HD4870, HD4850 and CrossfireX!

erocker · Jun 27, 2008

Well I got the 4870 in and running, however I may be running into driver issues? Furmark won't run the gpu at 100% (more like 75%)... It's also idling at 75c, with the fan only going at 18%...
:confused:

trt740 · Jun 27, 2008

erocker said:
Well I got the 4870 in and running, however I may be running into driver issues? Furmark won't run the gpu at 100% (more like 75%)... It's also idling at 75c, with the fan only going at 18%...

this will be the cooler to have http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/vga/t-rad2/product_vga_cooler_trad2.html

erocker · Jun 27, 2008

Ok, strike my last comment. No driver problems, user error. :eek:

I really like that cooler, but I'd rather crank this fan to 100% and blow the heat out of my case, but we'll see how that goes...

Anyways, I'm getting some pictures ready, and here's the first bench with the 4870 (everything stock):

zithe · Jun 27, 2008

erocker said:
*This 4870 is really heavy! (in the literal sense)

What, is this 1985? :3

When I finally receive my dual 4870s (in fall lol) I will be seizing. XD

Oooh. Small frame drop.

Megasty · Jun 27, 2008

erocker said:
Well I got the 4870 in and running, however I may be running into driver issues? Furmark won't run the gpu at 100% (more like 75%)... It's also idling at 75c, with the fan only going at 18%...

Those idle temp are actually normal which is just sad. The fan on the 4870 is the same as the one on the 3870x2 so anything over 70% & it'll sound like a leaf blower. Too bad RT won't crank up the fan. We're gonna need a fix for that too b4 these boys burn up.

dark2099 · Jun 27, 2008

Damn those are some nice scores erocker.

erocker · Jun 27, 2008

Part I

I'll start with the Visiontek HD 4850. Here is a shot of the card, and the package/accesories that come with it.

The cooler just won't do for me, so I found a great looking cooler for sale here at TPU! Here's a few pics of the cooler install, everything went together great!

Finally, a pic of it (rather hastily) installed in my case. The LED's in the fan give it a warm orange-red glow like it may be on fire. Quite fitting for such a hot card! The card now idles at 38c and under load (using furmark) 59c, in a room that is about 25c.

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Ok, now on to the 4870. Here are just some basic pics of the card, the package and it installed in my system. This card is a beast. It's big and it's heavy.

More to come...

p_o_s_pc · Jun 27, 2008

looking nice. Want to see some scores

imperialreign · Jun 28, 2008

@erocker: how much of a difference is there in temps between your 4850 with aftermarket cooler versus the 4870 with stock dual-cooler?

Don't the two cards run in the same ballpark temps with OE coolers?

Asides - nice setup so far man, defi interested in seeing how well they perform together! :toast:

erocker · Jun 28, 2008

HD 4870 Stock speeds. Q6600 @ 3.6ghz, RAM at 1200MHZ, 400FSB

erocker · Jun 28, 2008

imperialreign said:
@erocker: how much of a difference is there in temps between your 4850 with aftermarket cooler versus the 4870 with stock dual-cooler?

I won't really know untill I have some fan control for the 4870.

*Installing Crysis. :rolleyes:

imperialreign · Jun 28, 2008

erocker said:
I won't really know untill I have some fan control for the 4870.

*Installing Crysis.

well, you could give the new ATT beta a shot: http://cid-a50350ea7a969f0c.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/attsetup.exe

or riva

Megasty · Jun 28, 2008

When we do get the fan control going that thing will fly. I had to dismember the thing to confirm it but it is exactly the same fan as the 3870x2. Seeing that beast stuck at 18-25% makes me want to cry :cry:

erocker · Jun 28, 2008

Crysis. 3.6ghz Q6600, 400FSB, 1200Mhz RAM. HD 4870 stock speeds.

DX9, High Settings, 1680x1050

DX10, Very High Settings, 1680x1050

WarEagleAU · Jun 28, 2008

Awesome dude and Im so envious of you. HD4870/4850. Awesome man~

oli_ramsay · Jun 28, 2008

Can you bench crysis with this CFG? http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=13790&hilight=ultrahighqualitycfg+1+3final

Gives the highest possible quality at an acceptable fram-rate. Cos I'll be getting a 4870 soon and have the same resolution and I wanna know what to expect, Cheers!!! :respect:

Cold Storm · Jun 28, 2008

Erocker, that is sweet! I'm glad the wait is finally over for ya man! Now lets see those scores go up and up!!!

erocker · Jun 28, 2008

oli_ramsay said:
Can you bench crysis with this CFG? http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=13790&hilight=ultrahighqualitycfg+1+3final

Gives the highest possible quality at an acceptable fram-rate. Cos I'll be getting a 4870 soon and have the same resolution and I wanna know what to expect, Cheers!!!

That looks very interesting. I'll try that out this weekend.

Ok Crossfire is up and running!

I'm going to to 3d06 and Vantage once again, same oc'd settings on my system, stock clocks on the cards.

dark2099 · Jun 28, 2008

I am officially envious.

Cold Storm · Jun 28, 2008

MMM MMM GOOD man! I can't wait to see those score jump!

wolf2009 · Jun 28, 2008

ghost101 said:
WTH! Thats ridiculous.

Just one question though. After you install this, do you have to run the game in dx10 mode or dx9 mode?

i have tried that , it makes the game look good but very dark. without the tod modification the game looks better IMHO . with TOD, the shadown become too dark .

imperialreign · Jun 28, 2008

wolf2009 said:
i have tried that , it makes the game look good but very dark. without the tod modification the game looks better IMHO . with TOD, the shadown become too dark .

