3870 x2 review

[realsmasher]

gf4mx died when put it in the wrong voltage AGP Slot....does that count ?

[RAW-Raptor22]

gf4mx died when put it in the wrong voltage AGP Slot....does that count ?

I put my GF2 MX in the wrong AGP slot too and the card survived, the mobo survived too... the CPU (PII) was gushing smoke out the side before i pulled the plug....

[Astennu]

Yeah pretty obvious that ATI will never perform that well in Crysis. Not for a while at least. I has a damn nvidia splash screen. Kinda obvious when its the only bench that the ATI doesn't win. I hate hearing the nvidia fanbois using crysis as their only safety net.

AMEN ! Its clear crysis is bugging the ATi cards from Day One. But i'm hearing rumors that ATi also pushed back launch do to a new driver that would boost crysis performance.

And so what Crysis is not the best game ever I played for 30 min and i had enough of it. It might have the best pictures but it does not have the best engine. Engine like COD4 and UT3 also have produce nice pictures but they performance nice with high FPS. Crysis alway's had low FPS.

BTW i have a 8800 GT at the moment. But considering to buy a HD3870 X2. I think some people just cant have it that ATi is back on top and that they payed to mush for there Ultra. I bet that if the 9800 GX2 come they like it a lot.

[Krizby87]

Lot of games have Nvidia logo and they performs like crap on Nvidia hardwares, and Half Life 2 has ATI logo but Nvidia cards have been the better performers.

Sure the 3870X2 may be the fastest card right now on older games, but with new games people are gonna have to wait for drivers optimized for crossfire which could take a couple of months to get it right. I would rather sit back and happy with my 8800GT and wait for the true next gen card since I can comfortably play games at my native res with it.

[L7R]

I'm really, really happy to see these multiGPU's are finally true! Crossfire and SLI will get nice boosts hopefully a lot faster than we've seen in the past, when new games are released. Really, can't wait.

People with one card can finally see, how big boost SLI and CF could give. Many of us have been played exactly like 3870x2 performing card since 2900XT launch (2900XT CF ~ 3870x2 performance). Now when thinking back, 2900XT crossfired wasn't really a bad investment comparing to 8800Ultra as you got about 30% improvement almost at the same price (depending a game of course.

Some may think 3870x2 is old technology, but I think it's best thing happened in a long time. Like Core2 Duo when they came. Hopefully 9800GX2 will be bugfree and support as many games as 3870x2. It will be great news for us who owns old technology -SLI or Crossfire.

[quadnad]

I think some people just cant have it that ATi is back on top and that they payed to mush for there Ultra.

I think it's more that Crysis is the only title out there right now that can't be maxed. Apart from something like Flight Sim, I can't think of a game that really can't be maxed at a good resolution with a $200-$300card.

So in other words, for many people playing at 20-22" resolutions, why would we get excited if this card doesn't excel in Crysis? It's the only game we're looking for an improvement in.

So yes, if something like the 9800 GX2 comes along and crushes Crysis, then people probably will like it a lot.

[STaRGaZeR]

Hopefully 9800GX2 will be bugfree and support as many games as 3870x2. It will be great news for us who owns old technology -SLI or Crossfire.

I don't want a card that has to support games, because there are tons of them, and I want all of them "supported". Some of them won't be supported, because driver teams suck. That's the problem of SLI/CF. The lack of global compatibility. And this card is nothing new in that aspect.

[trans am]

like always i was right

You are hilarious!

[dejavuxx]

If you want to play at 1280*1024 go buy HD 3870 ou 8800GT.
Nvidia G100? That´s not even known nothing about. We only know about 9800GX2 to launch in 3 weeks-1 month.

hey what i'm sayin to u ati fanboys is this the g100 is the next rumored nvidia highend card and i'm quite pleased to wait for it than to buy this sucker card (my opinion) it took them too long to even put up a good competition to a year and od old card.

[dejavuxx]

do you;

a) know what your talking about?
b) live in a house with the nvidia logo on your door?

a) yes i know what im talkin about i might not be an extreme cruncher and i'm no newbie

b) no i'm not a nvidia fanboy but i know value for money. u guys know 1280x1024 is what most gamers use unless ur a hardcore gamer!

