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3870X2 Review
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22-01-2008 2:55pm#1
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Meh....
Its costs €400,its against a year old single card and its power consumption and heat insane....
It saddens me a bit that we had to wait 14 months for something to rival the G80... Oh well.If your happy with that...0 -
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Meh....
Its costs €400,its against a year old single card and its power consumption and heat insane....
It saddens me a bit that we had to wait 14 months for something to rival the G80... Oh well.If your happy with that...
your blatent trolling saddens me
look
Utlra = 600€
this card is 200 euros less.Performance diffrence in terms of R680 to 8800Ultra
Bioshock 1280*1024 = 4% Slower
Bioshock 1920x1200 = 24% Faster
Bioshock 2560*1600 = 39% Faster
COJ 1280*1024 = 11% Faster
COJ 1920x1200 = 24% Faster
COJ 2560*1600 = 10% Faster
COJ 1280*1024 4AA 16AF = 13% Faster
COJ 1920x1200 4AA 16AF = 23% Faster
Lost Planet 1280*1024 = 27% Slower
Lost Planet 1920x1200 = 30% Slower
Lost Planet 2560*1600 = 37% Faster
Lost Planet 1280*1024 4AA 16AF = 18% Slower
Lost Planet 1920x1200 4AA 16AF = 18% Slower
Lost Planet 2560*1600 4AA 16AF = 10% Faster
Crysis 1280*1024 = 13% Slower
Crysis 1920x1200 = 2% Slower
Crysis 2560*1600 = 12% slower
COD4 1280*1024 = 42% Faster
COD4 1920x1200 = 32% Faster
COD4 2560*1600 = 26% Faster
COD4 1280*1024 4AA 16AF = 27% Faster
COD4 1920x1200 4AA 16AF = 20% Faster
COD4 2560*1600 4AA 16AF = 16% Faster
NFS: Pro 1280*1024 = 32% Faster
NFS: Pro 1920x1200 = 38% Faster
NFS: Pro 1280*1024 4AA 16AF = 72% Slower
NFS: Pro 1920x1200 4AA 16AF = 67% Slower
Serious Sam 2 1280*1024 HAA 16AF = 30% Faster
Serious Sam 2 1920x1200 HAA 16AF = 45% Faster
Serious Sam 2 2560*1600 HAA 16AF = 78% Faster
UT3 1280*1024 = 7% Faster
UT3 1920x1200 = 24% Faster
UT3 2560*1600 = 37% Faster
F.E.A.R. 1600*1200 = 20% Faster
F.E.A.R. 2048*1536 = 20% Faster[/B]
and it also beats the Gt by a good margin , so it beats the g92 also :rolleyes:
its also got full Uvd , so high definition encoding on chip! \0/
Temp idle = 57º (fan auto) from what ive heard . about 70 or 80 load depending in air flow0 -
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You can get a 512mb gts for €270, the ultra is nothing but an overclocked gtx,which you can get for €320...
I have a gtx (overclocked) and I would like to upgrade, its 14 month old tech and this new Ati card cant even beat it outright.....
I was hoping this card would destroy my 8800gtx letting me play Crysis/Tomb Raider Legend at 1680 by 1050 pixels with everything set to max,but it cant....
You might think I am a fanboy or something.but im not, I want a next gen card, not a card that can slightly beat 14 month old tech....
hard luck on owning such an old card
crysis is an nvidia game , crossfire was only unlocked through a hack by some chinese or russians , and i think crossfire support was only added through the 1.1 patch , give the drivers a few months to mature.
nvidia still has to show their offerings, so i think you should wait for that to come before rushing out and buying one of these0 -
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If the 9600gt can compete with the HD3870, then Nvidia's 9800gtx series is going to have an easy time.....
You keep saying that, despite the link you provided showing the 9600GT 512mb only slightly better then the 256mb Hd3850....
I do understand your argument, I'm not particularly happy with the performance either, but it's not so much the performance that irks me as much as the price - would be better at even about 350-370 euro to really entice people. 400 is too much, in my opinion, the new Nvidia card in that price range will probably easily cripple the X2, but again it's all subject to pricing. Nvidia seriously screwed up their price to performance ratio with the lower end 8 series. Hopefully that won't happen again but...Anyway, I can't see this occupying any role in or between between Nvidia's next gen in a few months, but like the 3870, it'll prob sell well just because people are too impatient to wait for the next step ups.
Nothing wrong with that though, I have a 3870 myself with a second on the way cos I couldn't get a 8800gt at Christmas, but again, I think 400 is a tad too much.
Also, a lot of the X2's and even the plain 3870's stunning victories look good on paper (screen?
) but are often due insane high resolutions, where the 3870 fares much better but both cards are still unable to produce unplayable frames. So that can be misleading. Be warned 
Still though, looks like a nice card. Maybe 2 of these in crossfire...even though my second 3870 hasn't even arrived yet. Damn you dabs!0 -
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I'm having the same dilemma, first i was getting the 8800gt but since they're hard to come across I started considering the 8800gts, but now this 3870x2 looks like better value. Need 2 buy quick as I've not games in 6 months as I've only got a 256mb 7900gt (been much 2 busy anyway). Not played Crysis or COD4 yet Have both games but not installed them yet, holding out to play them in better resolution with higher settings.
BTW, looks like Assassin’s Creed PC specs give Crysis a run for its money, more here, minimum requirement 3Gb ram :eek:0 -
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TheThreeDegrees wrote: »When are we gonna get it into our heads that Nvidia rule the GPU market at the moment and nothing other than the GT is a sensible/clever buy at the moment and will be for the next 6 to 8 months!
The facts are Intel rule the mobo chipset wars and nvidia the gpu and we will probaly never see the day where the "ultimate system"exists.
Thats what makes this whole upgrading/building both frustrating and competitive.
In the end there are no winners or loosers just suckers like us who spend our dosh on upgrading and building!
Right on....
Another review,from tweaktown, again it's pretty unimpressive and loses out to the overclocked 8800GTS 512MB quite alot....
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1279/13/page_13_benchmarks_call_of_juarez_dx10_vista/index.html
The way its looking now, it wil be lucky if it lasts as long as the 2900XT
They look to getting very comfortable, which is bad news for ous...0 -
Right on....
Another review,from tweaktown, again it's pretty unimpressive and loses out to the overclocked 8800GTS 512MB quite alot....
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1279/13/page_13_benchmarks_call_of_juarez_dx10_vista/index.html
those look dodgy
2.4k is a Big loss0 -
Right on....
Another review,from tweaktown, again it's pretty unimpressive and loses out to the overclocked 8800GTS 512MB quite alot....
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1279/13/page_13_benchmarks_call_of_juarez_dx10_vista/index.html
The way its looking now, it wil be lucky if it lasts as long as the 2900XT
They look to getting very comfortable, which is bad news for ous...
Well, that review you quoted from gave it top marks and said, to quoteAll in all, the card is pretty darn good.0 -
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