Bought one today. A Sapphire because that was the only brand available, in the only shop that has them in my town (quite a few also), while they're out of stock (all brands) at komplett.nl (where i would have bought), and 5 euro's cheaper. Payed €199.95.
Gives me something to play with on my Maximus while waiting for the 3870X2, so now i don't really care anymore how long that will be.
Maximus Formula SE/E6750 non-oc, everything @ stock
HD 3870 out of the box, stock speed.
Windows XP SP2
Catalyst 7.12
E6750 @ 2.66 Ghz
HD 3870 @ 777/1126
3DMark06 (default 1280x1024): 10397.
SM2.0 score: 4474
HDR/SM3.0 score: 5072
CPU: 2405
Edit 1.
CPU oc'd; Card oc'd using Overdrive:
E6750 @ 3.4 Ghz
HD 3870 @ 860/1306
3DMark06 (default 1280x1024): 12094
SM2.0 score: 5134
HDR/SM3.0 score: 5660
CPU: 3047
Update 25 Dec.
Found out the occasional freeze of my system was actually my 3870 running too hot.
And that fixing the fanspeed to 60% in Rivatuner is the solution.
Result after pushing the CPU overclock to my desired 3.6 and several gaming tests:
E6750 @ 3.6 Ghz
HD 3870 @ 860/1301
3DMark06 (default 1280x1024): 12302
SM2.0 score: 5159
HDR/SM3.0 score: 5685
CPU score: 3229
Update 12 Jan.
No: it turned out that the card wasn't running too hot (never really does), but that it will only be 'hours and hours of gaming stable' at slightly lower clocks, i put it at 850/1251. So what, maybe losing ¼ fps... noone notices.
Edit 3.
Crysis demo bench result:
12/22/2007 5:21:39 AM - XP
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX9 1600x1200, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 81.14s, Average FPS: 24.65
Min FPS: 15.51 at frame 139, Max FPS: 30.93 at frame 1774
Average Tri/Sec: 26047560, Tri/Frame: 1056749
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.87
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 73.30s, Average FPS: 27.29
Min FPS: 15.51 at frame 139, Max FPS: 31.16 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: 29138254, Tri/Frame: 1067892
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.86
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 73.24s, Average FPS: 27.31
Min FPS: 15.51 at frame 139, Max FPS: 31.27 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: 29161588, Tri/Frame: 1067965
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.86
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests
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12/22/2007 5:21:39 AM - XP
Run #1- DX9 1600x1200 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 27.3
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