Comments on: ASUS EAH4870 Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Card: Find Out if It’s Worth the Wait

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:34:09 +0000

TechARP needs to get with the times. Benchmarking an HD4870 against a 9800GTX+ is rather lame at this point. Especially since the 9000 series was nothing but a die shrink of the 8000 series, which we all know is a 2 year old design.

Nvidia already dropped the price of the GTX260 to match the HD4870 some time ago. In fact, if you look hard enough, you can find a factory overclocked GTX 260 with quite a significant bump at a reasonable price. And they aren’t running 90C either.

I can understand ATI/AMD fanatics/zealots being ecstatic over ATI/AMD catching up in the GPU arena, but geez, it’s getting to the point of annoyance with the overdone “ZOMG, Nvidia got pwned!” remarks. Nobody’s spanking anyone. If you require a reference of what a spanking is, go back 2 years ago and look at the first 8800 reviews. Heck, this current crop of GPU drama isn’t even as exciting as the Voodoo 5 vs. Geforce 2 battle earlier this decade.

In all seriousness, either way you go today, you can’t lose. The HD4850 will give a person a consistent 60 FPS in -most- games without breaking the bank. And if you can afford a nice 24 or 30 inch display, the flagship cards are probably in your range as well. Quite frankly, I’m still amazed how well an 8800 still holds up today on a 22″ monitor given its age.

By: Norbit

Norbit — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:50:44 +0000

Yeah there will definitely be a price drop on Nvidia’s part. Its nice to have real competition between them again for the first time in a few years.

By: xx-Thor-xx

xx-Thor-xx — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:09:37 +0000

I had no idea those were out already.. cool

Makes me wonder what Nvidia’s next move is gonna be.. hopefully a price drop and a the gtx300s come out to play.

By: Norbit

Norbit — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:32:19 +0000

@ xx-Thor-xx

The new HD4870X2 2GB DDR5 has just been released and is now the best card on the market so Ati now has the mid range and high end.

By: xx-Thor-xx

xx-Thor-xx — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:12:18 +0000

hmm so because ATi is winning the upper mid range battle they are on top? they win the price>performance battle all the time anyways this is nothing new.. but Nvidia still has a stranglehold on the very top end of gpu’s with its gtx280.

By: ZenEye

ZenEye — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:05:13 +0000

Mmmm reminds me of that RAMBUS smell, remember? lol

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:57:06 +0000

Gotta love that smell NVIDIA…

you know… that “OH crap we were on top now we’re totally getting our ass handed to us” smell?

AMD likes that smell.

By: Hekynn

Hekynn — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:43:48 +0000

Damn come on Nvidia lets see what ya guys are working on now need a cheap but good new GTX card I like Nvidia

By: layton shumate

layton shumate — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:28:55 +0000

damn straight