Okay now that my 3850x2 has been returned and

[farlex85]

like Asus but that 3850x2 pissed me off a bit way to make a great card ,great heatsink and put crap fans that have the worst fan engine noise ever. That card had serious potential for coolness. Asus dropped the ball on that one. Heck it even had leds on the back of the card that matched my ROG motherboard.

Man that sucks, sounds like you could have had a good one there, maybe if you can find a good replacement fan in the future you can try it out again.

But yeah I just noticed that $50.00 mir on that gts, thats a great deal. You could easily get more money than you paid for that if you switch it up again sometime soon.

 

[trt740]

Man that sucks, sounds like you could have had a good one there, maybe if you can find a good replacement fan in the future you can try it out again.

But yeah I just noticed that $50.00 mir on that gts, thats a great deal. You could easily get more money than you paid for that if you switch it up again sometime soon.

yes may get a 4870 but I want to see just how good they are. The 9800gtx I had was a bad mother. I don't think people realize most 8800gts will do about 730 to 750 core, shaders 1780 to 1850 and memory at DDR2 2000. The 9800 gtx cards will do on average 800 to 850core 1950 to 2000 shaders and memory DDR2 2300 to 2400. That makes a big difference on a 24/7 clock. The GTS will bench that high but not 24/7.

 

[Rebo&Zooty]

asus card, one bit reasion, dispite hating their motherboards, asus videocard supports STELLER, and unlike most ati card makers asus gives you full 3 year warr (most ati cards these days come with 1 year....)

and the cooler used on that x2 is the xigmatek videocard cooler, its know to be a bit loud at full fanspeed, i could live with it personaly, since i would push the card as far as i could

 

[trt740]

asus card, one bit reasion, dispite hating their motherboards, asus videocard supports STELLER, and unlike most ati card makers asus gives you full 3 year warr (most ati cards these days come with 1 year....)

and the cooler used on that x2 is the xigmatek videocard cooler, its know to be a bit loud at full fanspeed, i could live with it personaly, since i would push the card as far as i could

no the loud part was not the issue it was the screeching fan motors. Also the fan heatsink was not the bad axe gpu cooler it is made buy asus and has great design the fan on the heatsink are crap. Even using smart doctor they screeeched at 33 percent. On high they sounded better the rushing air covered the screeching.

 

[Rebo&Zooty]

ah, a revew i read said the cooler was designed by Xigmatek......i figuared that was just ur problem, alot of ppl QQ about how loud it is, meh, im use to "loud" i guess, never have owned a slient pc other then an old ass laptop i have

 

[trt740]

the picture below didn't do it just it's much cooler inperson

ah, a revew i read said the cooler was designed by Xigmatek......i figuared that was just ur problem, alot of ppl QQ about how loud it is, meh, im use to "loud" i guess, never have owned a slient pc other then an old ass laptop i have

to look at and hold in your hand it was cool as hell even installed it has small leds like the Rampage / Maximus formula Rog motherboards do, but who in the hell put those fans on that otherwise great card. It was doing 820 core /1900 ram speeds

 

[Rebo&Zooty]

nice, i got an 8800gt thats under RMA to bfg atm, Im still trying to deside if i wana keep the replacement card or trade it off and get something else, i was lead to belive that i may get a better card as replacement since i have had so much trouble with the 8800gt's.

may get lucky and get a gts as replacement......i can alwase hope, worse case maby u get an 8800gt with the gts cooler, i know their head tech dosnt like the refrance 8800 cooler any more then i do......god....i just want to have a card that will WORK LIKE I WANT IT TO and NOT DIE.

my x1900xtx is holding me over tho, glad i kept it around just incase i needed a backup card, almost made a deal with a buddy, would have been stuck on an x1650xt iceq3 card if i had made that deal :S

 

[trt740]

well this debate appears over just picked up a new Diamond 3870x2 for 294.00 shipped. It the same as this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103052 but I didn't buy it from the egg

here it is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180245705403

 

[Rebo&Zooty]

LONG cards

still wana see the 4850 and 4870 cards in acction.....grrrrr

 

[trt740]

LONG cards

still wana see the 4850 and 4870 cards in acction.....grrrrr

yes but heck a 294.00 shipped for a 400.00 card thats a deal.

