it's the same core, but they're using GDDR3 on the 3850, and GDDR4 on the 3870. Other than the memory, the difference is in the core/memory speeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by tbone8ty
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it's the same core, but they're using GDDR3 on the 3850, and GDDR4 on the 3870. Other than the memory, the difference is in the core/memory speeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by tbone8ty
Hardwarecanucks one is the best review so far. Lots of games, lots of resolutions, AA and no AA results. I like it.
But honestly, I don´t trust any review. When I get my card, I will see much more fps than the reviews say, it was the same for HD2900XT, X1950XTX and so on. There are plenty of "cheats" right there, like forcing AA through CCC instead in each game menu. This boost the scores way up. Same goes for AF, forcing it through CCC actually kills perfomance, when it´s selected inside the game menu the fps go up drastically. And trust me, the IQ is exactly the same.
after looking at the canuk threads, I'm feeling there will be hacked firmware coming along.
yes, that review was very goodQuote:
Originally Posted by STaRGaZeR
another review of HD3850 Extreme 512MB >> http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/ind...=490&Itemid=27
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hold on
single slot 3870s? Oc'ed to 800mhz! 1200 ram stock? can it equal the 800gt? and how much is it
http://www.powercolor.com/Global/pro...ProductID=1632
but also whats the diff between the extreme 3850 512 and the non ?
doh, thats what I feared :(Quote:
Originally Posted by SKYMTL
Thank you for checking on this and verifying
one is ddr3 and the other ddr4 accordingly...
looks like its the volts that need a bump as every card seems to hit that same core speed... i wonder if we will be able to change this in the bios by manipulating it with a hex editor.....(like whats being done with the 2900xt this week)
Thanks for the compliments. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hstuehmeyer2000
Yes the canucks did a good honest no bs review. good work
Tomorrow by 4:30 I will have my cards, as well as 2 Duorb coolers from TT :)
ooooh :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX
Are the DuOrbs back in stock at Newegg?
edit: They are!
3870 owners (or soon to be) that don't want to use the stock cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106112
Yup. That cooler works VERY well with the 3870 cards.
Will there be a mod'd bios to unlock GPU beyond 860MHz? Or are you relying on W1z to come up with something?Quote:
Originally Posted by SKYMTL
i probably just needs a voltage bump, any1 try to up the voltage with ati tool yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle
I don't think RT has voltage modification options for HD3870 cards yet but I will check.
Personally, I can't see modded BIOS coming out for some time but you never know what will happen.
On the other hand, I am experimenting with Crossfire overclocking and even though it does increase my clock frequencies on both cards the performance increase is minimal (only 600 points). ATI needs some updated drivers for Crossfire and Vista x64, that's for sure.
MC are on die. They simply were cutting costs, saving transistors and obviously were not hurting performance a noticeable amount.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryboto
i also saw the duo orbs at the micro center when i went fridayQuote:
Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan
How long will it be till we see some Vmodded RV670's. :eek:
Hopefully we won't need to for the average overclocker. I'll be disappointed if we can't play with the voltages in ATI tool once a new one comes out that supports the 3000 series.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnipingWaste
RV670 + LN2, as long as there is no bios bug/wall, sounds like it would be hitting at least 1.3ghz hopefully 1.4-1.5ghz or maybe even higher...Quote:
Originally Posted by SnipingWaste
Especially once you can start pumping in however many watts/volts you want through the PCI-e2.0 slot.
gazillion reviews!
why wont they give me one to review :( :p:
http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/ne...ate=2007-11-15
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/lin520/03.jpg
20ºC Lower Temperatures
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3850 668/1.65 @730/1.9
3870 775/2.25 @850/2.28
ASUS
Cooler = hideous. :down:
If I were to use any non stock cooler, it'd be the Thermaltake DuOrb, or I'd just get an HIS IceQ 3870 (HIS said they are going to make them :) )
If the cooler works who cares how ugly it is, more over the important point is how much!