owh ya.. forgot bout that ... but i'm so lazy to swap board..

erm do u think in gaming the x16 vs x4 will effects a lot?

well the other reason i dun want to use the x38 is bcoz i dun have good ddr2 ram.. i only have one value ram and i think it gonna disappoint me haha..

i just wish i can find a good ddr3 mobo out there..

This post has been edited by irenic: Dec 1 2007, 03:39 AM

hmm well
ppl have tested
they said in 3dmark shows difference
but gaming .. marginally... negligible..

so if this ure gaming rig.. than sweet bro...
ure running 4ghz 24/7 quad??
nice..

till i can find a 500fsb quad.. doesnt matter 45nm or 65..
wont be making that transition...

erm well i have only 1 complete rig and 1 laptop.. this rig is used for gaming, benching and doing work (mostly editting, n designing)

erm no 4ghz daily for me.. i had to run it at 1.7vcore (bios) to run benchmark at 4.01ghz and eventhough temp remains cool, around 35-43c idle and 50-55 load, but i dun dare to use such a high vcore .. running daily at 3.2ghz @ stock voltage..

btw thx for the info and suggestion.. i doubt i will notice myself bout the poor sm3 score..

AMD to lower Radeon 3000 series pricing

20$ multiply 3.4~ = at least Rm 70..

pardon me... just want to share the HD2900XT score in 3DMark06, , guess. it's CPU bottleneck

PC Specs :
Silverstone ST56ZF
AMD Athlon FX-60 2.8GHz
2x1GB Aeneon PC3200

3DMark06 setting - Default
HD2900XT - no overclocking

Catalyst 7.11 @8x Anti-Aliasing (AA) + 8x Box; 16x Anisotropic Filtering (AF)


Catalyst 7.11 @0x Anti-Aliasing (AA) + 0x Box; 0x Anisotropic Filtering (AF)


This post has been edited by sniper69: Dec 1 2007, 08:51 AM

wow... ATI slash price till $219.... around RM700++ that is a good bargin

Correction, they slashed FROM USD219 to USD199 for HD3870.

if convert to RM it ~ RM700, good price, when the official slashed? but can we get ~RM700 soon? crossfiring those hd3870

Hmmm, friend told me that he saw lowyat selling SAPPHIRE 3850 256MB at RM599 for this week. Said was promotion.... hope the price drop lower after the announcement for the price slash is truth. Hehe then can consider the 3850 512MB with heatpipe!!!!

It's really gonna be a good buy for the HD2870 if they're about to slash the price.When is it taking place?

Definitely the MSI. Should be closer to the GT in speed while costing less.
Every card is actually the same, built by ATI/Foxconn (?).

Guys... I'll be getting a gfx soon in 2~3 weeks time... At first, the Nvidia's 8800GT and 8800GTS on my mind at the moment, I wonder if actually the Ati 3870 HD will outperform the Nvidia's?

I only opting for single card operation and not going for CF

single card 8800GT is out perform HD3870 . but for CF HD 3870 is better then 8800GT.

but if u want better 3d image quality ATI alway better then Nvidia . if u dont mind few FPS behind compare to Nvidia
la

my X1900xtx the quality of 3D rendering image still beter then my 8800GT . @@

anyway just my personal opinion .

Oh, single card wise 8800GT will outperform the HD3870 but it will be vice versa if it is 8800GT SLi vs HD3870 CF?

Would the performance differ significant or wouldn't be to visible? How about the power consumption? I read from Irenic that even HD3870 CF wouldn't as much as single 8800GT? Or he mean not as much as 8800GT SLi?

However, most lately games all optimized for Nvidia's

well i just amatuer acuatly . let the expert answer your question

Hehe, if u r amatuer... then I'm noobie . Thanks for injecting some info and ur view anyway

I do read the same thing as well... but if the differ really ain't that significant, I may opt for HD3870 which offer lesser heat and power consumption. Nowdays games optimized for Nvidia's, nothing weird if their FPS and score higher than ATi's in benchies

Normally there's a 15% (give or take 5% more) difference between the 8800 and 3870 stock. For what you pay and potential improvement that's not bad (in the US at least, where pricing is fair).

But in Crossfire, most tests show the 3870 catching up to 8800GT SLI (from leading by 5-10% to trailing 5+%; depends) so you pay less (USD40-80 for 2 cards) for a little less. Plus, you can use X38/48/P975 boards while you're stuck with dreaded nForces for SLI.


If you like the "optimization" brought to nVidia's cards for speeds (which are really a non-issue on a dual card setup) then get the 8800GT. If you don't really care for benchmark scores, both are great (HD 3800s have added support for the "2008" Folding@Home GPU client, which might be a nice extra) and mostly depends on other factors (especially the motherboard, where current nForces can't support Penryns nicely)

This post has been edited by X.E.D: Dec 1 2007, 09:44 PM

3850 does not beat the old 8800gts right?

3850 is ~90% of a HD2900XT, which is 105-110% of a 8800GTS (excluding AA)
Plus, 256MB of RAM = no go.

However, the Powercolor OCed 3850 512MB definitely beats a GTS (99% of a 2900XT, and AA is a bit better in some cases)

So, yet the 8800GT still p@wn this HD3870 in single-card battle . I wonder if the new 8800GTS will be a better pick than 8800GT. Yeah, the additional top-up price might not value for just a few fps+, but the noise and temp lower than 8800GT as well

HIS not releasing IceQ Turbo version for this HD3870?