October 2nd, 2008
TechGage Palit Radeon HD 4870 X2 1GB – AMD Reclaims GPU Supremacy
Since ATI’s acquisition by AMD, it’s become ever-so-difficult to begin any sort of AMD-related article and not mention the trouble that the company has faced since. But there’s little point now – we all know about it, and know about it very well. So how about we start things off on a happier note this time? Sounds good.
AMD is now responsible for building the most powerful graphics card in the world.
How’s that? It all began with the launch of the Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870 cards, which took even NVIDIA by surprise. Those cards were the first launch from the ATI camp that offered consumers a real choice when on the lookout for a new GPU. Unlike the HD 3000-series, which could never keep up to NVIDIA’s comparative offerings, the HD 4000-series out-performed them in many regards.
It’s good to see, because if there’s a company that needs some uplifting, it’s AMD. But with their HD 4000-series launch as successful as it was, we all knew what was next: Dual-GPU models. When the HD 3870 X2 came launched this past January, AMD became a real threat to NVIDIA, because despite the dual-GPU likeness, the card managed to outperform any one of NVIDIA’s single-GPU offerings, but that wasn’t too surprising given the design.
