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VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB Redux
Conclusion
The 4870 X2 is a tough nut to crack. It's likeable just for the fact that it's awesome. I mean, it's a real CrossFire-on-a-stick solution, and with retail drivers, works great. It's also quiet, not silent or anything, but I'd rather have two of these in my computer than a single GTX 280. (I mean, who wouldn't?) While the GTX 295 is competition, it's also a whole lot more expensive. Different strokes. This card did set new records, particularly with power consumption. What's apparent from these apples-to-apples mainstream benchmarks, is that there's no reason to go 4870 X2 if you're not interested in anti-aliasing, and the whole thing is highly resolution-bound. At these modest resolutions (if you think of 1680x1050 as modest) you're better served by a single HD 4870 or a GTX 260. If there are such things as micro-stutters, and if they do affect games, they don't do so tangibly. I'm thoroughly convinced that any glitches I've encountered were products of early drivers. I know a lot of this seems like a downer, what with the card only marginally surpassing other, much cheaper cards, but it really isn't so. I know this, because I've gone and tested it at 1920x1200, and I have this to say: 8xAA? No problem. Let's do it again, this time with v-sync. Hardware like this deserves an image quality article. Comparing this X2 to others, it's priced the same, with some good add-ins as well as VisionTek's lifetime warranty. That alone pushes it to the top of the list. So if you read all this and are sure you're in the market for a Radeon HD 4870 X2 is definitely recommended.  Pros  Check out that bundle Nice video acceleration Yes, yes this is the fastest video card EVAR!!1Cons  Two-hundred how many watts? GTX 295 is more powerful, although you'd be hard-pressed to tell at these resolutions
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle, Specifications and Setup
Page 2: DirectX 10 Titles Page 3: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 4: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 5: Conclusion 
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