A look at 3870 X2

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SunnyChahal

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when is 3870 X2 xoming to India?
i am planning of buying a AMD SPIDER based PC very soon.
So,should i go for HD3870 X2 or HD3870 crossfire??
 
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Sunny1211993 said:
when is 3870 X2 xoming to India?
i am planning of buying a AMD SPIDER based PC very soon.
So,should i go for HD3870 X2 or HD3870 crossfire??
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You already have a decent Rig.. no need to upgrade right now...
 
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dOm1naTOr

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As of now, the performance is not stable coz of drivers. There are no gud drivers especially for 3870X2. There are random high/low scores for many games.
Just wait for a stable gud driver with balanced performace.

A single 3870 is much cheaper nd also consumes much less power than 3870 crossfire setup. But i wud say get 2*3850 512 in crossfire. Much cheaper and near to 3870X2 performance. And its gud oc friendly too. And get dual slot cards with 512MB for better cooling in crossfire setup and greater memory[1G total].
 
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SunnyChahal

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I am going to buy a AMD Spider Based Rig very soon.
So plz tell me which gfx solution would be the best??
3870 X2,3870 crossfire or 3850 crossfire??
i also heard that 3870 X2 heats up too much.
 
MetalheadGautham

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I think AMD Cards are good, and so is Phenom, and A Spider PC wil definitely perform better than a C2Q 8800GT PC. But It won't happen unless programers and developers optimize their stuff for AMD too. The Phenom has a better architecture than Core2(and a much better name too), but it looses out due to the fact that everything is optimised for Core2, like using its exessive L2 Cache. AMD's optimisation solution of making the system use less L2 and evenly distribute L3, L2 and L1 handling is hardly used. And most importantly, AMD is not FOSS friendly, unlike Intel, which gains a huge userbase due to its foss friendliness(releasing source code of drivers, enabling optimisations in the Linux Kernel itself by default, etc) Imagine what would happen if all Linux/BSD/Solaris users switched to AMD. Intel would loose a lot. But thanks to AMD's adament nature, intel stands to gain all now.

And most importantly, AMD's Pricing and availabliy in India is a concern. Phenom retails at ~17K in India, and Radeon cards are ultra rare.
 
iMav

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card benchmarks for crysis matches 8800 :shock:

*www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/01/crysis-1280vh-bar.jpg


engadget said:
Holy Teraflops gamers, AMD just launched the Radeon HD 3870 X2. Their new flagship card previously known by its R680 codename features a pair of RV670 GPUs with CrossFireX built-in to a single card. According to HotHardware's performance testing, The 3870 X2 was "usually the highest performing single-card in the group." Yes, that group includes the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. Here's the rub though, according to HotHardWare: the X2's performance is determined by how well the card's drivers scale in a particular game -- a new game without appropriate support renders the card's performance to that of a single-GPU HD 3870. A problem initially demonstrated during their Crysis testing and later solved with a new set of AMD drivers. Still, as PCPer sums-up, the ~$449 3870 X2 meets or beats NVIDIA's best in today's most demanding DX9 and DX10 titles and should be on your "short list" if searching for the ultimate performance graphics card.
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MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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I knew it. Ever since AMD bought ATi, I suspected/hoped that just like how the entry of the X2 Processors was sudden, miraculous, unexpected and they turned out to be the best among the best, now AMD has done its Chaal with ATi too. I wish they make sure that their Linux drivers are good. Then they will be unbeatable.
 
harryneopotter

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I hope AMD-ATI makes a strong comeback .......... they need more performance to be in competition ......... Monopoly is of no good for us consumers .......
 
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dOm1naTOr

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The prices of HD 3850 nd 3870 in itwares has been reduces:
the 3850 512 DDR3 is fir 11750/-
and 3870 512 DDR4 is for 14400/-
Hopes HD 3870 X2 will be sub 20k.
 
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dOm1naTOr

dOm1naTOr

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AMD Plans to Release ATI RV770 Graphics Chips in Mid-2008
*www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/displa...rack_with_Next_Generation_Graphics_Chips.html

even HD 3870X2 has not reached India, nd they are planning for another one?? I think they dun produce much but just release some 100~200 nd release newer ones:D:D
 
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