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Anyone still running a Radeon HD 3870 X2 besides me?

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Been running a Powercolor 3870 X2 with DDR4 for about a 2 years now and still going strong. Tried overclocking it a couple times but end results were BSOD's lol. Is anyone else still using any version of this card?
 

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I skipped the 2xxx and 3xxx series altogether. I went from 2x 1950XTX to 4870x2. The 4870x2 is still going strong and plays games well at 2560x1600.

I'm going to wait for the 6xxx series to be released before I decide on an upgrade.
If the 6K series does not add anything overly exciting, I may try to find an inexpensive 5970.
(Hopefully prices on them will drop when the 6Ks are releeased. :/ )
 

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I coulda had a 3870 X2 at my local comp store for $99 Can, but when I went there they already had sold the only one in stock....:mad:
 

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im still at 1x4870 1GB model from Sapphire.
still plays all my PC games at max settings with 40+ frames.
i really don't think ill ever upgrade again. my rig is perfect for all the games i play.

i dont know when the 4xxx came out but i got it in march of 2009.
 
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i swtiched teams. but by far the best ATI card I ever owned was the 3870X2 in fact I had 4 of them i loved them, the 4870X2 was in no way the performance jump the 3870X2 was same with the 5970 I wont ever own a 5970 due to the issues with them, cold boot problems grren/grey lines/screen and the list goes on
 
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had a 8600GT and then HD4850, the performance boost was undescribeable lol.
after the HD4850 i got an GTX285 in a great deal, but then i sold it and bought a HD5850 for this money, a great jump in overclocking abilities.
 
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i've been runnin a sweet asus 4 head 3870x2 for over a year now, powering 3 monitors, very sweet card, i think i will keep using it sicne it's still going strong
 

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i've been runnin a sweet asus 4 head 3870x2 for over a year now, powering 3 monitors, very sweet card, i think i will keep using it sicne it's still going strong

Now thats saying something
from systemviper

This dude streams with alot of heavy hitting video cards- GTx 200 series cards- HD 5000- 4000 series cards
295's

This dude goes threw alot of video cards- and still keeps a 3870x2 4 porter :)
 

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3870x2 (x2) for ME

3870x2 (x2) and Q6600 all water-cooled. They still look great since I don't game much nowadays so no point burning up more $$ for a 4xxx or even a 5xxx series card.
 
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I had a 3870/3850 crossfire set up for a while, does that count?
 
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i was going to get a 3870 x2 but i waited for 2x 4850
i went from a 9700mpro to 2x 4850 :) that was a big surprise
 
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I had 3870X2 for about 7months than i changed it to HIS 4870X2(died after 3months) than bought PALIT 4870X2 it performs great even today only crysis gives hard times on max graphics on 1920x1200.Probably will change this card next year on 1 or 2nd quarter
 
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Hi all. I found this thread doing some googling and decided to join up :)

I own two machines (well, three, but the third is a pile of parts with bits needed). Any way, my main rig is a 940 OC with a pair of 5770s. It's fast.

However due to me constantly messing with it I decided to build a second PC to fall back on (ever tried doing an RMA without a PC? god it's a nightmare !).

At first I went for an EVGA 8800u KO edition that I found on Ebay. Only paid ÂŁ55 for it as one of the VGA lines is screwed on head one (no green, so you only get purple, DVI works 100% though). I was using the second head but after about a month it died (seems it had been baked).

Got onto the seller and when I asked if it had been on a sheet with the cookies he sorta crapped it and sent me a ÂŁ75 refund. At that point I got a 3870x2 for ÂŁ50. Mint, boxed, and Sapphire to boot.

I love it. Firstly it benches and games about 15-40% better than the benches and tests I have found in reviews (that were done when it first came out) so I would imagine that drivers have come on leaps and bounds. Secondly it's almost on par in 'real world' terms with my 5770 Xfire (being that games feel about the same even if the FPS count is less).

It also obliterates the 8800 Ultra (which has now been rebaked with flux flow and thicker thermal pads to put pressure down to keep it from warping) which looking at early benches and reviews it shouldn't do, but it does.

Infact, so impressed am I that I have shifted my Fallout 3 install (all 13gb of it with hundreds of mods) onto that machine and play laying in bed :D

For ÂŁ50 it's simply the best card I have ever owned. I've created a custom profile with MSI's Afterburner and it never goes above 60c even on full load in Fallout 3 (the key to keeping these toasters alive).

I'll go on to say that I love it so much that there is something on the horizon....

My existing card...



And what's coming...



ÂŁ50 on a Scan clearance. And this, ÂŁ50 on Ebay. Again boxed mint and all accessories.



It's time to see if Quadfire 3870x2 has improved with age as much as the 3870x2.

Full report to follow once it all arrives :)
 

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Hey guys, quick post !

The Sapphire is DOA and I have been forced to pay return shipping so this will be delayed for a few days until I get another board in.
 
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later edit... Silly me... That was a 4870X2 not a 3870X2... LOL
 
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I'm not running it at the moment but i've still got my 3870x2 here as a spare, i may put it in my htpc when it's finished for a crazy setup :p
 

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I'm not running it at the moment but i've still got my 3870x2 here as a spare, i may put it in my htpc when it's finished for a crazy setup :p

Well you'll actually be surprised at how capable they still are tbh.

I did some prelim benchmarks on mine earlier with a Phenom 9950 and just a single card. 8880 3Dmarks in Vantage. Now I know that a 280GTX XXX scores about 11k tops.

What was interesting though was that I also got a BFG PCI Physx PPU (I only want it for Mirror's Edge, which it will do with its eyes closed) and I went from 7900 CPU marks (no Cuda to help out) to 11000 :)
 

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Bios update. My Asrocks don't support the 5 series out of the box.
 
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A 3870x2 would be killer for my old system infact anything would it runs a crap 8600GS.
Went from a x800GTO to a 8800gt to the GTX260 i have right now, im a budget concious enthusiast :laugh:

Wasn't the 3870x2 really immature as far as scaling and drivers went, i know its a good card but the 4850/4870x2 scale better in comparison i think? feel free to correct.

Hmmmn cheapo crossfire action :cool:
 
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still got 2 of the 3870x2's boxed on the shelf here , not been used in about a year
 
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