it get 15k on 3dmark06 because the 3870 is crossfire with the 3850

INQ reveals the R680, Radeon HD 3870 X2
New Year offering at a shocking price

By Theo Valich: Friday, 09 November 2007, 12:39 PM
IN FEBRUARY 2004, a game appeared from nowhere. The name of that game was Far Cry, and it transformed a small team from Germany into international gaming megastars.

It spurred a graphics card bonanza, one repeated by by Doom 3 and Half-Life 2, with the market massively going for Athlon 64+Nforce3/4 systems with Geforce 6800GT, 6800 Ultra for high-end and Geforce 6600 for mainstream.

Now the circle has turned again, with the release of Hellgate: London, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 and Crysis. The time to get a new computer is now, and if you're asking yourself what would be the best $500 present under the Christmas tree, answer is two 8800GT or two 3870s, not an 8800GTX or 8800Ultra.

But, if you're willing to wait, this is what AMD has in store for January release.

new revolution on graphic card. .wow~

eh this card looks way different but better than the 3870 that just come out on day 1
obviously yes

yeap, how much is the GTX price nowadays? and how much is 2 3850?

Alien ware comparison

heck they recommend HD3870 crossfire with the latest quad proc
but no surprise there as the nvidia mobo cant support the 45nm

looking at those scores
it might be true
when u scale the proc
as this gpu hits new heights when u overclock ure proc

even 4ghz.. still bottleneck.

3870 CF vs 8800GT SLI: 3dmark06 score @

errr catalyst supports all os

they are the same..
its not like nvidia cards...
which nowadays u have to install different drivers for different GPU cores and different OS's

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

ya , crossfire use less power and less heat... now just wondering the performance, some review state that CF better then SLI, and got other said SLI better then CF

as requested, i've opened a new thread for 3870/3850 at Overclockers united.. so u guys can share ur oc experience, from minor issues to the most extreme issues there~

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/583108

Would it be freakin' noisy if i were to set the fan to run at 60% 24/7/365?