Simple reason, price performance ratio.
The best thing to buy is always the 2nd on the high end list...LOL...
And also some people dun need a 3870, for people like me who plays Football Manager most of the time and only go NFS or COH once in a while, 3850 is decent enuff....

the question already answered by @meno. people like me which cant afford highend stuff have to set the target for midrange hardware...

ya true~

even 3850 should can handle most of game that we play daily

yalo....same lo..

3850 is enough~!~

Next target...

@meno taiko explanation..so pro

im waiting for price drop on 3850 only decide

coz from my experience, b4 used to buy those highend GC. only excited for the 1st few days.
but later end up playing Flash-based games or other games which no need so highend GC to handle...

what next target huh??this bulker always changing hardware....

This post has been edited by rainingzero: Dec 7 2007, 10:03 AM

8800GT is quite hot which comes great performance & lots space overclocking , HD3870 better in terms IQ, lots space for overclocking & CF setup dual ratio is better SLi

maybe next year u can aim for 9series already, work harder to grab more angpows i've seen some review 256MB & 512MB almost the same unless u crank expecting gaming on hi-res.

This post has been edited by zeustronic: Dec 7 2007, 10:07 AM

8800GT is better if you want performance without overclocking, 3870 is better when overclocked (need modded bios though). Or you could just get a 3850 with good video ram and overclock it, its pretty much identical to the 3870 except the clock speed is set lower (but can easily clock to 3870 speed or more ).


8800GT is quite hot yeah, anyone seen the new NV92 8800GTS yet? Looking at the official spec by Nvidia it looks all set to kill possibly even the 8800 Ultra. But 8800GTX confirm mati liau And its way below RM2k (then again, I can go ahead and dream that money fall from the sky )

LOL...
U can see from cycom thread,
new G92 8800gts just RM12xx,
omfg... Those cant wait 8800GT,
just spend few hundred bucks to get the new 8800GTS,

Ace, fast fast go to grab one and do the review~

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Added on December 7, 2007, 10:29 am9xxx series 1st card will launch at mid of february,
but the price are
as usual, they launching high end one 1st,
for mid end one, u have to wait till june already...

This post has been edited by cschun86: Dec 7 2007, 10:29 AM

bro lohwenli,

how pro your soldering skill? are you possible to solder something connected with the super tiny small capacitor on the mobo?

Erm....

I am not bulker...i am didi only@

Next Target:

9series arr?? no money, no can talk, but hard to own...
next year got some side income, may get better hardware...
or just keep the money for holiday or savings in bank only...

his soldering skill is godlike...

lol..kuat business ini olang...

I febuary not a suitable month for buying new card, october or november best upgrade GC when all hottest game title are launch to cater christmas season.

Can la..last time the voltmod repair I did on a board I sold to shahril chin..pretty tough cos got 3 tiny resistors side by side and I only want to solder to 1 of them..

Not quite yet..but maybe someday..

oc sifus...i wan to know y isit 800mhz ram is popular then 1066mhz ram in terms of oc? btw..when u oc a ram...is it only vdimm up? do u have to up vNB also?

bcoz DDR2 800 still cheaper 1066, & 800Mhz is the mainstream for now.

Well, 800mhz ram is cheaper, and often they use the exact same components as the 1066Mhz version (in fact, its quite possible to find 667Mhz ram using chips found in 1066 ram). 1066 ram is just already overclocked versions of 667/800 ram. As long as the components are the same, the overclocking end result is more or less the same regardless of the original speed.. This also applies to all other PC components like CPU, GFX, mobo.

You may need to increase the NB voltage, but only as a last resort when the fsb will not go high enough to achieve your desired ram speed.

this mine..not orthos yet..

core speed - 3.35Ghz
Vcore - 1.3
Vdim - 2.2

memset 5-5-5-15 2T



please give more advice...

Thanks zeustronic, lohwenli. Seems like I still prefer 8800GT However, still need to save money first and by then time i save enough money, maybe new card coming out d

next week i'll doing hard-modding for my 8800GT and pawn every 3870 onwer and make them while


@Adrian
yup,i agree what u said,if u go only to high end game only u need high end gc,buy what u need.


@lohwenli
i have to date u one day for the gc soldering

@lehteck
i know what is ur next target



@intothefantasy
800MHz is much cheaper than 1066MHz ram while u can save the money for others thing,and even u can oc them to 1066mhz
but do take note that for those like OCZ,u can always grab 1066MHz onyl if u really wanna it,why?
cause i 99% sure that OCZ is a brilliant RAM maker,they using Promos in 800MHz while only use GMH or GKX in 1066MHz
so for those who think both are same,for OCZ,u'll damn regret.
and one thing,some of the ram maker like Cellshock and G-Skill,for those ram that rated 800mhz and 1066mhz,they are using different brand or layer of PCB,for those,u get what u paid for.

@zeustronic
how's ya sales in PC Fair?

@tapirus
do more work on ur ram setup.
u may try 800MHz CL3 if u using GMH or GKX or if cant,make it CL4 800mhz,u can get some boost from there.since u r using nforce chipset,set ur command rate to 1T,but i'm not sure whether u can gain anything from 2T to 1T or not,i tried N680i,seeno different,maybe AMD can get something.

@speedguy10
ya lo,this is what i hate,when enough money,new gc coming out and when u save money again,new gc coming again