If they made a console with four Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB in SLI ............

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#1 Timberwolf5578
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what kind of graphics would it have?
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#2 Rigga911
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ps1 graphics
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#3 IgGy621985
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Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

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#4 Brainkiller05
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Same graphics as now, sure the hardware is awesome but it's not exactly next gen or ground breaking , the console would just be pushing graphics like Crysis.
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#5 Crystal-Rush
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probably crysis level graphics that are fully maxed out
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#6 Crystal-Rush
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Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

IgGy621985
i thought that the 4870 X2 are roughly two in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a crossfire setup
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#7 Brainkiller05
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[QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

Crystal-Rush
i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setup

It's called crossfire with ATi cards.
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#8 Saturos3091
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[QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

Crystal-Rush
i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setup

Crossfire is ATI's SLI. Anyway wouldn't the competitor try to up them (if however slightly) by putting 3 GT280's in their console? It'd be able to play Crysis on max (ultra, not very high), although it probably still wouldn't hit 16xAA 16xAF, or settings higher than that. Depends how much memory it'd have.
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[QUOTE="Crystal-Rush"][QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

Brainkiller05
i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setup

It's called crossfire with ATi cards.

yeah my bad.
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#11 IgGy621985
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[QUOTE="Crystal-Rush"][QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

Saturos3091

i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setup

Crossfire is ATI's SLI. Anyway wouldn't the competitor try to up them (if however slightly) by putting 3 GT280's in their console? It'd be able to play Crysis on max (ultra, not very high), although it probably still wouldn't hit 16xAA 16xAF, or settings higher than that. Depends how much memory it'd have.

3-way SLI is a big pile of bull. There were some tests, and 2-way SLI actually beats 3-way SLI.

Yeah, I know. Beats me too.

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#12 Brainkiller05
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[QUOTE="Crystal-Rush"][QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

thefsmlol

i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setup

You thought horribly wrong.

And if they could manage to do that it would just be a PC with a different OS that is called a console.

That's basically what consoles are becoming anyway, they're just a computer in a cool looking box and practically does every single thing a computer does just at a worse standard.
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[QUOTE="Saturos3091"][QUOTE="Crystal-Rush"]i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setupIgGy621985
Crossfire is ATI's SLI. Anyway wouldn't the competitor try to up them (if however slightly) by putting 3 GT280's in their console? It'd be able to play Crysis on max (ultra, not very high), although it probably still wouldn't hit 16xAA 16xAF, or settings higher than that. Depends how much memory it'd have.

3-way SLI is a big pile of bull. There were some tests, and 2-way SLI actually beats 3-way SLI.

Yeah, I know. Beats me too.

Hah, didn't know that. That's strange.
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[QUOTE="Crystal-Rush"][QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

Bestest evar.

And it would be in Crossfire, not SLI.

Saturos3091
i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setup

Crossfire is ATI's SLI. Anyway wouldn't the competitor try to up them (if however slightly) by putting 3 GT280's in their console? It'd be able to play Crysis on max (ultra, not very high), although it probably still wouldn't hit 16xAA 16xAF, or settings higher than that. Depends how much memory it'd have.

they'd probably stick with the latest dual card that has been heavily beefed up
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#16 Timberwolf5578
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Ok if the GT280 is more powerful, then how about four of those in SLI/Crossfire?
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#18 Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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A X2 already has Duel GPUs, and you say four X2s? The heat from them would melt the console or use so much power that you would blow a circuit, and not to mention possibly burn your damn house down.
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[QUOTE="Saturos3091"][QUOTE="Crystal-Rush"]i thought that the 4870 X2 are two graphics cards in one. In that case it would make sense for it to be a SLI setupIgGy621985
Crossfire is ATI's SLI. Anyway wouldn't the competitor try to up them (if however slightly) by putting 3 GT280's in their console? It'd be able to play Crysis on max (ultra, not very high), although it probably still wouldn't hit 16xAA 16xAF, or settings higher than that. Depends how much memory it'd have.

3-way SLI is a big pile of bull. There were some tests, and 2-way SLI actually beats 3-way SLI.

Yeah, I know. Beats me too.

3-way SLI was doomed from the start, you had to have 3 GTX's or 3 Ultras in order for the damn thing to even work, and im sure not many people had that much money to spend on GPU's.

