eta on 3870 x2?

[schumi84]

nah they go for 130 in a certain place, 130-150 in others.

Interesting, cheers for the heads up. Reckon my 1950 will do me till these come out, only thing i am having trouble with is UT3, but will look into that.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Yeah i can't see it being like that crap 7950 GX2 that would only work in an SLi board, and if the game wasn't SLi capable then your GX2 only ran as a single 7900 GT.

 

[Lightnix]

Then how come it worked in Intel chipset motherboards?

http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce_gx2_sbios/us.asp

 

[HighlandeR]

same here.

unless i see a single card solution that's about 1.5x or more powerful than 8800GTX i won't upgrade!

i just don't trust those x2 cards, it relays too much on drivers (ATI or nVidia, neither is ahead of eachother), i'd rather have an 8800 Ultra OCed with enough housepower to process most games.
eg. just look at 7950Gx2 vs 8800GTX

Use to feel the same way till I read this thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17819571

Pretty obvious Crossfire technology has come a long way and its scalability is very impressive, perhaps better then SLi.

While I still agree it would be much nicer to have one single powerful card, gotta remember Nvidias 9800GTX might be a dual card anyhow, if thats the case may have to still consider which card offers better scalability.

 

[wuyanxu]

Use to feel the same way till I read this thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17819571

Pretty obvious Crossfire technology has come a long way and its scalability is very impressive, perhaps better then SLi.

While I still agree it would be much nicer to have one single powerful card, gotta remember Nvidias 9800GTX might be a dual card anyhow, if thats the case may have to still consider which card offers better scalability.

looks like very good scaling. thanks for the link.

i'll reserve my money and judgement when benchmarks have been done.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Then how come it worked in Intel chipset motherboards?

http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce_gx2_sbios/us.asp

Pass, i must have got it wrong, i did remember it only worked on certain mobo's though, as there used to be a compatability list of which ones.

 

[junpei]

remember with crossfire X ati arent aiming for single powerfull cards anymore
with the ability to crossfire crds of different models there expecting the enthusiasts to use crossfire X to the same price as one of nvidias single and rather poorly scailing stronger cards

and at the same time giving them a chance to upgrade over time, because of the crossfirex capabilities

 

[HeX]

Still on target for end of Jan early Feb:

HERE

I neeeeeds it!

 

[Tute]

Still on target for end of Jan early Feb:

HERE

I neeeeeds it!

Excellent stuff. Week or two and it should be time to consider shifting the 8800GT.

 

[Final8y]

Still on target for end of Jan early Feb:

HERE

I neeeeeds it!

No! you want it, I NEED IT.

 

[wuyanxu]

i assume this will be PCIe 2.0 card.

if i only have PCIe 1.1 (iP35 Pro) will it bottleneck the card? understanding it's got 2 GPU's so need more bandwidth on the system bus?

 

[HeX]

i assume this will be PCIe 2.0 card.

if i only have PCIe 1.1 (iP35 Pro) will it bottleneck the card? understanding it's got 2 GPU's so need more bandwidth on the system bus?

Doubt it, reviews of Crossfire 3870's on an 8x/8x board show its nigh on identical to 16x/16x.

So assuming the card splits the bandy between the two cards evenly and doesn't have any kind of hardware to adjust the bandy on the fly depending on load it should be fine even on PCI-E 1.1

 

[Nelly]

Well I hope HIS bring out a ICEQ3 version for the 3870X2, if the performance is at the very least on par with the 8800GTX Ultra & the price is VERY competitive i.e. Cheap lol, I will switch back to ATI!!

 

[Stelly]

Trust Gibbo to shove it in our face, and then not say anything lol

Stelly

 

[paradigm]

Time for me to get an X48 and two of these then is it

 

[HeX]

28th is the rumoured release date.

Fingers crossed, dying to get one!

 

[Devious]

Trust Gibbo to shove it in our face, and then not say anything lol

Stelly

Well I have a 9800 GTX but I cant show you it, you know NDA and all that. sorrry.

 

[IntoTheVoid]

Is it worth running 2 x 3870's in crossfire now? Are they easy to setup and reasonably quiet?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Is it worth running 2 x 3870's in crossfire now? Are they easy to setup and reasonably quiet?

If you aint already got 2x 3870's, then no, don't bother, as in a couple of weeks time your gona be able to buy 2x of em on 1x card, so theres zero point buying 2x 3870's now.

 

[IntoTheVoid]

Thanks, no I don't have any 3870's at present.