against the GeForce GTX 260. [b]It not only matched the gameplay experience, but in Assassin’s Creed it edged out with faster framerates too. Count on drivers to mature in both camps as well.[b/]

This coming from a place which usually spanks ati for terrible performance!













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Nvidia better lower its prices or else!

[mirobaid]

Better late than never, as common saying goes.
1.The best bang for the buck award to ATI 4850 by Tomshardware.
2. It is 19% lower than gtx 260.
3. It is equal or as par to 9800 gtx+.
4.Under 200$.
5.Better lighting per pixel than any of the nvidia offering.
6.Better Antialiasing than any of the nvidia offering.

See the following link:
Conclusion - Tom's Hardware : ATI Radeon HD 4850: Smarter by Design?

[Kashif]

yep its a best buy apart from the relatively higher temps.

[alinewaz]

nVidia is lowering the prices of both GTX's by mid of July, LOVE COMPETITION!!!

[alinewaz]

Prices confirmed, GTX 280 $ 499 compared to previous $649. Hell I am gonna even longer now....as 4870X2 is on the way and its targeted for $499 / $350...

[mirobaid]

Originally Posted by alinewaz

Prices confirmed, GTX 280 $ 499 compared to previous $649. Hell I am gonna even longer now....as 4870X2 is on the way and its targeted for $499 / $350...

what is your source of information about the price reduction from 649 to 499, whereas i have information that only 90$ for gtx 280 and 30$ for gtx 260 were curtailed.
See the Link
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati...rce,5818.html:

[ali.tayyab]

the prices have been reduced.

from hardOCP, quoting hexus:

""NVIDIA Cuts Prices on High End Cards

Hexus is reporting that NVIDIA, facing pricing pressure on the heels of the impressive release of AMD/ATI's 4800-series, is cutting prices on the 9800 GTX, GTX 260, and GTX 280 cards. The AIB (board partner) prices will be as follows (all prices are USD):

9800 GTX: $165 ($199)

GTX 260: $222 ($329)

GTX 280: $392 ($499)

(Prices in parentheses are target selling prices.)

An interesting issue arising from this move is the extent to which NVIDIA is protecting its AIBs and the broader channel from these price cuts. Even if it just protects the AIBs it could be looking at an additional bill of $10 million or so and, obviously, if it extends that to the entire channel the figure will be considerably higher.""

both links:
NVIDIA keeps cutting prices :: HEXUS.channel - The online home of the UK technology channel
[H] Enthusiast -

[AzeemBhai]

WOW thats Great,169$ for 9800GTX when are we getting this gen in that price

Nvidia PWNED by ATi for the first time after Geforce5 series

[ali.tayyab]

the price in brackets is for the oem's. it is up to them how much of the margin they want to keep for themselves and how much would they like to pass to the end user!

[syed_shahzad786]

y the paki shopleeper selling them too high...9800gtx for 27k but worldwide it`s for $200

[nof3l]

Originally Posted by syed_shahzad786

y the paki shopleeper selling them too high...9800gtx for 27k but worldwide it`s for $200

dollar is at 71 i guess so price is ok (correct me if im wrong)