It's low end part Tuesday

BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of PropagandaOKC Icrontian
edited April 2009 in Science & Tech
It's low end part Tuesday

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  • DrLiamDrLiam British Columbia
    edited April 2009
    This cpu definitely lures me into building that new system I've been thinking of but too bad it's not AM3.
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    If the 4770 benchmarks between the 4830 and 4850, they should have named it the 4840.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    ATi has performance tiers within its performance tiers. In the 4800 series, there are 4830s, 4850s, 4870s, and 4890s. In the 4700 series, there are similar breakdowns. The 4770 is one of the better cards in the 4700 series, so the -70 tier means it's better than a 48-series -30. The other differences in the card still don't make it a 4800 series card, though.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    ill stick with the 980o GTX on this one, I thought of picking up 2 for crossfire but I am not sure
  • DrLiamDrLiam British Columbia
    edited April 2009
    Snarkasm wrote:
    ATi has performance tiers within its performance tiers. In the 4800 series, there are 4830s, 4850s, 4870s, and 4890s. In the 4700 series, there are similar breakdowns. The 4770 is one of the better cards in the 4700 series, so the -70 tier means it's better than a 48-series -30. The other differences in the card still don't make it a 4800 series card, though.

    If I didn't take the time to read this I would have never of known... So I can see where Tim is coming from.
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    Finally! Crossfire results from Expreview (in Engrish)!

    For $200, you get an HD 4890 beater. That's a $30+ savings and probably in the range of the GTX 275 in terms of performance, provided you wanna sacrifice the slots and run dual GPUs instead of a single-core single card setup.
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited April 2009
    Wow, 4770 in crossfire really is a deal from all angles. At first, I was thinking the power consumption of running them in crossfire would make it cost more in the long run but at Idle and low use it's between 5-10w's difference. AT full load the 4890 uses more power than the two cards. This is the first time I've actually considered crossfire over a 1 card upgrade. 200 is my video card range and this hits the spot perfectly.
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    Bit-Tech explains overclocking the HD 4770. Their reference card maxed out Overdrive, so they had to move on to RivaTuner. After some tweaks they were able to use RivaTuner and CPU-Z to bring the card dangerously close to HD 4850 performance.
  • mas0nmas0n howdy Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    I'd like to see some results of 4770 Crossfire vs. 4890, both at maximum OC. Most 4890 will hit nearly 1GHz easy.
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    I mentioned to the guys at Bit-Tech (who seem to have an abundance of HD 4770s) that it'd be kick ass to see what you've suggested mas0n and they agreed. Hopefully we'll see some numbers in the next few days.

    I'm really taking a liking to this card and am considering replacing my HD 3870 with one or two. Probably two.
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited April 2009
    Buddy J wrote:
    I mentioned to the guys at Bit-Tech (who seem to have an abundance of HD 4770s) that it'd be kick ass to see what you've suggested mas0n and they agreed. Hopefully we'll see some numbers in the next few days.

    I'm really taking a liking to this card and am considering replacing my HD 3870 with one or two. Probably two.

    I don't know if you'll have the room for all heatpipage;D in your case if you get 2cards.
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited April 2009
    There's always room for more heatpipes!
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