The Official ATI RV770 Discussion Thread

[Blackfire]

@dOm1naTOr@
@MetalheadGautham@

Guys i am seacrching but couldn't find any 4870 retailing bellow 17.5k. So guys could you tell me which company is selling 4870 under 15K & from where i can buy it.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

@dOm1naTOr@
@MetalheadGautham@

Guys i am seacrching but couldn't find any 4870 retailing bellow 17.5k. So guys could you tell me which company is selling 4870 under 15K & from where i can buy it.

MSI is under 15K.

 

[shantanu]

guys ! hot news ! MSI HD 4870 == 13500/- :O ! my friend quoted me ! he is asking me 4.5 k more to get this card ? should i take it?
lol

oh man ! cant wait ! dying .... is it worth it ?

 

[MetalheadGautham]

guys ! hot news ! MSI HD 4870 == 13500/- :O ! my friend quoted me ! he is asking me 4.5 k more to get this card ? should i take it?
lol

oh man ! cant wait ! dying .... is it worth it ?

OMGWTH
Ithna sasta yeh card ?
ITS DAMN WORTH IT

And you better add these prices to the first post as a mod edit so that guys who want quick answers can see them.

 

[shantanu]

okey ! tell me should i upgrade or wait for 1 gb card ? i will order right now , so plz tell quick , i am having adreneline RUSH lol ! tell me fast

 

[MetalheadGautham]

okey ! tell me should i upgrade or wait for 1 gb card ? i will order right now , so plz tell quick , i am having adreneline RUSH lol ! tell me fast

I strongly feel 1GB wait is good, but then again, you need to hear other people's views too. Or even better, consult some solid benchmarks.

And if I was in your position, I would keep the card as it is, simply because I don't game as much. So first go back and see if you *really* need the power of HD4870. VFM is there, but do you NEED more power than you already have ?

 

[shantanu]

i dont really game now , as i am in work more ! its just that i love to upgrade ! but i bought the card and upgraded my system just for GTAIV lol ! so i think i can wait !

First post edited

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Shantanu just wondering did you try th fan fix for your HD4850? I just got my card & just after a hardcore session with Crysis my card too was displaying 101 degrees & idling at 68 degrees.Applied the fan fix & voila, it now idles at 52 degrees & 68 degrees at load.

 

[shantanu]

yup MSI sent me a New BIOS
and its done

btw , how much FPS are you getting ? @ 1280 x 1024 ?

 

[keith_j_snyder2]

We are talking about HD4870 not HD4850

Since you mentioned HD4850, I would like to say that it too can do with a ram increase, to maybe 640MB or 768MB.

I still don't think that 1GB 4870 will make a much difference, the more RAM is useful at higher resolution.
I m more onto the 4870x2 side for having 2GB! I think this will make a difference but not much.
But 4870 in X-Fire will definitely a better choice.
I m waiting for some benchmarks!

guys ! hot news ! MSI HD 4870 == 13500/- :O ! my friend quoted me ! he is asking me 4.5 k more to get this card ? should i take it?
lol

oh man ! cant wait ! dying .... is it worth it ?

Wait! Is he saying that he can get the card for u in 13500+ 4500?
Man the cheapest 4870 on Newegg is for $280 which is still cheaper than this.

If he is getting it for 13500/- then this is the best deal u can ever get!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

btw , how much FPS are you getting ? @ 1280 x 1024 ?

I only benchmarked Crysis till now.The utility showed me Min:20.1 FPS, Avg: 36.41 FPS & Max: 49 FPS.This was @1280x1024 with everything high without any AA & forced 16X AF from CC.So far I'm pretty impressed with it's performance.Will load a few more games & will keep this thread updated may be.

 

[mukherjee]

does anybody know the prices in kolkata for 4850/4870?
has any1 from kolkata bought one of these cards?

 

[regenade]

^^ Where is the HD 4850 available for 13.5k...
I dont see any sources being quoted for the HD 4870 or the HD 4850. Plz include the brand distri name etc

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^^Dehra Dun. MSI. HD4870 512MB GDDR5 for 13.5K. HD4850 512MB GDDR3 for 9.7K.

edit:

hey everyone, newengg.com has MSI HD4850 512MB GDDR3 for sale at 145$
thats like Rs. 6,000

 

[regenade]

Can the buyer who bought it at least post a scanned bill or something. I dont believe this...when this is nt available anywhere at even 15k...hw come its available in Dehra Dun for 13.5k

Or even better if he can get for members for 13.5k

 

[shantanu]

i didnt buy 4870 yet ! but i can provide a quotation from the dealer ? if wanted ?

 

[regenade]

Sure that will help a lot
I will need quotation for both the HD 4850(9.7k tax paid) & HD 4870 (13.5k tax paid)
Will conact u on yahoo IM if u dnt mind

 

[Pathik]

Shantanu, do wait for the 1 GB version.

 

[nvidia]

Guys the 48xx cards have 256-bit memory interface. In case they had 512-bit then nVidia's cards wouldn't come even close to these cards right?

 

[gxsaurav]

^^^^ Nope, having a bigger memory bus doesn't always results in good performance.