I got the 3870 and i think it is awsome. an 8800GT is an even more awsome of a card, it just is not always easy to find one at the price you want to pay.
As far as the comparison that GAR drew with his card: Firstly, you have to consider that the 3870 was significantly cheaper than the 8800GT for the majority of people. Secondly, the 8800GT appeared to be overclocked and overvolted where the 3870 was not voltmodded or even sporting an average overclock. I'll definitely give you the fact that the 8800GT is a better card, but the comparison seems a little unfair granted the 8800GT you have is a above average clocker and there aint even a voltmod for 3870 out yet.
Now, Aside from this, two other things.
1. be careful with memory artifacts as memory is way more fragile than the core
2. the core doesn't like being over 60C when overclocked
On mine it will do 860/1250 easy as long as the core stays below 60c. The memory on mine was fine at 1300 until the deep freeze test in 3dmark06 (in other words it won't do 1300). I'm not even messing around with it further until I get better cooling and some volt mods exist.
Okay, now food for thought
-On paper the 3870 looks like it would outdo the 8800GT, heck even the 2900XT has better overall processing capability and memory bandwidth. Why precisely does the 8800GT outperform? Is it because the 8800GT is better at texturing? We all know it has proven itself a great card, I've just not heard any precise answer as to why.
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