AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2: R700 First-Look : Two Times The Compute Power

[zatoicchi]

Although AMD took the hardware community by surprise with the performance of RV770 and the derivative Radeon HD 4850/4870, things didn’t go entirely according to plan. The company launched its boards immediately after Nvidia, which turned around and slashed the prices on its own models, determined to win this round of the ongoing graphics card war.

And yet, a month and a half after the launch of AMD’s newest round of products, the verdict hasn’t changed. Neither the GeForce GTX 260 nor the GeForce 9800 GTX+ (only recently made available) can take on the Radeon HD 4870 with regards to price or performance, even in light of heavy cuts from Nvidia.
But AMD’s not out just to make waves with the gamers looking for value. It also wants to reclaim a crown it lost a long time ago to Nvidia’s last two generations of large, monolithic programmable graphics architectures. As a means to that end, the company is putting a pair of its most impressive GPUs on a single PCB and calling it the Radeon HD 4870 X2. Now the question remains: does the new board have the muscle to take on Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 280, the single fastest card?

AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2: R700 First-Look : Two Times The Compute Power

[Aurion]

Well,the same LAME fight goes on all the time,u know Nvidia hits the market first (as always) then AMD or ATI comes out with the same integrated chips to compete but in low prices,well I guess gamers are the only WINNERs

[anon]

Now the question remains: does the new board have the muscle to take on Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 280, the single fastest card?

We'll just have to wait and see... it may supposedly have 2x the power, but in the end it is benchmarks and how well it gets along with game(r)s that matter

[Aurion]

Well,the GeForce GTX 280 was a unique gfx card of its kind so dont think that AMD will be able to take down that release,maybe for earlier-later releases,but anon u got a point there,its all about gamer's tastes,liking & disliking,also its about how to run a monster game maxed without fuzzing ur PC down