3870 X2 Goes On Sale

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 21, 2008

A Dutch site called Salland Automatisering has started to accept pre-orders for AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card, which has an expected release date of 23rd of January. Earlier reports suggested a retail price of $449 US, although the Dutch site has set a price of €425 which works out at around $615. Admittedly taxes in Europe are higher, and this site may have added a premium as it is the first to allow pre-orders, so $449 in the US isn't completely out of the question.

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WarEagleAU · Jan 21, 2008

Id definitely get one of them for my new system. Seems about decently priced. Id love to do Semi sorta Quad Crossfire with two cards.

asb2106 · Jan 21, 2008

I really like the card and Im looking forward to getting mine, but I dont think I would pay >600 bucks for it.

EddxPT · Jan 21, 2008

I think it will sell more or less by 400 dollars, in europe we pay normally 1.5 * price in the US ( and the euro and the pound are worth more than the Us dollar right now...grrr). Some items I have seen them to by priced there by half the price here. ( European Taxes !!!)

asb2106 · Jan 21, 2008

EddxPT said:
I think it will sell more or less by 400 dollars, in europe we pay normally 1.5 * price in the US ( and the euro and the pound are worth more than the Us dollar right now...grrr). Some items I have seen them to by priced there by half the price here. ( European Taxes !!!)

ohh that must suck!! Yah I was expecting 450 here, and if thats the case Ill buy one. But Im having the feeling that its gonna be price gouged just like the 3870 was

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asb2106 · Jan 21, 2008

From what Ive read the 3870 will do crossfire with the 3870x2 and thats my goal.

When I get my x48 board Im gonna give that a go and hope it works, Ive also been making up a water cooling system for the 3870x2, Im hoping it uses the same GPU mounting holes as the 3870

technicks · Jan 21, 2008

That store sucks.

They just do it for advertisement.
When you order a card from them most of the time it takes forever to receive it.

HaZe303 · Jan 21, 2008

Once again. You see what kind of prices we europeans have to live with. That isnt just a starting price for something new, thats propably the standard price here in europe. Its like we have to almost pay as much for one card, that americans pay for two?? No wonder the pc market is dying as a game plattform. Thank god that nvidia and ati are starting to realize that. Ergo 8800gt/3870...

Edit:Just one more thing about EU vs US. We pay more, but we always also have to wait for stuff(new cpu/gpu´s etc) and when they get here(specially in sweden), there are very few of them. So for an example, I consider my self an computer enthusiast, but even if I want to buy the "best" stuff its often hard to get youre hands on it. Most retailers here buy in the parts mostly they think will sell good (q6600) and others and very few of the highest end parts. Many times there are long waiting lists that you have to get in, or other choices are to order from some other countries but then the price also gets too high for my taste. So mostly I buy parts like my Q6600 because I dont have a choice. So long story short, we should atleast have cheaper prices with the low availability.

Richieb0y · Jan 21, 2008

technicks said:
That store sucks.

They just do it for advertisement.
When you order a card from them most of the time it takes forever to receive it.

azerty.nl has it for pre-order i dont know if u know that site i order my whole rig there and there fast and i mean real fast

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

Cant wait to see how much it is on newegg. Im guessing the price will be 475-500$ cause the 8800GT was supost to be 200$ remember that lol

technicks · Jan 21, 2008

Richieb0y said:
azerty.nl has it for pre-order i dont know if u know that site i order my whole rig there and there fast and i mean real fast

Yeah. They are good. I know about every online hardware shop here. Thanks to www.tweakers.net:p

Morgoth · Jan 21, 2008

Thats A Fucking Good Store ! I Buy All My Crack From Them :d
damn that fucking BTW goes higher every month..

snuif09 · Jan 21, 2008

azerty holland is much better :rockout:

snuif09 · Jan 21, 2008

technicks said:
Yeah. They are good. I know about every online hardware shop here. Thanks to www.tweakers.net:p

oh jij bent ook een tweaker dat is wel vet

Morgoth · Jan 21, 2008

ja en ik ook

salland heeft wel wat vet goeie waterpompen die ik me nog ga bestellen daar

wtf8269 · Jan 21, 2008

Preorder in US.

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

wtf8269 said:
Preorder in US.

535$.... I didnt see that coming :rolleyes:

0elemental0 · Jan 21, 2008

meh my normal 3870 is still tromping along...it is only a month old.hahah...got it for 219.99 from the egg.

Bytor · Jan 21, 2008

Could add one to my crossfire setup now of 2 HD3870's...hhmmm

imperialreign · Jan 22, 2008

it might be a lot of price gouging over the anticipation of the release, and no one is sure just what stock availability will look like just yet.

Deleted member 24505 · Jan 22, 2008

My ass feels sore already,and i've not even seen the uk price yet.

Psychoholic · Jan 22, 2008

ShadowFold said:
535$.... I didnt see that coming

Techdepot sucks.. Look at the price they have for the 640MB 8800GTS...

http://www.techdepot.com/pro/product.asp?productid=5581389&iid=1249&Hits=15&HKeyword=8800gts

ShadowFold · Jan 22, 2008

Psychoholic said:
Techdepot sucks.. Look at the price they have for the 640MB 8800GTS...

http://www.techdepot.com/pro/product.asp?productid=5581389&iid=1249&Hits=15&HKeyword=8800gts

Wow, they sure do. Guess we gotta wait for NewEgg to post some then judge AMD

Weer · Jan 22, 2008

I think we should wait to see what the 9800 GX2 has to offer.

xfire · Jan 22, 2008

asb2106 said:
From what Ive read the 3870 will do crossfire with the 3870x2 and thats my goal.

When I get my x48 board Im gonna give that a go and hope it works, Ive also been making up a water cooling system for the 3870x2, Im hoping it uses the same GPU mounting holes as the 3870

:shadedshu
Its like hd2400 and hd2900 in crossfire.

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