14 DAY TRIAL // When it comes to graphics cards, the biggest buzz in today's market has to be around AMD's high-end HD 4870 Radeon card, which was unveiled quite some time ago. Not that it performs better than NVIDIA's GTX 280 (a job that was left for the recently released HD 4870 X2), but rather because of its significantly lower price tag, when compared with NVIDIA's 65nm flagship card. Furthermore, the card is all the more impressive when it comes to multi-GPU desktop systems, with two or three of these cards connected in a CrossFire setup.
However, there is a chance that some computer enthusiasts out there won't be satisfied with the performance level achieved by three Radeon HD 4870 graphics cards connected in a CrossFireX setup. That's probably why MSI, a leading manufacturer of graphics cards, mainboards, portable computers and more, decided to show off an HD 4870 Quad CrossFire system. As you can tell, the Quad tag stands for the number of graphics cards connected on a single motherboard. That's four of the latest AMD Radeon graphics cards put together to offer an impressive graphics quality.
The system was showcased at what can only be deemed one of the best places to demo such a monster of a computer, namely, during this year's Games Convention. As you might have guessed, putting four cards in a single desktop computer does not come without certain drawbacks. Despite the cards' 55nm GPU, which significantly lower working temperatures, as opposed to other 65nm graphics processors, these four put together produce a significant amount of heat. Then again, this is what you should expect from such a high-end gaming rig.
No one can really pinpoint when and where it will happen, but there's a high probability that someone will ultimately build a high-end gaming rig, running four of AMD's latest dual-chip graphics card, the HD 4870X2. Such a system would be powered by no less than 8 GPUs for an impressive graphics quality.