AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossFireX performance review @ Elite Bastards

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Hi everyone,

 

A couple of weeks ago, we looked a single Radeon HD 4870 X2 board to see how AMD's flagship graphics offering performed, and today we go one step further by pairing up two of these boards in a CrossFireX configuration. Four GPUs, a total of 4GB of graphics memory, and 4.8 teraflops of computing power - Sounds impressive, no? Join us as we see just how that theoretical behemoth stacks up in the real world.

 

 

AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossFireX performance review

 

"At idle and during video playback, we see an increase of around 70 to 80 Watts in the move from a single board to dual Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Not too bad, although 300 Watts just for Blu-Ray playback in a CrossFireX setup is rather a scary thought.

 

If that seems bad, you might want to look away before taking in our 3D rendering performance numbers - Almost 400 Watts for a single Radeon HD 4870 X2 is hefty, but with two boards in tandem you're looking at closer to 700 Watts, with power consumption likely to rise even higher in situations where both CPU and GPU are being pushed hard by a modern game title. Ouch."

 

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