A look at 3870 X2

[nish_higher]

@ nvidia8800 check his yahoo id

 

[Pathik]

Man i almost missed this thred. Seems like the Spider platform may be AMD's ray of hope against Intel. also The MSI K9A2 CF seems good vfm.

 

[j1n M@tt]

^^ ATi fans like ma frnd dOm1naTOr and I thought like dat.....but initial benchmarks for Spider is not up to our expectation . Its mainly b'coz Phenom is not a gud performer as everyone thought....and it can't be overclocked much, even the Black edition Phenom .

But ATi HD cards hav 30% improvement in Spider platform and can beat easily any other nVidia or Intel platform in d case of grfx performance .

 

[nvidia]

What are the special features in the Spider platform?

 

[cooldude1]

Hey Guys BTW some prices are dropped just check

MSI 8800GT 512MB DDR3 OC Edition - 12900/-

3870X2 1GB - 22500/-

MSI 3850 512MB DDR3 - 10400/-

 

[nvidia]

^^Cool! The 3850 is almost equal to that of 8800GT in terms of performance right?

 

[dOm1naTOr]

hi,
the HD 3807 X2's performance gr8ly improved with tha latest 8.1 XP nd 8.4 vista catalyst.
ATI cards rely much on drivers and their performance is limited largely due to drivers nd gets on improving with new ones
the X2 even beats 8800GT SLI in most cases.
*www.techspot.com/review/86-ati-radeon-hd-3870-x2/

 

[nvidia]

^^Its almost equal to the 8800GT. You can beat it if you OC it..

 

[dOm1naTOr]

and the power consumption, temps and cost is much lower than 8800GT 512 SLI.

 

[nvidia]

^^Yeah...
Go AMD-ATI.....

 

[x3060]

i missed this thread . . i think my next upgrade will be this as soon as price comes down . 22 is too much for me

 

[nvidia]

^^The prices of ATI cards may come down al little once the 9 Series cards are out.

 

[x3060]

am waiting

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Why shud ATI bring down price?[though a price cut is appreciable] Even 8800GT sli is no match for 3870 X2 and 9 series doesnt support DX 10.1.

As u know 9800GX2 is two 8800GT cores in SLI in one PCB with lower clocks.
SO 8800GT sli > 9800GX2
and 9800GX2 is sure gonna cost more than 22k. And here also 3870X2 wins hands down in performance, price nd future proof.

9 series will have been much better if they were too DX 10.1

 

[j1n M@tt]

^^ya ya nVidia guys a cheating folks playing tricks to make 9series from 8series

 

[dOm1naTOr]

leaked news bout upcoming ATI's HD 4xxx series about to be released on this June
And GDDR5 first time on fire
*www.nordichardware.com/news,7356.html

*www.driverheaven.net/ati-grap...es-leaked.html

*forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?p=8170494
*forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=238481

also see the rewarmed version of HD 3870 X2
*www.nordichardware.com/news,7423.html