Benchmark Results: 3DMark Vantage
Talk about a precedent being set. Not only is a pair of Radeon HD 4770s faster than the Radeon HD 4870 1 GB and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216—our two yardsticks—but it also smokes the doors off of ATI’s Radeon HD 4890. No wonder ATI raised the price on its 4770 at the last minute. At $200 per pair, there would have been no reason to buy a $250 4890, if 3DMark Vantage is any indication of real-world performance.
Then again, synthetics have a habit of telling a worst-case tale. Let’s move on to some of the more graphics-intensive gaming tests.
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Been looking to replace my ol' 8800gtx xxx edition for a while and i do have a crossfire board, hmmm
*Darts off to find a 8800gtx Vs 4770 x-fire chart*
I was going to pay AU$225 for a 4850, but for AU$300 I'm now getting 2x 4770's. Awesome
Now I am regretting the 4870 1GB I bought. They really say that as soon as you buy it, it's outdated.
could one xfire a 4770 with a 4850? or better just to xfire 2x 4850?
Cheapest I could find a 4770 in the UK was $123 inc. sales tax. That's not too bad compared to $109 in the US, although you guys may be able to get some form of rebate.
I really like this card. Lots of people are asking me to price up a spec for a comparatively cheap, but still capable GTA IV gaming rig. I can now offer them an AMD Phenom II rig, with either one or two 4770's. Crucially, I don't have to worry about the machine coming back because it's over-heated or they're tweaked the CPU/graphics too hard. That for me is a big bonus. Awesome card(s) with lots of power whether you're Intel or AMD.
Great article Chris.
Bet these turn up as an X2 soon.
I guess you need to update this one once 1GB 4770 cards come out, as the extra frame buffer might even get things nastier for the rest of the competition...
I wonder how NVIDIA will reply to this...
They could always rebadge something like the G92 ... for the fourth time.
I'd still rather have a G80 GTX ... the real thing had a wider memory bus and crunched some serious triangles.
The G92 was a shrink that just saved a few bucks ... at no saving to the customer.
AMD's shrink saves us a few bucks and two of them seem like a killer pair ... comparable to the 9600GT idea I would say (still cheaper though)
/snicker
+1 to 1GB and X2 versions of the card. AMD would be stupid not to! All we need now is the OpenGL physics to go mainstream and we're laughing!
Nice gear. Something for me to look forward to as a CrossFire virgin.
My next rig most certainly gets two of these.
"Below 1280x1024, however, things slow down too much to be considered playable." Above, surely?
£78.53 For a single Sapphire 4770 512Mb inc tax! Maybe I'll finally upgrade my 3870X2 with 2 of these or wait for a 1Gb / X2 version! WIN!
I don't think they have to pull out a X2 card, just up the memory and memory bus. The only problem I can think of is that it will kill the rest of their cards, as I don't believe we'll have to pay more than $50-75+ for this addition alone.
Great performance scaling. Sometimes more than 100%. Weird though.
You can prolly now get 2 for under $200 US Chris ... keep us posted !!
It's not just the FPS that matters...but heat, noise, power consumption...
Not always 2 cards are better than one, unless we talking about Crysis..
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164568
83 GBP over there, a HD 4770. Thats quite good. and the performance, very good!
I´m kinda regretting buying my 4870 now too
. Though all is not yet lost!
In a couple of months I´ll get either another 4870, 4770 or a better card, depending on what seems like the best choice.
It seems everyone has fallen in love with the 4770 crossfire but when you think about it, your already limiting yourself. For those with 4870 once you put them in crossfire they will also outperform these configs.
Each user has a different budget. The 4890 is not at danger as it can overclock nicely as well as be arranged in crossfire blowing away the competition. Remember directX11 cards are also coming in September.