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  1. 01-25-2008, 10:35 PM #1
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    3870x2 has 860mhz lock again

    i got 2 from mwave today
    checking the bios"es" and find out there is 860 lock again on P1. P0 doesn't seem to have lock but not sure

    P0 P1? yes there are 2 bioses on one card
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  2. 01-25-2008, 10:39 PM #2
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    Hahaha two BIOSes on one card
    More evidence to support the claim that the cores operate independently
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  3. 01-25-2008, 10:45 PM #3
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    memory doesn't overclock high either.... BJ1A but weird... 999 is not reachable
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    What board partner are your cards from?
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  5. 01-25-2008, 10:49 PM #5
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    i bought from mwave

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    Is there any way to watercool these cards currently?
    I thought of 4 MCW60s, but it would require at least 2 loops...
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  7. 01-25-2008, 10:53 PM #7
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    what cat did it come with? have you tried CF yet?

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  8. 01-25-2008, 10:59 PM #8
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    no, you need to have a new mounting. distance between 2 holes are shorter than 2900XT / 3870
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    Quote Originally Posted by TiTON View Post
    what cat did it come with? have you tried CF yet?

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    CF? what CF? 1 card is CF already lol. and 2 cards is QCF which is not support by any driver. 8.531
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan View Post
    Is there any way to watercool these cards currently?
    I thought of 4 MCW60s, but it would require at least 2 loops...
    or two pumps... usually running in parallel underperforms a series. Only reason for running in parallel is if you're doing something complex or with TECs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by xlink View Post
    or two pumps... usually running in parallel underperforms a series. Only reason for running in parallel is if you're doing something complex or with TECs.
    Well one loop for each card, because the intake would be Y split, and so would the out-take...
    I could see an expensive headache for anyone who would dare try such a setup...
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    denny, sorry i meant quad fire. i was hoping you had some new bios. I want to do tri fire

    good luck

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    QUOTE=Zytek_Fan;2726648]Is there any way to watercool these cards currently?
    I thought of 4 MCW60s, but it would require at least 2 loops...[/QUOTE]

    hehe, of course there is
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  14. 01-26-2008, 12:26 AM #14
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    no driver working for quad cards?
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    why they don't fix that bug strange
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    Coz they dont need to It affects overclockers...1-2% of the market? and technically acts as a kind of insurance for card protection. overclocking is one thing, but how many people are willing to flash the BIOS on a GPU?

    Im sure there will be custom BIOS available for these cards soon

    Denny: If you can, please can you post up some pics of the back of the card, and we can get voltmods sorted for these cards ASAP? (unless you already have the voltmods done!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by guess2098 View Post
    memory doesn't overclock high either.... BJ1A but weird... 999 is not reachable
    It's gotta be pre-mature bios/drivers. I think the communication still isn't quite 100% perfect on the card yet; needs some more fine tuning. We'll see when Sapphire releases a bios update in the next few weeks and CAT 8.2's are out.
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  19. 01-26-2008, 09:19 AM #19
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    About the ram... Is it possible they have the timings too tight to reach that 999 mhz?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DilTech View Post
    About the ram... Is it possible they have the timings too tight to reach that 999 mhz?
    That could also be a possibility. Perhaps ATI wanted to squeeze every bit of extra performance out that they could, so they made the timings tighter than spec to get more memory bandwidth.
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    Dual 3870's are a much better option for the overclocker or the informed enthusiast.
    I want your HD 5970s and HD 5970 waterblocks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler View Post
    Dual 3870's are a much better option for the overclocker or the informed enthusiast.
    just like everyone bought a 7950GX2 over 7900GT SLI

    well now i see that getting 2 3870s for 180€/card @ launch was the right decision
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    Quote Originally Posted by generics_user View Post
    just like everyone bought a 7950GX2 over 7900GT SLI

    well now i see that getting 2 3870s for 180€/card @ launch was the right decision
    Not really sure if the first statement was meant to be a statement or sarcasm.. My statement was based on the lack of quad-fire support, if you could quad-fire these cards then they'd be kick-ass benching and gaming cards, but since you can't, just get some 3870's and run them at 900/2400 and stomp all over the X2's.
    I want your HD 5970s and HD 5970 waterblocks.
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  25. 01-26-2008, 11:14 AM #25
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    just let you know, 3870x2 is still CF. if a game doesn't support CF, 3870x2 works like a 3870 (such as crysis vista)

    for the memory clock, i believe either voltage too low, or amd lock it
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