Faster Graphics For Lower Prices: ATI Radeon HD 4770
by Derek Wilson on April 28, 2009 5:15 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Age of Conan Performance
For our first test, the Radeon HD 4770 actually leads the pack. Now, we can't be sure this is all hardware, as we are using two different drivers for the AMD hardware. It could be that some architectural enhancement helped boost performance, but it is more likely that the difference in the driver revisions we are using is what causes this jump in performance. Whether this is a driver level improvement or some hardware tweak, this is a pretty impressive performance.
Regardless of the cause, looking at competitive data shows that the Radeon HD 4770 has a clear advantage over NVIDIA hardware in Age of Conan. This is nothing new, as AoC favors AMD hardware. We will be moving to the DX10 version in future articles, and that might shake things up a bit.
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SiliconDoc - Sunday, June 7, 2009 - link
the usual red rooster line I see:" It's all about cost benefit. Certainly it's a benefit to have smaller GPUs as they cost less to make. "
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YES WE KNOW YOU IDIOT RED ROOSTERS - ATI HAS LOST A BILLION A YEAR IN THEIR COST EFFECTIVE TINY GPU DIE SALES.
THEY LOSE 33% IN DOLLARS OF THEIR SALE PRICE ON EVERY DING DANG VIDEOCARD THEY SELL AS AN AVERAGE.
That means if you buy a $200 lovely driver corrupted red rooster card, ATI loses $66 for AMD and themselves !
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WHAT a great advantage they have in that die size !
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MEANWHILE FOR THOSE BILLION DOLLAR ATI LOSS YEARS, NVIDIA HAS BEEN CRANKING OUT A PROFIT ! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$4
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Oh well, nice BS anyway Derek ! Hope it makes all your fantasies real for you, because that's the only place they are real, in your head.
srikar115 - Saturday, May 30, 2009 - link
on stock its same performer to 4850,cheaper,cooler nore ociable,this will defently hamper the sales of 4850.clocks reached as high as 1000/1200 with voltage adjustments...i jus love this card
http://pcgamersera.com/forum/topic.php?id=16">http://pcgamersera.com/forum/topic.php?id=16
PC Reviewer - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - link
I believe that the newer 4890's are better performance for the cost...its only marginally more yet offers more ram for larger resolutions and more power..
http://pcreviewer.org/new-radeon-hd-4890-video-car...">http://pcreviewer.org/new-radeon-hd-4890-video-car...
Sunsmasher - Saturday, May 2, 2009 - link
It quite apparent that the manufacturers are TRYING to create confusion for less sophisticated buyers so that they cannot easilycompare price/performance factors of cards.
This is especially true of Nvidia. (Can anybody explain why the 8800 magically became the 9800?)
Obviously an attempt to create a "new" card without really changing anything.
PrinceGaz - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link
[quote]The fact that the AMD hardware is leading here is not unexpected. But we do see that the NVIDIA GTS 250 looks a little bit CPU bound at lower resolutions.[/quote]I wouldn't say it is CPU bound as the AMD cards are not at all CPU bound at considerably higher framerates. Rather the nVidia card is for some reason being capped at 60fps, almost probably by its driver (or possibly some setting in it). Most LCD displays are capable of accepting a refresh rate of 75hz (at certain resolutions) as well as 60hz, so you could always try doing that to see if the driver is limiting the framerate to the refresh-rate.
rickshaw - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link
This card look amazing for the price. I am wondering now if this card is any better than the HD 3870? Should I get this card to replace the HD 3870?Any comments for the experts?
Lummox - Thursday, May 7, 2009 - link
with two of these cards for $220 = rebate you will smoke anything else at this price including a 280. see toms for reviewVooDooAddict - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link
I'm drooling over the power usage.Top end i7
6 dimms
4770
under 220w
I think I found the new Crossfire setup for my Shuttle!
Wreckage - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - link
How come the 4770 does so much better in the Anandtech review than in the Guru3D, HardOCP, Xbit Labs, Tom's Hardware and several other reviews?mmpalmeira - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link
I guess it is because of the games they tested with that favors the ATI hardware. Specialy GRID and AoC. The cards performance is very similar, so the games choosen to performe the test will define with card is better.