ATi HD 3870 X2 (R680); Official Specifications & Images

[Eastcoasthandle]

Ballpark price estimate at $400-$500.

Although the ballpark price is a bit on the high side it's a sign that they have a competitive card. Only time will tell if thats true or not.

Side note:
Hasn't the 6600 GV-3D1 (2 gpus on one PCB) and 7850 GX2 slower then SLI in most games? If so, I wonder if this new iteration will scale similar to those?

[eric66]

first 3dmark score

[Eastcoasthandle]

Thanks

Do we have any other 2560x1600 score to make a comparison with? I honestly don't know if that's good, bad or average.

[Dimitriman]

9500+ points on 2500x1600 all stock, wooot

thats exactly 2x 3070 in CF, so exactly what it should be

[Sentential]

Thanks

Do we have any other 2560x1600 score to make a comparison with? I honestly don't know if that's good, bad or average.

Radeon 3870 *Single Card*

Thats the closest I was able to find thus far.

[Eastcoasthandle]

^^ Thanks

Here is some more info I found:





3D06 at 1280x1024 = 17414 3DMarks Q6600 at 3.30
3D06 at 2560x1600 = 9573 (as posted earlier) e6600 stock

Side note: the ICs look smaller to me.

[XS2K]

@ 2560x1600 a Nvidia 8800GTS 640 scores with a QX6700 5564

Source MKVTECH

[knightwolf654]

ati finally has themselves a high end card!
cheaper and faster then a 8800gtx!

any idea if 1 of these will run on a non crossfire board?

[Origin_Unknown]

woot scores look ace.

[Origin_Unknown]

ati finally has themselves a high end card!
cheaper and faster then a 8800gtx!

any idea if 1 of these will run on a non crossfire board?

it should do since the crossfire is internal and controlled by software

[PRJ]

Are there any news on CF with these, is it possible on X38..?

[Origin_Unknown]

Are there any news on CF with these, is it possible on X38..?

iirc it should be possible. i'd like confirmation though as i've just bought a dfi x38

[Eastcoasthandle]

3870 X2 3D06 at 1280x1024 = 17414 3DMarks Q6600 at 3.30

3870 CF 3D06 at 1280x1024 = _____ 3DMarks Q6600 at 3.30

???

[PRJ]

iirc it should be possible. i'd like confirmation though as i've just bought a dfi x38

Lets hope it will , I wont be going back to AMD to get CF and won't be going SLi with the current chipsets.

[Scimitar]

17.4k in 06 non-overclocked is SMOKING for a single card. Remember that they used Vista, so the XP score will be higher.

[lukas69]

How is difference from only one 3870? + 30%?

[PRJ]

17.4 k is super, just to compare I get 17.5 in vista with OC 8800GTX SLi & QX6700 @ 3.67

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2867390

Good job ATI , let just hope for good CF drivers.

[STaRGaZeR]

OK enough 3DMark crap, this card performs exactly as 3870CF, how it should be. No susprises here. Now we want game numbers! Does ATI have magical CF drivers for this card, or is the same as 3870CF too? That's the interesting question.

[zerazax]

9573 @ 2560x160 @ Q6600 2.4Ghz is impressive.. that means a 3.6 GHz should be probably near 11k+ or more

But yes, I ant some game numbers!

[Trox]

9573 @ 2560x160 @ Q6600 2.4Ghz is impressive.. that means a 3.6 GHz should be probably near 11k+ or more

But yes, I ant some game numbers!

That score es on a E6600 Stock, this card should achive 11k with a quad, this VGA's are very CPU limited.
New WR's coming soon.

[tobe22]

Although the ballpark price is a bit on the high side it's a sign that they have a competitive card. Only time will tell if thats true or not.

Side note:
Hasn't the 6600 GV-3D1 (2 gpus on one PCB) and 7850 GX2 slower then SLI in most games? If so, I wonder if this new iteration will scale similar to those?

The GV-3D1 does very well for a single slot AGP dual-gpu, although there are better AGP cards *now*:

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1901&page=4

[jas420221]

Lets remember folks, this round (R600), ATI has shown great scores in 3dmk0X (beating out faster cards), but in game performance has been deplorable (compared to its synth scores).

[Eastcoasthandle]

Lets remember folks, this round (R600), ATI has shown great scores in 3dmk0X (beating out faster cards), but in game performance has been deplorable (compared to its synth scores).

No it hasn't, it may have been slower then the competitor but most games are very playable with a little overclock.
Review

[Eastcoasthandle]

The GV-3D1 does very well for a single slot AGP dual-gpu, although there are better AGP cards *now*:

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1901&page=4

That's not what I remember.

Review here as well. In any case it's obvious they tried their hand with a single PCB design before.

From what I hear there should be a hard release of the R680 by the 28th. I hope that's true.

[jas420221]

No it hasn't, it may have been slower then the competitor but most games are very playable with a little overclock.

Did you read my post? I said deplorable COMPARED TO ITS SYNTHETIC SCORES.

but in game performance has been deplorable (compared to its synth scores).

I was just making a note that just b/c a has a higher 3dmk score, doesnt mean it will perform better IRL (gaming). This has been more true than ever with DAMMIT and the R600.