http://www.techpowerup.com/?44591

Pweformance?

Wow!!! lets see the tru colours of this technolgy

wow four card is a row is abit messy but the top wan 2 core in 1 card...is

gile ahhhhh
4 card
can play games at all high settings 1
AA - 16 can ar?

4 gcs in a row.... look so beautiful.... but will it be noisy =_=, thinking of 4 gts in a row ... haha... can be a toaster when playing games

the 2 core in 1 card for HD3870 i think can kill gtx and cheaper price.....
cos currently 1 HD3870 just few K behind 8800GTX in 3D06

Is there a Intel version that can put 4 HD 3870?

I dont think GTS is capable of 4 SLi right? Of course its going to be very very hot and noisy..LOL..Single GTS is already hot enough..

BUt seriously, setting up 4 GC is really very eye catching indeed

ya just benchmarking and showing off

Dual Phenom X4 + Quad 3870 X2

definitely crazy

4 cards in one row @@, besides performance, really wan to know the temperature around there.

I have not known any tower case that can have this much of space and slots

i think its a full tower casing

currently i onli can think of 1 guy can do that...
brother ianho....

see wheter he want to test or not...if cant then read others review

Omg 2 cores in one card? Benchmarks rawr..
i wonder if the [3870 x2] can equal 3870 CF or not

i think probably same....but the HD3870 is to counter 8800gtx and even ultra if can

ATI brings decent performance at a quite resonable price...really impressive. is this is actually their plan? their gc quite affordalble too...

i though only hv dual core processor, but now even hv dual core graphic processor i'm really outdate le

and i would like to ask, how much temp is it?? it seems like dont hv 3rd party cooler, and wat PSU it use? real power 1000w??

i like the dual processor at the first pic, but not all casing can fit in it i think....

and can the first pic, the HD3870 X2 can go 4 crossfire?? 3870 put 4 card running crossfire 2X4=8

This post has been edited by amduser: Nov 16 2007, 11:38 AM

Damn.... 4 cards so powerful.... But need a full tower/server casing to do so.... Really high-end....

the 3870 X2 only got one CF slot. i think it can't...
anyway, dual core gpu already in the market quite long time already....

this build for HD3870 x2 is better than 7950gx last time..... at least this HD3870 x2 still 1 card we can see but 7950gx is 2 card quite huge

last time there are also several dual gpu card in the market such as asus x1800xt, gecube xt1600xt, 2600xt...but its quite rare actually...

ya i know...thoe x2600xt gemini which review is hardwarezone .....
the ati dual core gpu is better than those nvidia for temporary like 7950gx which is huge compare to ati 2600xt

maybe i'm only look up to nvidia and seldom see the ati card, maybe i dont like red colour for wat i know, dual core gc only in ATI right?? nvidia seems like a step behind or somethings is the 3870 X2 can go X4 crossfire then we should call it, ATI HD3870 X2 CF X4

i think that time can ply crysis at ultra high high high high settings, without hving the gc fully load then it will be no game that's unplayable....

This post has been edited by amduser: Nov 16 2007, 11:58 AM

i thought 2600xt gemini is 2 mobile gpu in one single card??is the performance same like desktop gpu??

I doubt a 1000 PSU whether enough for this 4 graphic card
I think all of us will more interest with the benchmark result.

damn nice gc there..
i like it..

i dont know how to see benchmarks actually, so i ask for how much the power it use, if 1000W not enough then i think is need a 2000W psu, more than the current of the electrical appliance at home, and probably he need a three phase wire to run that

and of course the cost..

if RM1.5k for each GC then 1.5k X 4 = RM6k
new electrical and wiring would cost about 10k, who would buy it?? Bill Gate

not to mention the electricity bills if it need higher than 1000watt...
but this 3870 already improve its power consumption right??

Bro,
sorry my bad, hardwarezone review is 1650xt gemini

2600xt gemini
1650xt gemini

I think don't need to buy super high-end PSU la... Get another PSU to power-up the GCs then can lor.... This time really everything multi already lor.... So tempting to get ATI now man.... Have to sit back and wait for any changes... Maybe NVIDIA has some tricks under their sleeves..... I believe the real champ is the HD3870 X2... Total 8 GPUs running simultaneously.... Can play on 50" plasma without any hiccups...

everythings is multi, my money not multiple yet...

one psu one gc...4 gc 4 psu ....cant imagine the electric bill ..

1gc 1psu, 4gc 4psu, it would be 4times of yr electicity bill

Oh my..4 cards in one rig..wonder what's the performance wise..really can't wait for the benchmark results lol!

i wonder why wanna compare 3870x2 with gtx.. from the name itself shows that radeon 3 series is suppose to fight with the to-be-released nvidia card or at least the new G92... not the one that had been released last year!

if people comparing the coming radeon with nvidia 11 months old card, then it shows how slow ATi is..

summore there's no point for ATi to produce a card just to fight with gtx or ultra since nvidia has makes lots of profits from those 2 card already..

the new released 3870 currently looks disappointing and seems imcapable to fight with either gtx or ultra..

i think ATi is using wrong strategy by naming it with 3 series.. suppose they just put name like 2970 to avoid high expectation from end user..

note my keypoint.. currently..

i think the keyfactor here is the driver.. if it is true the dissappointing performance now is bcoz of driver, then ATi can only win if they manage to come out with a good driver before the new nvidia card comes out.. if not, then they are just going to repeat the same mistake like before...

