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Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 5800X3D |
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Motherboard | Gigabyte Aorus Ultra X570 |
Cooling | Cooler Master ML360R AIO w/ 6 fans in push/pull |
Memory | 64GB G'Skill DDR4 3600 CL16 |
Video Card(s) | RTX 4080 FE |
Storage | Samsung 960 Pro + Samsung 980 Pro |
Display(s) | Samsung C32HG70 32" 1440P 144Hz |
Case | Corsair Obsidian 800D |
Audio Device(s) | X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro + Maverick Audio TubeMagic D2 DAC |
Power Supply | Superflower Leadex III Gold 850w |
Mouse | Logitech G600 |
Keyboard | Corsair K55 |
I have somewhat recently moved from a pair of 4870s in crossfire to a single GTX 570 and found the 570 to be only slightly faster, which is to say that 4870x2 performance is quite contemporary if perhaps limited to only dx10. I gather these 3870x2's also do DX10? If so, they are indeed quite capable, if power-hungry.
The 3870 series not only supported DX10, but DX10.1
That is significant because the backward compatibility built into DirectX11 that allows DirectX11 games to run directly on DX10 and DX10.1 hardware has separate provisions for both DX10 and DX10.1
Many of the pioneering features introduced in DX10.1 were not widely adopted in games at the time mainly due to Nvidia's lack of support for 10.1. All of those features were, however, integrated into DirectX11. It is somewhat ironic that only now, when playing a DirectX11 game, are we finally making use of the DirectX10.1 features on our cards (via the 10.1 downlevel path).
Point is, with DX10.1 hardware, you're in a great place to play DX11 games. Just about the only real feature you will miss out on is Tessellation.
I am running 2x 4870x2 in quad crossfire and I'll probably upgrade my motherboard/CPU again before I upgrade my video-cards. I would like to get at least 2 more years out of these cards.
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