Are all "Sapphire 512Mb Radeon HD 3870" same clock and mem speed?

[Phil2008]

Im really thinking about getting 1 of these next week, cos they look and sound quite cool reading reviews. Ive seen this card on a site but it dosent say the speeds anywhere so I was thinking are all "Sapphire 512Mb Radeon HD 3870" cards the same speeds?? (clock 775mhz, mem 2250mhz)

 

[semi-pro waster]

As far as I am aware they are all the same speed, to be a 3870XT they must be 775mhz core and 2250mhz Ram or faster.

 

[Phil2008]

Will I notice a huge diff in speed upgrading from a x1900xt card? Its going in a opty 185 @ 2.8 with 2gb of mem.

 

[pastymuncher]

Will I notice a huge diff in speed upgrading from a x1900xt card? Its going in a opty 185 @ 2.8 with 2gb of mem.

Here's a comparison of a 3850 against a X1950XTX and a 7950GT. The 3850 Is faster than both so the 3870 should be even quicker still.

 

[Phil2008]

Here's a comparison of a 3850 against a X1950XTX and a 7950GT. The 3850 Is faster than both so the 3870 should be even quicker still.

Theres no pictures coming up on that site? I cant believe I will probly be keeping my motherboard for another year, with my opty 185 cpu that I bought last summer. my board and psu is 3 years old now and all the other stuff ive upgraded.

 

[Phil2008]

Oh yeah another question, how much more power will the 3870 use then my x1900xt card??

 

[Flying Gribble]

Probably less!

I've put my X1900XT setup into here which gives 311W. Unfortunately it doesn't have the 3870 in the menu, but according to this, the 3870 needs only slightly more than the 8800GT under load and less when idling. Choosing the 8800GT rather than X1900XT requires 298W.

 

[pastymuncher]

Theres no pictures coming up on that site? I cant believe I will probly be keeping my motherboard for another year, with my opty 185 cpu that I bought last summer. my board and psu is 3 years old now and all the other stuff ive upgraded.

Works fine for me.