A look at 3870 X2

[dOm1naTOr]

Guys, got this month's CHIP today.
3850 nd 3870 being 55nmGPU, are highly overclocking friendly. Almost 55% boost in Crysis@1600*1200
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[nvidia]

^^Because of AMD-ATI's lack of publicity, nobody knows the true potential of these cards

 

[dOm1naTOr]

3850 oc is better than 3870 stock. That is a 170$ card oced can compete 8800!!! and beat even 8800 640MB. !!!!

Heard tha 8800GT has only limited ocing with a max of 60~70Mhz in core nd some 100Mhz on memory.

 

[nvidia]

^^170$*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/13a.gif
Thats a killer price... Is it available in India?

 

[Who]

people buy nvidia as the games are usually tweaked for nvidia graphics cards , since AMD is being beaten in both ends , if they don't come up with something good this year , say good bye to AMD but i got to say hats off to both nvidia & intel marketing managers both of them did a great job also they are following a great stratgy first by destroying the AMD with full force then they can do whatever they like...only us customers have to pay if AMD shuts down right now...

So you guys hold the key , decide what you want..

 

[bikdel]

if we buy one Ati-AMD and another nvidia-intel product alternately... we'll be profited in the end

for now i just wanna ask..

WHEN WILL 3850 REACH THE MARKET AT AFFORDABLE PRICES??... THATS GONNA BE THE GFX CARD OF MY NEW PC..

 

[Harvik780]

You can buy it at the ITwares i think they have quoted the price as 12k.

 

[desiibond]

IMHO, If AMD gets the architecture right for processor and GPU's, they can integrate them into fusion and that will turn the tables in AMD's favour. But, when????? Looks like they got the right architecture now for GPU in 3700 series. Waiting for a good processor architecture.

 

[nish_higher]

isnt the news about 3870X2 ?i dont think its the same as 3870 which is available in india.coz its not a X2.so why r u posting everything related to it?
also that plain 3870 is nowhere near 8800GT.u might achieve 55% overclocking boost with it as written in chip but its still inferior to 8800GT in terms of fps.

 

[nvidia]

^^It might be inferior, but there is a super value for money

 

[nish_higher]

^ true.but check the full review in Chip and see the conclusion.3870 (not X2) is priced just like 8800GT.so who will spend the same for a inferior card.X2 might be a good card but its not available.and none of us have seen its reviews.so why buy it just bcoz its by AMD?

EDIT:--OK here is a review *www.legitreviews.com/article/593/1/

 

[nvidia]

Are you sure its priced like 8800GT? Isnt it 170$?? See post #23

 

[nish_higher]

^ not at all.as stated on that review webpage 3870X2 means 2*3870s.3870 costs around 14000 as on theitwares.3870X2 is considered to be like 8800GTS but no tests have been done yet.so i will wait to say something abt it.though simple 3870 lags way behind 8800gt in every way.
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[dOm1naTOr]

In India, HD series is monsterously overpriced[dun know why].
In newegg, even the cheapest 8800GT is for 270$ . And they even dun come with HDMI adapter.
If we buy HD3xxx now from India, then 8800GT makes more sense, as 8800GT dun haf very much diff in price than US.

Anybody know why HD3xxx's price shoot up like hell in here than US. Other ATI cards likr 190 or 1950 is damn cheap here now[even though not as cheap as US], so availability may not be the full reason.

 

[nish_higher]

^ on newegg Asus 8800GT costs 214$ which i think comes to 8500 rupees..other versions are around 250-280$
*www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=8800gT
thats way way cheaper than india.
now the HD 3870 non x2-
*www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=HD+3870
it costs 250-280$

even the motherboards cost less in the US.processors too.at least cheaper than india if not much.

 

[SunnyChahal]

AMD will pawn all when it comes out with fusion.
i will buy 2 HD3870's in crossfire for my bro in feb end or march.
I hope they dont turn out to be disappointing like many other ATI cards.
the dx10.1 compatibility and 55nm tech beats nvidia in some aspects but still a games's choice wil always be nvidia

 

[dOm1naTOr]

the 8800GT @ 214$ is 256MB version dude. Itll be highly bottleneck at higher resolution or games with more textures.
All 512 is for 260$+.

 

[Harvik780]

+ It has lower memory clocks.

 

[nish_higher]

right and the result is a mixup.see-
*firingsquad.com/hardware/xfx_geforce_8800_gt_256mb_xxx_review/images/cod41600.gif

*firingsquad.com/hardware/xfx_geforce_8800_gt_256mb_xxx_review/images/aacod41600.gif

*firingsquad.com/hardware/xfx_geforce_8800_gt_256mb_xxx_review/images/cry1600.gif

*firingsquad.com/hardware/xfx_geforce_8800_gt_256mb_xxx_review/images/aacry1600.gif

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[dOm1naTOr]

Hi dude, where did ya get those benchs? nice
and its an 8800GT 256 oc, nd 3870 or 3850jas not even oved. They oc for almost 50% boost, due to 55nm GPU.
And 8800GT is ab 80nm GPU.