3870 x2 review

[NickS]

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

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

Don't worry, Shintai just hates AMD. I don't think theres been a thread where this character hasn't crapped all over AMD's products, no matter how good they may be.

[Leeghoofd]

whoever the nvidiot was above.........do me a favor and get back to me in a 1-2 years and tell me if your card still works...........

One major reason I will not buy nvidia........cards die.......buddies 7900gtx? = dead.....never oced..........
my mx 400 = dead

My ti 4200 = dead

my ti 4400 = dead

my ti 4600 = dead

my fx 5600 = dead

my fx 5700U = dead

Fx 5950U DOA sent it back grabbed a 9800 pro, tossed on an artic cooling heatsink, gave it insane volts + flashed bios........never looked back....

Geez it almost looks like theres a pattern there...............

Heheh Chew I will buy your Nvidia cards ( as I didn't have one dead one yet besides one 7900GT KO that gave artifacts , though I pushed it pretty far...) and you buy me the ATI cards I want as I toasted several ( non Oc'ed and on stock cooler ) Chew we got a deal sir ?

I really hope these dual GPU vidcards get better driver support than what I had in the 7950X2 days, some games ran pretty slow some flew... to me it's new hardware, but it seems like a blast from the past...

C'mon lads give us some blistering drivers and make those game programmers to enhance crossifre and SLI support in their games...

I think all will depend on the retail street price of these cards if they will be popular or not... and I'm pretty sure they will shine with a beefy CPU and at high resolutions.... if we get a good catalyst release...

[Damien]

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.

or 2 3870 and a mars board, i'm pretty sure that works :P

[mascaras]

another review

>> http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl...6/266637.shtml


there´s already 7 (seven) threads about HD3870X2 , please any admin or Mod can merge all the HD3870X2 threads???


regards

[Origin_Unknown]

another review

>> http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl...6/266637.shtml


there´s already 7 (seven) threads about HD3870X2 , please any admin or Mod can merge all the HD3870X2 threads???


regards

quite a good idea.

[Eastcoasthandle]

F.E.A.R results at 1920x1200

When the game is optimized the X2 appears to shine




However, the rest appear to be driver related issues. I also assume that GDDR4 from CF is also contributing to better performance.






Testbed


Maybe that explains the delay in releasing early? I read somewhere ATI is reworking the drivers.

[Unbornchild]

And it's done on an unknown OS: "Windows vista Unimate"...

[zerazax]

Yes, the new drivers are supposedly giving pretty significant boosts to performance as rumored by a lot of reviewers, hence the release date + nda were pushed back to original

[Unbornchild]

"a lot of reviewers" ? Where are "the lot" that can know anything about the new drivers in the making? And is one week enough time for the new Catalyst to be ready?

[mascaras]

i also heard new catalyst next week

And is one week enough time for the new Catalyst to be ready?

i think they are working on them almost for 1 month , the catalyst 8.1 BETA was released 31th December , next moday is already 28th (almost 1 month since last catalyst Beta)

of course next catalyst 8.2 its not a 100% driver , but a lot of Bugs with Cat 8.1 + HD3870X2 maybe solved in Cat 8.2 ....

let´s wait and see

next week i also will receive a Powercolor HD3870X2 to test!

regards

[RAW-Raptor22]

With all of these SLI and dual chip cards the former 3dfx people are probably laughing their asses off... they were ahead of their time...

[Unbornchild]

Of course, you're right Mascaras. Already the 28th next monday, oh how time flies.

[Epsilon84]

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.

No. A single fast GPU would be more than enough for you.

[strange|ife]

anyone run test with pcie 1.1? I dont have a 2.0 board yet. I would think these wouldnt bottleneck on standard pcie lanes.