How does TOD compare to the Natural Mod as far as IQ and game performance is concerned?

Megasty · Jun 28, 2008

ghost101 said:
WTH! Thats ridiculous.

Just one question though. After you install this, do you have to run the game in dx10 mode or dx9 mode?

That cfg is one the versions I have. The guy tweaked it enough so that it'll even run on an 8800gt - although slow as hell. That cfg also have slow loading times because it loads all the bacdground tex first b4 going into the level instead of the game refreshing them every 3-5 second. That's what bring most sys to a halt. You can run it on dx9 but it won't look half as good. The sun glare would be cut in half. All you have to do is adjust the gamma & brightness because it does look pretty dark when you first install it. That TOD nearly destroys a few levels, specially the ice level. I would leave the TOD alone until he really fixes it.

oli_ramsay · Jun 28, 2008

It doesn't look too dark to me, but that's just personal preference. You can use the CFG in DX9 or DX10 mode. I personally use DX9 to get 4 or 5 FPS more and I can't really tell the difference between it and DX10.

I haven't tried 1.3.1 (http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=13790&hilight=ultrahighqualitycfg+1+3final) but I think it would be cool to see how well it plays out with the 4870.

erocker · Jun 28, 2008

HD4870 + HD4850 Crossfire X stock clocks. Q6600 @ 3.6ghz, 400FSB, 1200mhz RAM.

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

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Processor	Intel I5
Motherboard	Apple
Memory	40gb of DDR 4 2700
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon 500
Storage	Fusion Drive 1 TB
Display(s)	27 Inch IMac late 2017

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

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Processor	Intel Core i5 11600kf
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z590-V ATX
Memory	(48GB total) 16GB (2x8GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport 3000MHZ and G. Skill Ripjaws 32GB 3200MHZ (2x16GB)
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 3060 12GB
Storage	1TB MSI Spatium M370 NVMe M.2 SSD
Display(s)	32" Viewsonic 4k, 34" Samsung 3440x1440, XP Pen Creative Pro 13.3
Power Supply	EVGA 600 80+ Gold
VR HMD	Meta Quest Pro, Tundra Trackers
Software	Windows 10

Processor	i7 920 @ 3.6 GHz (4.0 when gaming)
Motherboard	Asus Rampage II Extreme - Yeah I Bought It...
Cooling	Swiftech.
Memory	12 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer - I Love Red
Video Card(s)	ASUS EAH4870X2 - That Fan Is...!?
Storage	4 WD 1.5 TB
Display(s)	24" Sceptre
Case	TT Xaser VI - Fugly, Red, & Huge...
Audio Device(s)	The ASUS Thingy
Power Supply	Ultra X3 1000W
Software	Vista Ultimate SP1 64bit

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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Cooling	Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer 2 420mm
Memory	2x16GB Corsair DDR4 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	eVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 256GB, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
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Case	Fractal Meshify 2 XL
Audio Device(s)	fiio K9 to Hifiman Sundara's via 4.4mm balanced cable
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX 850w
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon Wireless RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB PRO
Software	Windows 11 x64

System Name	el'lappy\|Cruncher \| Cruncher 2
Processor	intel C2D T6400 \| i7 3770k @4.2ghz \| AII X2 220 @3.4ghz
Motherboard	some Acer \| Asus P8Z77-V Pro \|Gigabyter GA-M61p-S3
Cooling	dual 80mm cooling fan \| WC'ing ) \|cheapo
Memory	2x2gb ddr3 \| 2x2gb Ripjaws 1600 \|4x512mb D9s
Video Card(s)	onboard \| 60 1GB(hd7770 ) \|8800GTS
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Display(s)	17in \| 42" 1080P HD 3D TV
Case	lappy case \| CM HAF XB \|none yet
Audio Device(s)	onboard \| onboard \| onboard
Power Supply	Dell brick w/ acer end end \| Antec EW 650w \|Antec SP 350w(upg.soon)
Software	Windows 7 Ult. 64bit---->------->

System Name	УльтраФиолет
Processor	Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved)
Motherboard	ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB
Cooling	Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler
Memory	Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T
Video Card(s)	Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970
Storage	(2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10)
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1
Power Supply	Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular
Software	Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
Benchmark Scores	3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 "Gen 2" 2600X
Motherboard	AsRock X470 Killer Promontory
Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
Memory	32 GB Geil EVO Portenza DDR4 3200 MHz
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Storage	WD 250 M.2, Corsair P500 M.2, OCZ Trion 500, WD Black 1TB, Assorted others.
Display(s)	ASUS MG24UQ Gaming Monitor - 23.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160) , IPS, Adaptive Sync, DisplayWidget
Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Dream Weaver
Processor	Ryzen 5600
Motherboard	B450 MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC
Cooling	NH-D14
Memory	16GB Flare X @ 3200MHz CL14
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro+
Storage	500GB evo 970 m.2 + 4TB HDDs
Display(s)	ASUS 27" 1440p 144hz FreeSync
Case	Fractal Design Define R3
Power Supply	Corsair 850W
Software	Windows 10 x64

System Name	Haro
Processor	AMD 1700x
Motherboard	AsRork x370 Taichi
Cooling	EK Custom Loop - CPU only
Memory	32gb G-Skill Trident Z
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 Superclock 2
Storage	Too Many
Display(s)	Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & LG 32 IPS
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos II
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 500
Software	Win10 Pro
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