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The latest graphics card from ATI has been allowed to be put through its paces by Bjorn3D.com. They will be pushing the card to its max just for us ‘graphics card junkies’.

Just like with its HD3870 X2 which consists of two RV670 GPUs, AMD uses two RV770XT GPUs on one PCB and the GPU’s communicate through the PLX chip. This PLX chip is model number PEX86BB-AA50BC and it’s supposed to be much better than the one found on HD3870X2 since it supports PCI Express 2.0.

During testing HD 4870 X2 , among others, locked horns with HD 3870X2, HD 4850, 8800GT, overclocked Asus 9800GTX, GTX280, 9800GX2 and HIS HD4870. The card itself is quite large and powering it will require and 8pin and a 6pin connector.

The card performed really well, beating 9800GX2 in some games by a hefty margin. Even more so, 1600×1200 resolution saw Radeon HD 4870 X2 beat the rest of the cards by as much as 50%. Initial testing shows that it can hold its own versus GTX280 and even beat it, but that will probably depend on the drivers. Although it’s still an engineering sample, it seems like ATI has a jewel on its hands, and we’re quite sure that Nvidia is aware of it.

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