3870 is fine with me plays my media much better than my 7950gtx 512mb ever did
and it plays games fine
crysis high
cod4 maxed
the difference between the 3870 and 8800gt is highly exaggerated
ie the difference is soo small
9600gt is little slower than the 3870
8800gt is 3-8%...
iv got a problem with my asus board latly
my p5k just says not enough space in runtime area smbios not detected
then says checking ram
and doesnt do anything else
iv heard lots of rumours about ocr ram not working in asus board i use ocr and its always been fine
unlucky man =(
my ram was in single channel by mistake
i put it in dual channel
and it went all strange :eek:
i put it back the same tried each alone in each slot
it happens at boot
the writing is white
appears
checking ram buts it doesn t change
saying press f1 to go ahead but nothing happens
thank you :o
not enought space in runtime area sm bios is not detected
what shall i do iv reflashed the bios and everything
then it says checking vram
and then hangs for ages
spec is
p5k
e2140
ati 3870
2gig ocr ram
200gb satahad drive