really wait for the results

hye, i've just migrate from 8800gt to HD3870 today ....the IQ was great eventhough a little bit slower than 8800GT...currently running on stock speed at idle temperature of 64c (fan speed 25%)...is this OK? coz after that i spin the Fan 100% then the temperature went down to 43c during idle and max of 67c during Crysis gameplay...but the fan is very loud at 100%

one more thing it seems i couldnt run 3Dmark06, it's kinda hang during the first splash screen...anybody xperience this?

tq2, now looking forward to flash the bios and overclock the card

hehehhehehe....

almost impossible i thing ...even with an overclocked 8800GT and a 3.0ghz F3, manage to get 10500 score only ....as long it increase the ingame FPS i'll be okay...especially crysis

Just ditch my Zotac 8800gt and bought a sapphire 3870 from robyncom last saturday @ RM760...the cheapest i could find currently ...
somehow there's something weird bout my card where it will crash while trying to run Crysis and DiRT if i overclock the VRAM thru Ati Overdrive...however it can finished 3DMark06 without any problem...

after going thru several tiring troubleshooting measures for a day, finally i manage to solve the problem...this time i overclock the card thru rivatuner and VOILA!!! it runs Crysis stable until 875/1300 without any BIOS flashing ...seems i dont have the 860 barrier ...perhaps the card comes with new BIOS...


further i manage to finished 3Dmark06 at 891/1300
FAN 100%
Max Load 67'c ...
this 3870 ROCKs!!!!


This post has been edited by silverbolt143: Jan 15 2008, 09:40 AM

the IQ was great, i notice the different in ProStreet...the colors are more vivid, sharp and shiny compared to nvidia ...
just a little bit slower FPS than 8800gt but hardly noticeable...
somehow in WiC the game much smoother compared to my previous 8800gt ....
what's bothering me is the loading time for several games sometimes take longer after i installed 3870....

Yes u r rite my fren ....after googling around i found that my gc was pre-install with BIOS version VER010.073.000.000.027243 which was for Gecube HD3870 810/1126 OC version ... refer here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2780/Ge...512.071210.html

No wonder i can simply overclock the core to 890 ....if there's RMA issue later how am i going to flash it back to original Sapphire BIOS??

yes u rite

This post has been edited by silverbolt143: Jan 15 2008, 02:29 PM

now i know la ...personally, i would recommend 3870 for those who can appreciate the details of graphic produced...however if they are FPS maniac, better buy any high end nvidia ...