ok well im very torn right now..

[zfactor]

i need some videos cards or card...

should i go for the ati:

single 3870 x2 (cant afford 2 of them)
dual 3870's
or dual 3850's??

or should i stick with nvidia.. i have a dfi x38 mobo, a e8400 with a e8500 on pre-order. i can also get my hands on a q6600... so id like to do crossfire if i can get it working right as it seems most cant..

what should i do?? any help please or input. what would you do??

thanks

[eknny]

Well since you already have a x38 mobo then you might as well go crossfire, could always get one 3870 x2 and then grab another one or a 3870 later down for crossfirex

[TheScavenger]

I am still convinced that the best bang-for-buck out there is 2 HD 3850s.

Josh

[[cTx]Raptor22]

I am still convinced that the best bang-for-buck out there is 2 HD 3850s.

Josh

The 3850s are highly overclockable too... even though the GDDR4 is worth it... :yepp:

[TheScavenger]

Raptor22;2848433']The 3850s are highly overclockable too... even though the GDDR4 is worth it... :yepp:

Very true. I've had a 3850 and a 3870. Its just too hard to pass up two 3850s for $300.

[zfactor]

what about 2 slightly used 3870's for 320$ ??

[DaMulta]

dual 3850

Same card as the 3870 but cheaper IMO.

[zanzabar]

what about 2 slightly used 3870's for 320$ ??

are u talking about the sapphires in the for sale section that thing is a deal and it has the good memory and card id so that u can use whatever bios

also with the dfi board u have 3 slots so u can have an x2 and 2x 3870 to get quadfire if u feel that u need it



i was trying to save some cash for them

[DaMulta]

i was trying to save some cash for them

http://www.alleba.com/blog/wp-content/photos/bird_worm.jpg

[zfactor]

so are the 3850's really the same cards?? and are those 3870's for sale a good version of them??

[Linus@ncix]

3850s only have 256MB RAM unless they specifically say otherwise. The 3870s are worth the extra IMO.

[DaMulta]

http://www.google.com/products?q=hd3850+512&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wf

plenty of 512 3850's out there.

[zfactor]

so really a difference?? or is the 3870 like the 8700 was a overclocked version of the card before it??

[DaMulta]

Has HD3870 has a better cooler on it

Are you water cooling the card?

Are you going to use a 3ed party cooler on the card?

Things to think about.

[YukonTrooper]

I'd say keep your 8800GTX and wait until the summer for true next gen. There have been people here at XS who "upgraded" to the 3870 X2, and regret doing so.