Nvidia was so stupid, they should have done this with lower cards and the idea MAY have stood a chance.

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#20 lowe0
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None, since that sucker would be sitting on the shelf, with a price tag that makes the PS3 look like a box of Mac'n'cheese. What company would want to subsidize that down to a reasonable price point?
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It doesn't matter if a product is the best thing in the world, if it is too expensive no one would buy it. The enthusiast market may be interested, but if you are that type of person you would prefer PC anyway.

For consoles it would be useless, that audience wouldn't pay the price tag.

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#22 BumFluff122
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/There would be a big blank screen because the console would melt due to the intense heat.
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#23 markop2003
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Terrrible, if you put them in a console size case i'm sure they'ld overheat :P
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#24 BumFluff122
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Terrrible, if you put them in a console size case i'm sure they'ld overheat :Pmarkop2003
I've read about the overheating problem with just one 4870x2. People say you need a third party cooler because the stock cooler doesn't do the job. Imagine 4 of those together? You could probably roats marshmallows over it.
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#25 Killfox
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Why would I want to SLI 4870X2's??? That seems like a waste of money on something that wont work.
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#26 markop2003
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[QUOTE="markop2003"]Terrrible, if you put them in a console size case i'm sure they'ld overheat :PBumFluff122
I've read about the overheating problem with just one 4870x2. People say you need a third party cooler because the stock cooler doesn't do the job. Imagine 4 of those together? You could probably roats marshmallows over it.

ATI have notoroisly been hotter and noiser than thier Nvidia counterparts for years, it's no surprise that the 360 overheats so much
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This thread confuses me!
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#28 Killfox
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[QUOTE="BumFluff122"][QUOTE="markop2003"]Terrrible, if you put them in a console size case i'm sure they'ld overheat :Pmarkop2003
I've read about the overheating problem with just one 4870x2. People say you need a third party cooler because the stock cooler doesn't do the job. Imagine 4 of those together? You could probably roats marshmallows over it.

ATI have notoroisly been hotter and noiser than thier Nvidia counterparts for years, it's no surprise that the 360 overheats so much

My 4870 runs very cool at 39C at idle and rarely ever reaches over 50C on load. Which those temps are good and my card is OCed to hell and back.
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Terrrible, if you put them in a console size case i'm sure they'ld overheat :Pmarkop2003
Even in this console? (I couldn't find the PS3 which is on the Nasa launch space shuttle rocket mover vehicle thing) :lol:

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#30 JosamaBinEating
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/There would be a big blank screen because the console would melt due to the intense heat.BumFluff122
Yup. You would need console cases to be as big as a Lian Li/Silverstone/Antec 1200 size cases.
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#31 munu9
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I bet the next gen consoles, if the companies try to make very powerful consoles again. Will be at least that powerful
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[QUOTE="Timberwolf5578"]Ok if the GT280 is more powerful, then how about four of those in SLI/Crossfire?thefsmlol

ZOMG! WHAT IF THERE WAS 42 OF THEM?!?

They don't have support for 4 of them and they don't plan to make it. Also the scaling from 1 to 2 still needs to be worked on before they can be serious about having many cards.

HOLY **** YOU FIGURED OUT THE QUESTION!!!!! *universe explodes*

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#33 Martin_G_N
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The funny thing is....is that you can run crysis on a single core CPU, as long as the GPU and bandwidth are powerfull enough. They should start developing games with multicore CPU's in mind as well. The best thing would be if a hardware company like Sony or IBM made a very powerfull GPU by them self. If ATI or NVIDIA makes one, they will not make one as powerfull as they can. Because they will allways have in mind how they will realease it and more powerfull ones later on for the PC. If someone else comes in, they can up the standards.
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#34 naruto7777
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yes and it would be $1000 dollars
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#35 nintendog66
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You wouldn't be able to play any games on it due to the microstuttering... Even when the HD4870X2 are fairly well optimized for minimium microstuttering, the result of 4 of these dual GPU cards would be abysmal. Plus SLI won't work on a Crossfire/ATI card. Not to mention the heat... Also it woudln't matter how many GPUs you put in that thing if there's not enough RAM or CPU power to avoid bottlenecking the GPUs.
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