CALLING ALL 4780 X2 OWNERS :) need your help pls

seanwat2002 · Post by **seanwat2002** » 05 Nov 2008, 17:47

so im pretty sure im going to be upgrading my current rig with the 4780x2, but for the life of me i cant find any frame rates with 3840x1024 resolution!!! especially im looking for rates for World of Warcraft with the recent graphics overhaul. and also most first person shooters. any help would be greatful, someone must use this card with a th2g!!!

heres my specs that i can remember off the top of my head:

Custom watercooling, using dangerden/frozencpu.com stuff...e8400 not currently overclocked, asus maximus mobo(crossfire board, probably will add another 4780x2 later), 4gb of OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1600mhz, bfg factory waterblocked 8800gts o/c'd , 2 150gb raptors in raid 0, and a rocketfish 750watt psu...blah blah blah, i use a ergotron triple monitor stand with 3 19'' samsung 940bx monitors with my faithful TH2G.

thanx for all your help guys , i love my surround gaming and am annoyed that i have to turn down graphics properties :x its hard enough for me to not be on the max settings :)

Post by **scavvenjahh** » 05 Nov 2008, 19:18

Graphics cards reviews never go TripleHead... but 2560x1600 is very close to 3840x1024, so look for reviews of the 4870 X2 that use that res in their benchmarks.

Here are "smart charts" from a german article : http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2008/test_ati_radeon_hd_4870_x2/23/#abschnitt_performancerating_qualitaet
Pick a resolution and filtering options, hover over your previous graphics card model and see by how much the X2 outperforms it :lol:

seanwat2002 · Post by **seanwat2002** » 05 Nov 2008, 22:19

thanx alot for the link, glad to see that the x2 does so well :)

YouTube · Post by **ViciousXUSMC** » 07 Nov 2008, 09:18

The X2 will eat WoW alive, thats considered an easy to run game by todays standards.

I wouldn't bet on something like Crysis maxing out though. Especially if CF still doesnt work for it. I never got more than one of my two 4850s to activate in Crysis :(

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 07 Nov 2008, 18:44

FRAPS is free and will tell you your FPS.

Post by **Gilly** » 08 Nov 2008, 01:55

wow is still cpu heavy more than gpu heavy. even if you run at that res with 4x AA and shaders maxed it will still be cpu limited i would of thought

seanwat2002 · Post by **seanwat2002** » 08 Nov 2008, 07:59

FRAPS is free and will tell you your FPS.

i was inquiring about the frames, BEFORE i purchased the card :) so there for that wouldnt really help, but thanx anyways... i know fraps its a good program.

and i just ordered my 4870 x2 overnighted ofcourse :lol:

and i will then update with my current resolution so everyone else can have the info i was looking for :D

Post by **Gilly** » 08 Nov 2008, 14:16

btw aparently if you use pitbull unit frames during raids, for some unknown reason at the moment its causing a lot of people fps problems... so bear that in mind

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » 08 Nov 2008, 18:02

btw aparently if you use pitbull unit frames during raids, for some unknown reason at the moment its causing a lot of people fps problems... so bear that in mind

Lots of addons are wonky with the move to 3.0

seanwat2002 · Post by **seanwat2002** » 12 Nov 2008, 03:11

so i had my sapphire 4870x2 and chilltec ultra heatsink overnighted monday, and know i have everything up and running, with the correct drivers and temps awesome... and guess what... wow is down!!! lol probably until wrath release tomorrow night.... AHHH ... so being that i had done a fresh install when i upgraded to vista... i have to now load games to bench... :) im sure it will be fun though... ill post findings soon

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 12 Nov 2008, 19:00

Wait... Chilltec Ultra heatsink? There's aftermarket cooling for the X2? Or is that for something else? CPU?

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