ATi HD 3870 X2 (R680); Official Specifications & Images

[mascaras]

MSI to clock Radeon 3870 X2 to 850MHz

For each GPU


We've learned that MSI will be one of the partners that will dare to overclock the Radeon HD 3870 X2 dual chip graphics card. Our sources have confirmed that the card will work at 850MHz while the reference card works at 825MHz out of the box.

We are sure that some other partners will overclock their cards too and we were surprised that ATI could make it over 800MHz with these two 55nm chips.

When it launches tomorrow, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 will be the fastest card on the market, at least until Nvidia launches its Geforce 9800 GX2 cards.

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=5262&Itemid=1

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[Unbornchild]

This is the single 3870 thread... Why don't you post that in the 3870x2 thread? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=174212

[n00b 0f l337]

Benchtop card thatll rock for air, remove the fans and strap on some deltas. Inside a case I hope you duct the air

[AbelJemka]

This is the single 3870 thread... Why don't you post that in the 3970x2 thread? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=174212

[S1mon-]

This is the single 3870 thread... Why don't you post that in the 3970x2 thread? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=174212

Can you read the title?

[Zytek_Fan]

agree, a exhaust cooler design would be better.

btw... the sheer amount of connectors made me dream... could it be possible that ati will make multi display setups possible with xfire?

Yeah. CrossFireX allows the use of multi-monitor

[ToTTenTranz]

Awesome, its been 3 years since I bought a card that dumped its hot air into my case. I can't wait to go back to that ancient design!

How come you own a 8800GT then?
There weren't any of those 3 years ago..

(or was that just some cheap bashing?)

[Soulburner]

How come you own a 8800GT then?
There weren't any of those 3 years ago..

I don't think I understand what you're saying but...

The 8800GT, even though it has a crappy cooler, exhausts out the back of the case, as with all 8800 series coolers.

[mascaras]

This is the single 3870 thread... Why don't you post that in the 3970x2 thread? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=174212

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this thread is >> ATi HD3870X2 (R680); Official Specifications & Images

[RedBull78]

This is the single 3870 thread... Why don't you post that in the 3970x2 thread? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=174212

Pot and Internet don't mix.

[Monkeywoman]

w00t this thing looks tough

[Zytek_Fan]

*gasp* Amazing

[kcnyc]

Just need clarification on the when it will be available in stores - 23rd or delayed to the 28th????

[kite7]

Wow that looks really big

[Zytek_Fan]

Just need clarification on the when it will be available in stores - 23rd or delayed to the 28th????

NDA ends 23rd. Availability 28th.

[kcnyc]

NDA ends 23rd. Availability 28th.

Thanks dude. I thought I was going to plunk down some moolahs for two of these......*sigh*

[Shalamay]

tomshardware.com has their review up, it's close but they give the nod and crown to the 3870 X2.

[Zytek_Fan]

They jumped the gun a bit. NDA ends 12am PST

[fhpchris]

Awesome, its been 3 years since I bought a card that dumped its hot air into my case. I can't wait to go back to that ancient design!

Screw aircooling all together man, water on gpu is where its at 24-7 :P

[vmsein]

Was anyone able to get any screen caps before Tom's review was taken down?

[zerazax]

I didn't get any caps but I did note that it was CPU limited at 1680 x 1050 resolution even in certain games, and even at 1920 x 1200 I think a few games CPU limited it. Seems like a lot of CPU work is done w/r/t this card's performance. They did say it edged out the 8800 Ultra and given its price point, ATI took the crown back for a bit. Also it beat the Ultra handily in certain games, barely in a few games, and lost in one or two comparisons (World in Conflict was one of them iirc, but it looks like CF has a lot of issues w/ that game).

Looks like it was pulled since NDA got pushed back a week + possible driver release til then!

[vmsein]

Thanks for that bit of information zerazax. You wouldn't remember what cpu they used in their benchmark setup?

[NapalmV5]

any manufacturer in their right minds releasing gddr4 3870 X2 ?

[Trox]

tomshardware.com has their review up, it's close but they give the nod and crown to the 3870 X2.

Guru3D has their review up too, but its close like tom's one.

Les wait unit NDA release-

[malik22]

What type of psu is needed for two of these and a Q6600 4gb of ram?