A look at 3870 X2

[nish_higher]

^ well OCing was done by Chip.i cant scan the magazine though..wait i can..

well the sad part is they benchmarked on Call Of Juarez.. crysis and fear were also done but it should rather have been a much more deeper review.coz from the stats except crysis 3870>8800.but still they gotta say it lags.yea its true it lags but their stats dont prove that.by the way those earlier images i posted are from tom's hardware and 8800GT XXX 256mb is the only Overclocked card in it. .
now here's Chip review-
*img340.imageshack.us/img340/5815/57375676vc7.th.jpg *img340.imageshack.us/img340/5295/87308647kw5.th.jpg *img254.imageshack.us/img254/6107/55896262ql7.th.jpg

 

[nvidia]

^^Thanks for posting the pics of the mag
Now i dont have to purchase it from the news stand

 

[dOm1naTOr]

BTW, did ya scan it? coz its too early for a pdf?
nd it dun seems to be scanned, as they are perfectly cropped. Im too eager to know where did ya get it?
If there's an easy way then i wudn't haf spend 125/-.

Here are more benchs

*www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/472/1
now i think 3870 has edge over 8800GT even in Crysis as per benchs from guru3D, nd they ve said that the 8800GT512 they included was a massively oced version while all others are at stock.

and the verdict:
*www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/472/15/
and
*www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/472/16/

 

[nish_higher]

^ scanned them

 

[nvidia]

@dOm1naTOr thanks for the links

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Hi, one of our forum member has two 3850 in crossfire in a system with Q6600.
his bench results in another thread
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=721715&postcount=32

from this thread:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61571

Its not an oced score. Hope he 'll soon post oced benchs

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Any news on HD3900?

more ATI/AMD news
AMD brings DirectX 10.1 to notebooks with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series
*www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35498/122/

 

[Harvik780]

The 8800GS is out for $169 US from XFX.

 

[dOm1naTOr]

wow, thats gr8.
Anyones got benchs of it?
I think itll be better than older 8800GTS 320.

 

[Harvik780]

XFX said that it'll match the 8800GTS 640MB.

 

[j1n M@tt]

8800GS sounds gr8!! just 4 d price of HD3850!!

hey take a look guys...*www.guru3d.com/news.html#6332

 

[iMav]

ok guys tell me a card to buy that will atlest giv me 4 years (im using fx5200 256 now) and it should available in india and should be pocket friendly

 

[Faun]

ok guys tell me a card to buy that will atlest giv me 4 years (im using fx5200 256 now) and it should available in india and should be pocket friendly

nearly impossible, a card now lasts for 1 year on an avg.

get a console

 

[iMav]

well i will get 4 years out of it .... the fragin problem is tha i have decided to go for the 8800gt and as of now itsnot available with my vendor and now iv been reading this for some days which is making me question my choice

 

[Faun]

well i will get 4 years out of it .... the fragin problem is tha i have decided to go for the 8800gt and as of now itsnot available with my vendor and now iv been reading this for some days which is making me question my choice

get 9600GT or above that

wait for it, its worth waiting

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Yup, 9600GT ll be gud, abd so is GD 3850 512Mb version. Its some 190$ and i think theyll come to India with or before 9 series.
9600GT and 3850 512 is equally future proof and ll perform similar. Both are DX 10.1 cards and have PCIE 2. interface.

As u said the card should be able to serve u upto 4yrs, getting a DX10 card makes no sense, since 10.1 cards are already out. And Microsoft crearly says that 10.1 will be the last extension in DX 10.

But 9600GT too uses same 80nm fabrication which ll make them comsume more power like 8800GT[comparing with 3850 nd 3870], and limited overclocking. But 3850 nd 3870 are based on 55nm fabrication process, which allow them to work at far greater clocks than nvidia counterparts. And moreover in home entertainment field, they are best and they are providing
An HDMI adapter and the signal has audio integrated into it, while none of the nvidia models[some 8800 has HDMI, but costly] come with an audio integrated HDMI. And whats the point in getting an HDMI w/o audio. DVI can do just fine compared to it. The greatest advantage of HDMI is that it has video+audio with quality of DVI[or greater] and optical audio together. But nvidia misses something here.

And lastly, those RED Ferraries look damn SEXY !!!! It wud be a treat to have then in a windowed cabby

 

[Faun]

Yup, 9600GT ll be gud, abd so is GD 3850 512Mb version. Its some 190$ and i think theyll come to India with or before 9 series.
9600GT and 3850 512 is equally future proof and ll perform similar. Both are DX 10.1 cards and have PCIE 2. interface.

As u said the card should be able to serve u upto 4yrs, getting a DX10 card makes no sense, since 10.1 cards are already out. And Microsoft crearly says that 10.1 will be the last extension in DX 10.

But 9600GT too uses same 80nm fabrication which ll make them comsume more power like 8800GT[comparing with 3850 nd 3870], and limited overclocking. But 3850 nd 3870 are based on 55nm fabrication process, which allow them to work at far greater clocks than nvidia counterparts. And moreover in home entertainment field, they are best and they are providing
An HDMI adapter and the signal has audio integrated into it, while none of the nvidia models[some 8800 has HDMI, but costly] come with an audio integrated HDMI. And whats the point in getting an HDMI w/o audio. DVI can do just fine compared to it. The greatest advantage of HDMI is that it has video+audio with quality of DVI[or greater] and optical audio together. But nvidia misses something here.

And lastly, those RED Ferraries look damn SEXY !!!! It wud be a treat to have then in a windowed cabby

honestly i would love to try ATI/AMD cards after having 2 Nvidia cards

But the price should be reasonable and support counts too.

 

[iMav]

@dom1: performance charts mein 8800gt 512 version is neck & neck with 9600 and 3870 aint close

 

[Who]

^ Most games are nvidia optimized so you won't be seeing ATi cards leading in performance , but HD3870 can overclocked to some level so it ain't a bad choice.

Also like i mentioned in my old post if we keep looking the charts & buy nvidia products , AMD/ATi will die , after that we customers will have to pay high prices since without competition , Nvidia will stop making great Price/Perfomance ration products like 8800 GT so buying an AMD/ATi card is good choice, since those who buy ATi cards at least help ATi to stand in the competition.

 

[dOm1naTOr]

righly said, bro