[Origin_Unknown]

hey what i'm sayin to u ati fanboys is this the g100 is the next rumored nvidia highend card and i'm quite pleased to wait for it than to buy this sucker card (my opinion) it took them too long to even put up a good competition to a year and od old card.

isnt the g100 a dual 8800gt? making that a sucker card in your logic?

[LowRun]

like always i was right

i still remember your Phenom launch date predictions, has trans am said, hilarious...

[Ugly n Grey]

I was reading these review threads the other day and then I finally took a look at Crysis just to see what all you guys are talking about... I went into town and rented an hour on an 8800GT SLI rig at the local cafe... no offense to any anyone (truly, this isn't back handed) it looks visually amazing - I mean superb. The game didn't draw me in at all however, just seemed... well it wasn't for me. If that's what everyone is throwing hardware at I have to wonder why. COD 4 seemed like a lot of fun, I could get hooked on that easy if I let it happen. I watched some other guy playing Crysis for another hour while I had coffee and I asked him if he liked the game and he said he was thinking about buy a gaming rig JUST FOR THIS GAME. That's a lot of bread to play one game.

I'll go check out the gameplay threads on Crysis and see if I missed the point of the game.

But me aside it seems the game is single handedly driving hardware sales for gaming PC's. If the SLI on a card does it for Crysis, it's going to sell by the truckfull and put a hurting on potential 3870x2 sales unless they match it performance wise for this game. I mean it's all anyone is talking about so you have to assume it's at least potentially a primary motivator.

It's not a case of fan(ism) it's just what people want to do and they'll buy hardware that does it well. It doesn't matter what makes sense.

[Ace123]

Kickass card? Its CF on a card. Could just buy 2 HD3870..they would even be cheaper. And the heat..ouch...

Its like adding 2 G92s on a card and call it kickass. It just aint. Living with all the CF/SLI bugs, specially with multi monitors is too horrible.

Now give me a single GPU card instead. And not another R600 heatmonster.

It needs to be same or cheaper than 2 HD3870 cards. Not more...

Umm... last time I checked, two 3870s were around 550 to 600 bucks.....

if this costs 450 bucks...... how is buying two cheaper....

[bill_d]

http://www.ncixus.com/products/27774...512H/Gigabyte/

2x $214 = 428 for 3870 cf

[STaRGaZeR]

Umm... last time I checked, two 3870s were around 550 to 600 bucks.....

if this costs 450 bucks...... how is buying two cheaper....

You should check more often

[Scimitar]

http://www.ncixus.com/products/27774...512H/Gigabyte/

2x $214 = 428 for 3870 cf

That's true, but you need to factor in the motherboard cost as well. An 3870X2 on a P35 board like the ASUS P5K is cheaper than 2 3870s on a X38 board like the P5E or the P35 based Blitz Formula.

[Face]

[First Look] ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Part2:

http://www.tomshardware.tw/351,news-351.html

3DMark 06 1024x768: no AA

3DMark Score 17267

Crysis V1.1

GPU TEST: 1024x768 noAA/AF Very High 20.70

1280x1024 noAA/AF Very High 16.28

[mascaras]

another Mini- review home made , with the cat 8..1 ( HD3870X2 Oficial driver maybe next moday )

1280x1024







1920x1200





1920x1200 4xAA 16xAF:




1920x1200 8xAA 16xAF:




http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/...95204#29495204

regards

[zerazax]

That was like no drop in FPS at all with 4xAA -> 8xAA for HL2

[GLENBOY]

another Mini- review home made , with the cat 8..1 ( HD3870X2 Oficial driver maybe next moday )




regards

ahh i was wondering about that wonder if crossfirex will be enabled in that driver to use 2 cards or more

[fiskov]

Would this card be worth it for me?

I never play above 1280x1024 (99% 800x600), i never play with AA/AF on, I'm more of a need 100fps guy as opposed to gfx..
Is it worth getting this or waiting for R700/G100 or whatever? I'll be completely upgrading next month, doubt i'll get a SLI motherboard so i'll lose one of my 7900GTX's is the problem.

[zerazax]

I just noticed that 1280x1024 -> 1920 x 1200 for the 3dM06 had barley any drop... is this thing CPU limited even at 3.4Ghz??

[realsmasher]

@ zerazax :

hl2 has cpu-limit. you can get nearly same fps with single card.

06 score is quite interessting.

[Ad1tya]

Damn.. We need Q9450's and Q9550's @ 4Ghz, to unleash the power of these cards :|.