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First Radeon HD 3870 X2 review posted

Started by Guest_scaramonga_* , Jan 22 2008 03:54 PM

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#1 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 03:54 PM

images/news/amd.jpgAMD managed to keep the R680 board under wraps for longer than we expected but there's no stopping people with a 'thing' for new hardware so now, just one day before the official release of the Radeon HD 3870 X2 we can see it put to the test. The card put to fight off a stock GeForce 8800 Ultra by the guys @ PConline.com.cn is the standard 3870 X2, with two RV670 chips clocked at 825 MHz (320 Stream processors per GPU), 1GB of GDDR3 memory at 1800 MHz, a 256-bit memory bus and one PCIe bridge that makes CrossFire happen on one PCB.

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#2 m.oreilly

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 04:49 PM

did you see the power consumption of both the ati and nvidia cards? they both are power hungry suckers! maybe a single card for me (not the ultra) will be a better choice. i can't see the gpu hogging up that much system power. though i'm not an avid gamer by any means, i still want a new, fast gpu (w/ dual slot cooler...).

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#3 Christopholofigus

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:39 PM

I guess it is time to start buying cases with 2 power supply slots huh?

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#4 m.oreilly

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 08:47 PM

Christopholofigus, on Jan 22 2008, 09:39 AM, said:

I guess it is time to start buying cases with 2 power supply slots huh?

or a "helper" psu...

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#5 m.oreilly

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Posted 23 January 2008 - 12:48 AM

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new.../3870x2-delayed
i thought as much (tweaking drivers). i was wondering if they would have some optimized drivers for the release, and looks like they are gonna try (with crysis being a road block to ati domination, atm ). i hope it does well, and that they get their next gen out the door on time...