Quote Originally Posted by tiger8312 View Post
For now all the HD 3870 are on reference design...
So it seems that the brand really matters...
It's just how lucky you get with your GPU and RAM...

Apparently I see no different designs of the HD 3870.
The overclocked version simply has a BIOS that overclocks the core a bit which you can achieve simply by flashing the BIOS.

Not exactly the questions you should ask considering the nature of the forum.
dont think so..

saw a few saphire/HIs and gecube

it depends on ure cooling and airflow of ure casing.