ATI HD 4870 XT (MXM 3.0B) will be available in Q4 2009 to Q1 2010

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 XT (in MXM 3.0B)



ETA: Q4 2009 to Q1 2010

We have been hearing speculations and rumors... but some trusted sources have confirmed that these ATI MXM 3.0B modules will be out soon.

You will find that these cards will become options for a number of current Clevo W8xxCU [and probably D900F] models (with official BIOS updates), as well as a few other non-Clevo models.

Game On People,
-Gophn

 

OH DAMN, thats nice..too bad I ordered my Clevo already D:

 

I wish there will be MXM 2.1 versions but should be hopeless.....

 

bye bye powermizer!!

any info regarding performance?

 

should be the fastest mobile card when it comes out... probably edges out the GTX 280M.

As for which models will get it... preliminary info shows that it will be for the new W8xxCU series... with a BIOS update.

Clevo and their vendors will probably be hush hush about this... but I am confident that we will hear official word in about a month.

 

What is going to be gddr3 or 5?
Thanks for the info

 

I think it might be GDDR3 ... but no real confirmation on that detail.

 

Well this was expected though I was hoping we'd see the 5870 sooner. Personally I'd rather go with a GTX 280m over the 4870 simply because I prefer nVidia drivers and they have better performance in key games that I play.

 

So sad I can't get one... (

 

I do not think you would even notice a difference with your GTX 280M.

each of the new mobile videocards are only getting small 5% gains over the previous top videocard.

its not going to be a huge difference until 2 to 3 generations later.... like going from 7950GTX to 8800M GTX

 

I know, but it is nice to know that if I get bored with my Nvidia I could give Ati a go and see how they are like. To be fair I expect the ATI to be better in 3dmark but be all the same in games, probably perform better with AA on due to DX 10.1 .

Still is very good to have an option between Nvidia and Ati ... keeps the GPU prices lower.

 

I hope they are the same as the m17x's one so the crossfire is the same slot. I know it won't be the same length but I can get that's from alienware.

 

I don't think there is any reason to upgrade until the 5000 series become available, specially if they cost more (in eurocom.com they cost 105$ more than the 280m's)

 

I don't like nvidia. I know performance is almost the same. Maybe a 10% difference give or take but I like ati more.

 

The main issue I have about most ATI notebook videocards is...
- some will not have a temp sensor on them

... meaning you cannot monitor the GPU temps at all through software... which would suck if you have to troubleshoot a overheating problem.

 

you bring an important point there. My 3870x2 had sensors on them but I know the 4870 doesn't. Some programs that I know that may moniter them is everest and PC wizard. But easy like hwmoniter.

 

if RivaTuner or ATI Tray Tools cannot do the temp monitoring, then the videocard is (to me) worthless.

 

I don't know if those programs works with it. That's a big bummer but I wouldn't say useless.

 

from what people with AW have been saying about the cards they are about the same and you cant oc them yet

 

Finally. Never buying nVidia again

 

I don't understand the ATi fanboyism. I can't think of a single thing that's better about ATi cards vs. nVidia. Usually they're not as well optimized in some top end games and the drivers are still not up to par.

 

what? Really?

I would explain it but i'm at work.

 

Technically, the 4870 should have always been faster than the G92 based 280M. But since the core clock was so low, the 4870 was relatively equal. This isn't even considering GDDR5, which would undoubtedly make the 4870 a lot faster. The desktop 4870/90 gave even the GTX 260/285's a run for their money with core clocks approaching 1ghz and GDDR5 memory. If the XT version of the mobile 4870 is what I think it is, and at least clocked at 600mhz core, Ati will finally have a true edge on the 280M.

 

I might be way off but I always thought a lot of ATI fanboyism has more to do with nVidia than it does with ATI. nVidia as a company can be pretty polarizing. nVidia is to Intel as ATI is to AMD.(Even before AMD bought ATI)
That said, I own two nVidia cards and 0 ATI cards

 

My 6600 Go is still chugging along after four years and still counting.

 

As the 5000 series is coming out next year at some time, and the gtx 380m
I am going to wait for them, assuming they are mxm3.0
If they arent Ill switch to this.
How much do you think it'll cost?

 

what actually M15x slot is? MXM3.0B?

 

That's correct. The new M15x uses MXM 3.0b.

 

Soviet, you agree with what Im going to do?

 

I don't see anything wrong with investing in an ATi card. I do wish that they would have better driver support, but the card itself is good. Is it worth moving up from the GTX 280M? That is up to your wallet to decide if it agrees with you rather than asking me. I'm just some silly Ruskie.

 

In soviet russia, soviet answers question more directly!
*hint
Do you agree that the 5000 series is coming out soon enough.

 

I don't know. I don't keep up to date with ATi cards so I'm probably the last person you should be asking.

 

Kk.
Through your KGB connections you have any guess on when the gtx380m's are going to come out?

 

Summer 2010.

 

k, looks like Ill be spending $500 this summer

 

i would change my 280's for 5 series cards or 3 series cards but by then i will buy a whole new machine as SLI i7 should be out

 

that 4870 card already exists in the alienware M17x for some time...

 

Alienware is not XT version. Is the normal 4870 which has been around ever since the Asus W90. XT version has higher clocks.

 

You think there are two different ATI 4870 MXM 3.0b cards? How many different versions are there? Do you have some type of link describing the difference? I have a hard time believing that this is yet another version of the 4870s.

 

There's a difference between fanboyism and just hating the other company. I just hate the other company cause they make crap GPUs that only last for 2-2.5 years at most and the drivers suck badly.

 

Yet another hyped up talk about another ATI 4870. Boy I hope it pulls through this time. Right now I'm at a "I don't believe it till I see it" mentality.

 

Gophn, some are saying this is the very same card that Alienware has been putting in theirs. Is this the same one or an improved version???

 

it might be... but I do not think so... since it denotes an improved version with the XT.

 

My exactly same thoughts. I think it's a higher clocked 4870 Mobility.

 

So you hate ATi?

 

that's not ati.

 

He's talking about Intel, haha.

 

Wait intel's making a GPU? thats news to me

 

Larrabee....and it's supposed to be going head-to-head with Nvidia's wannabe-CPU: Fermi.

 

Wow, yea I googled it.
I highly doubt intel's first GPU will be head to head with fermi, something thats from a company that is redoing a old card(tesla) unless I am wrong.
Also, mobile fermi or larrabee ever coming out?