Palit HD4870 Review Comment Thread

[SKYMTL]

Damn CCC. Maxed out the allowable core speed....

[ebdoradz]

dunno why but every singl ATI video card ive seen in the last year maxed out the catalyst control center core clock

my X1950Xt did it. Para_Frank and Leclerc 3850 both did it. they should put the limit a bit higher then what its actualy set at

[SKYMTL]

I will probably max out the memory clock too.....working at 4.2Ghz and the max is 4.4Ghz.

[belgolas]

Just a quick question. Will my PSU handle 4870 CF (Corsair HX620W)?

Oh and plenty of other reviews maxed the overclock.

[SKYMTL]

Whelp, not much more to say. I will let it run for the next hour to see if the maxed out clocks are stable. Rivatuner better come out soon with a version supporting these...

[Blackdove]

Originally Posted by belgolas

Just a quick question. Will my PSU handle 4870 CF (Corsair HX620W)?

Oh and plenty of other reviews maxed the overclock.

it should, i'm using 600 ocz stealth with it.

[ChuckleBrother]

Well it looks like my next upgrade just fell into my lap. Gonna order up 2 of these as soon as they are available, once the X2 drops I will just shunt one into the second gaming box I am making and then run tri-fire on my main rig.

Sky: Did you run any CF tests, and if so, did you see any of this "micro-stutter" I hear people talking about?

[SKYMTL]

Originally Posted by ChuckleBrother

Well it looks like my next upgrade just fell into my lap. Gonna order up 2 of these as soon as they are available, once the X2 drops I will just shunt one into the second gaming box I am making and then run tri-fire on my main rig.

Sky: Did you run any CF tests, and if so, did you see any of this "micro-stutter" I hear people talking about?

I have not testd CF yet. That will be in another review but I will not touch on micro stuttering since I don't want to wade into that fray before doing the proper testing.

[skadebo]

Fantastic review, and what a beautiful card with respect to performance, value, and hell even good looks.

[ChuckleBrother]

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

I have not testd CF yet. That will be in another review but I will not touch on micro stuttering since I don't want to wade into that fray before doing the proper testing.

Fair enough, I've never even run a system with either CF or SLI, so I have no idea what to expect. Either way, ATI is back in the game, in a really big way.