This post has been edited by irenic: Nov 16 2007, 01:21 PM

not we want to compare with 11 month old card...but temporary 8800ultra is the king...if we are not compare to it..then which to compare?? cos 2 core in 1 card the price almost equal to 88gtx price (assume we buy 2 HD3870 price) unless we doin sli for 8800gt

people are comparing the featureset vs pricepoint vs performance..

This post has been edited by jinaun: Nov 16 2007, 05:01 PM

The name hardly means anything. It's an arbitrary name chosen by marketing. I think they just wanted to distance themselves from the failure that was the R600.

And they were never planning to go up against the gtx or the ultra with a single RV670. It's strictly a performance midrange card. The fact that it can even be compared against a G92 is a bonus. And i doubt it's the drivers. This thing is a direct derivative of the R600. It just seems that the 6xx series tends to perform less than the paper specs would have you believe. But RV670 is a fine chip really for its price range.

i like to compare with 8800gt more than 8800gtx.. both in the same price range, and both are new card.. and for now definitely 3870 lose.. 3870x2 shud beat 8800gt, since it has 2 cores.. and higher price.. but will the the 20-30% improvement enuff to beat the next coming nvidia high end that might has same value as the 3870x2? hmm we will see..

yeah i realize this rv670 is a fine chip.. but in the eyes of mainstream, i dun see it as drastic change from 2900xt.. i'm not talking bout the technical details... just bout pure performance

This post has been edited by irenic: Nov 16 2007, 05:51 PM

power colour 3850 extreme almost on par with 2900xt in 3d06

power colour HD3850 extreme

noticed 3 things:

the psu looks like a silencer 750, one of the "QUAD SLi Ready" PSU.

only one cf bridge connector on the ultra 1337 dual gpu HD3870 ...... dont think there will be a 16 gpu setup, FOR NOW.

only 3 cf bridge were used for the quad cf setup ..... just weird.



i assume AMD is currently being run by some humanoid looking alien race with advanced graphic technology and absolutely NO HUMAN MARKETING SKILLS / STRATEGY at all. but thats just me.

You finally saw through?

irenic, not everybody needs an expensive card to e-p3n15 wagglery.

When the HD 3850 256MB reaches RM500-550 and 512MB, RM650-RM700 with non-official boards (look out for Palit/Xpertvision), nVidia can't beat them in any way. Even the 8800GT 256 non-official is still 200USD.

Crossfire 2 3850 512MB/3870, and you get a system that can beat the new 8800GTS in Crossfire by a lot. Don't underestimate AMD, they're still in the game and by the looks of it seemingly winning this winter in sales.

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Added on November 16, 2007, 9:36 pmIt's supposed to be like that.

This post has been edited by X.E.D: Nov 16 2007, 09:36 PM

yeah i agree with u.. but remember that dual gfx wont have the performance of 2 cards.. especially crossfire where u can only feel the benefits in certain games.. while some games will result in poorer performance when cf enable..

well i dunno how's the performance of 8800gts g92 yet, but if 3850 cf can beats the card in all games or benchies, than that's very good.. if not, better stick with single gts.. less heat.. less hassle..

I won't say all, but keep in mind that the 8800GTS "New" is still bandwidth limited. Performance will whimper when you go to 1920*1200++. Dual crossfire cards are the way to go in high res.

It's probably caused by the memory management bug on the G92 based cards. There should be some nice boosts when they fix that.

256-bit is 256-bit. You can't bypass that unless you get GDDR4, or you do multi-GPU.


The GT doesn't have any problems with resolution scalings. They seem pretty fine besides for Crysis.

I know the bug specifically affects Crysis, but generally memory management bugs like that are generic, so it probably affects more than one game. Even previous generation cards that used gddr3 on 256bits don't show such irregularity, unless it's a bug. How does multi-GPU help? You are not changing any bottlenecks, even with perfect 100% scaling.

notice those card just using a single 8-pin power supply...

its not that power hungry after all

evryone would love to get good graphics, but good graphics come at a high price. 2 graphic cars are a nono for me, unless i have the money.

some of the current cards also needs to be on par with newer technology, and thus, if we using old stuff, hv to change to new 1 also.

jaw dropping...

but but but... we need a super PSU..
perhaps 1000W?? hehe...


3850 OC is a good card..
hope the drivers will be great.

This post has been edited by atlantis2007: Nov 17 2007, 02:28 PM

dual gpu gc hav dual performance of 1gpu gc?

i think so, just like intel dual-core compare with P4

Google Crossfire and SLI technologies then you can understand better