http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/ Engadget Comments for AMD doubles up, announces ATI HD Radeon 4850 X2 and 4870 X2 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/
I'd expect the GTX 260 to be down around the 250 mark, if not the 200 mark, sooner rather than later. It's going to cost Nvidia money, but the alternative isn't that pretty either. The 280 will probably hit the 300 dollar mark, and if it doesn't, ATI is going to steal a ton of market share.


One last note...my 4870 runs hot as f*ck in my well ventilated case, with the fan set to about 40% (any higher and it's loud). I can't imagine the heat coming from two 4870's, or two 4850's for that matter. The cooler better be amazing.]]>Aug 12th 2008 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/
http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/10042/Nvidia_Reveal_18000_PC_Graphics_Card.html]]>Aug 11th 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/
Now is the time to support ATI/AMD, both because of their performance and Linux support, and reject other closed-source graphics companies - namely nvidia.

Just one of many similar stories on Phoronix:
AMD Makes An Evolutionary Leap In Linux Support, http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=12495]]>Nov 28th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Then some guy gave me this item called "Glasses" and it fixed it. Why don't they just give it a software patch or something instead of me having to pay for these damn things? Bastards!]]>Aug 12th 2008 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 14th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 11th 2008 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/





wat]]>Aug 12th 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/
2 GB of DDR5? Is someone planning to run Crysis at 3840x2160? 1 GB is already overkill for most high-end gaming.]]>Aug 12th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=605&type=expert

Another good write up and review.]]>Aug 12th 2008 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-4870-X2--AMD-Back-On-Top/]]>Aug 12th 2008 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/
Plus theres no point watching this crap like a hawk, its the same thing over and over again. One makes a GOD CARD, the next makes a bigger, faster, hotter GOD CARD and the process repeats...]]>Aug 12th 2008 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 12th 2008 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/
Yes please.


Now what I want to see is for them to put a second crossfire connector on their X2 cards to allow a 4 card/8 GPU configuation.
Plays crysis and also doubles as a space heater]]>Aug 15th 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/amd-doubles-up-announces-ati-hd-radeon-4850-x2-and-4870-x2/Aug 15th 2008 1:41PM