 

[Rebo&Zooty]

yeah, my luck with ebay has been very bad, 3 times ordered great items for power sellers, all 3 they had 98% or better ratings, and all 3 times they screwed me and lost their accounts.....its like they wait till they get my money and deside to tank their account forcing me to use paypal to get my $ back....

 

[trt740]

yeah, my luck with ebay has been very bad, 3 times ordered great items for power sellers, all 3 they had 98% or better ratings, and all 3 times they screwed me and lost their accounts.....its like they wait till they get my money and deside to tank their account forcing me to use paypal to get my $ back....

I believe this online store is divison of buy.com http://search.stores.ebay.com/Buys-...Z1QQsaselZ47665363QQsuZbuysinternetsuperstore

 

[Rebo&Zooty]

omg, they are insain 269.99 for a x1900gt 256mb

 

[vhall]

well this debate appears over just picked up a new Diamond 3870x2 for 294.00 shipped. It the same as this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103052 but I didn't buy it from the egg

here it is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180245705403

That's not an x2,it is a single gpu 3870 with 1gig memory.Newegg also carries it.$259 after $30 mir.Hope you can cancel that sale!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103057

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

he got ripped?

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Specifications
GPU: ATI Radeon™ 3870
Bus Type: PCI-Express X16 (PCI Express 2.0)
Core Clock: 825 MHZ
Memory Size: 1024MB
Memory Configuration: 32Mx32 GDDR3
Memory Interface: 256-Bit
Memory Speed: 1.8 GHz
API Support: DirectX® 9.0 and 10.1, OpenGL
Display Formats: Two Dual Link DVI + HDTV-Out

 

[trt740]

your correct thats a picture of a 3870x2 but specs of a 3870

That's not an x2,it is a single gpu 3870 with 1gig memory.Newegg also carries it.$259 after $30 mir.Hope you can cancel that sale!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103057

I will contest it. I sent buy .com a message telling them they have the wrong stock photo on the item and it mislead me to believe I was getting a 3870x2 1 gb not a 3870 1gb. I don't think it will be a problem thats a giant company. Sent them a nasty gram.

 

[trt740]

good eyes what a shock I would have gotten.

That's not an x2,it is a single gpu 3870 with 1gig memory.Newegg also carries it.$259 after $30 mir.Hope you can cancel that sale!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103057

when I opened that bad boy.

 

[trt740]

back to the poll

 

[3xploit]

My gts 512 does 814core 1128mem and 2018shaders on stock volts. So i say get the gts 512

 

[yogurt_21]

ok so I voted for the gt before seeing the price on the 8800gts, I say go for that 8800gts, you'll be happy with it.

 

[newconroer]

humm no one likes the 8800gt it a bad mother will match the 8800gts because it will overclock alot higher. Well I'm gonna go with whatever the poll finishes out with. Of the 3870's the Viper has the best ram humm...

How exactly? You got a secret to unlocking SPs?

My gts 512 does 814core 1128mem and 2018shaders on stock volts. So i say get the gts 512

Interesting core there. I have a 9800 GTX that pulls in about 810core, 1201 mem and unlinked 2004 shaders on stock volts. The extra RAM is surprisingly helpful at the higher resolutions.

 

[Cold Storm]

I would look at the 1gb Akimbo 8800gt.. I was thinking of going that way with sli, but after seeing my pay check, I knew I could get a 9800gx2... My palit card took my mobo with it.... damn overclock! But I am going to be holding off on the vote a few post more...

 

[trt740]

How exactly? You got a secret to unlocking SPs?




Interesting core there. I have a 9800 GTX that pulls in about 810core, 1201 mem and unlinked 2004 shaders on stock volts. The extra RAM is surprisingly helpful at the higher resolutions.

no on average The Evga 8800gt listed here overclocks higher than many 8800gts making up for the lesser amount of shaders. This 8800gt has 3 phase power and a specially designed cooler (by evga) for better overclocking and it also has better quality ram.

 

[trt740]

My gts 512 does 814core 1128mem and 2018shaders on stock volts. So i say get the gts 512

will it do those speeds 24/7 using ati artifacting gpu stressing tool? I'm not talking benching speeds I'm talking truely stable.