Who else is ready for the mobility 4870's?

I know I am, anyone else waiting for them?

 

I waiting for real world application benchmarks. Then I'll decide

 

meeeeeee i love my 3870s but 4870s r better so why would you not want them there gonna do better

 

define "real world application"

 

Games ....What else?

 

Duh I just got my baby, there´s no hurry to 4k series. I don´t want to upgrade yet, it´s killing my wallet

 

Same here. I could care less what 3Dmark scores they get. I want to see a few tests on crysis first them we'll talk.

 

i would test on other games then crysis .... theres no real new games thats killing graphics cards like ..most the graphic cards out can run the games the 48xx will kill games they wont just run them lol and yea its killin my wallet to

 

Ha, I am all ready for the (5)870's! I am also ready for the day when the software is behind hardware in performance... $$$$$$

 

My M17 is only a week old, I wouldn't consider it... Yet.

But if other people have tried 'em and it runs like cake, then prolly.

 

If I get a good price for the 3870s (I don't think so^^), I would be more intrested in the 4870s ... but as far as it looks like one 4870 will not be mutch faster than 2x3870s ... there is not so much "force" in me to buy this card^^

Greetings
Julian

 

all depends on my wallet and if i get this scholarship.....

 

the possible failed-scalability will be erased with one card versus two.

 

ether way the cards will crush any game period thats alllll that matters

 

I've gotta say, I think it will be awhile before any notebook card crushes Crysis. And by the time one can, Crysis won't be standard anymore. I'm not going to get the cards right when they debut. Gotta let a few of the big ballers get the stuff and see how it works for them first.

 

I agree id wait and see how they work with the M17 first before the purchase

 

yeaaaaa let the front line take them and then we will get all th rewards whooo

 

I'd pay good money for some big 'ole aftermarket heatsinks for the M17. There's a lot of room for improvement in there. The 4870s are going to make some heat, too.

 

Im just going to buy them when they come out, I have an overheating m5750 that has a hard time keeping good framerates on WoW and cant play 3d games in certain room temperatures without artifacting and needs a notebook cooler and needs the performance settings set to max battery to stay cool.

 

sucks...i bet you cant wait the m17 is a cool laptop it idles at 45 c for me max i ever hit was 83 c on ultra high AA and AF

 

OMG YES! My hands wont sweat over my keyboard when i play WoW lol. I dont need to wait for the 4870s to be tested, im just going to buy em ! Im getting a QX9300, 3 gigs of RAM, and dual 4870's, which certainly beat a Core 2 Duo 2.0GHZ, 1 gig of RAM, and an x1800.

 

dude make sure to get the ram 3 party lol but that sounds like a bench mark breaker to me but it would also break my wallet dude wow on the 3870s is 200fps now why wait you can still upgrade....just saying you must be devoted to play on that

 

Yeah im really devoted, i also want to play crysis too, so thats also another reason im getting the upgraded cards, also COD4, Far Cry 2, stuff like that. I really cant wait, its gonna be awesome !

 

well my 3870s can do that to !!! sorry but i had to say it stay tuned here we will prlly have a huge red thread that say the 4870s release date

 

I alway check this forum like every 2 hours, just to see if there is any news on the 4870's. I cant wait for 200+ framerates in WoW !

 

the f**k you gonna do with 200 fps? your display can only show you 60...

 

I could say I have 200+ fps everyone on my wow server always complains about low fps, and a couple people say how they have 60-90 fps, I could smash those framerates with 200+ fps !

 

and you're gonna spend 500 bucks for two new GPUs so you'll have another 100 fps you can't actually see? WoW players mystify me...

 

Yes, $500 for an extra 100 fps in WoW? Sounds right to me ! I'm also going to play cod4, crysis, and far cry 2 !

 

I run with vsync on so I get 60 solid; however, it does drop down to 30-40 at times... I would imagine this is not normal then?

To be honest, when it drops, it feels more like my RAM/HDD is accessing though, and not my video cards slowing down.

 

Just turn vsync off, you will get better framerates !

 

Yeah, I understand that it will render more fps; however, I don't like the screen tearing. Do keep in mind that I think it's my RAM or HDD that's causing the lags, so I don't think toggling vsync to 'Off' will give me any success.

Regardless, I will try that when I get home and will let you know... Thanks!

 

I keep configuring my m17 over and over again, the 4870s are close, I can smell it.

 

Maybe it's just me, but I love the smell of new computer hardware. My M17 had that smell when I pulled it out of the box, like a video card fresh out of the anti-static bag.

 

A smell that makes you happy

I exactly know what you mean

Greetings
Julian

 

Hi All

I will upgrade only if the difference in performance between 3870 and 4870 will be significant, lets say 25%. IMHO It won't be worth it if the difference would be like 8800m gtx and 9800m gtx (couple of framerates)

Cheers

Luke

 

Well the 4850 is better than the 9800gtx so I'm guessing the 4870 is going to be alot better

 

I would say ... or ... I would guess ... one 4870 will be around the power of two 3870 CrossFireX (I still hope it!)

Greetings
Julian

 

I wouldn't say it's better. We have only one guy with MSI 725 here on NBR. And so far he benched only FC2 and Crisis. And yes, the results look promising. I would say its more like inbeetween 9800m GT/9800m GTX, but it's a bit too early to judge. Time will tell.

Cheers

 

Hahaha. Good to know I'm not the only one. +rep!

But seriously, I actually sniffed away at my M17 for a good while.

 

I did that with my m5750 for a while, I will probably do it with the m17 !

 

Is the installation of these MXM cards fairly easy and straightforward?

 

they slide right in the slot just like a desktop card pretty much

 

i actually sniffed mine it was good like a new car wish i could put a air freshner in my laptop that blew AW scent

 

Dude i think that smell is toxic haha. It's like sniffing glue.

 

they never told me glue was bad i ate it .... any way the cards are like ram line them up put them in attach heatsink close laptop install driver and PWNNNNNNNN