Radeon HD 3870 X2 Launch On Jan 23rd, Costs US$449

[Gerard]

so if you want to watercool them you need 2 gpu water blocks

Probably not, most likely be a version brought out for that card.

 

[simonnance]

so if you want to watercool them you need 2 gpu water blocks

what about 2x Maze4s with some ramsinks? that'd fit the bill quite nicely by the looks of it.

Full cover blocks are for posers anyway

 

[bidermaier]

i have been reading this thread and the confusion about crossfirex seems to be total. Hopefully AMD/ATi will clarify it soon.

 

[Final8y]

what about 2x Maze4s with some ramsinks? that'd fit the bill quite nicely by the looks of it.

Full cover blocks are for posers anyway

Thats what i have waiting to mount that card.

 

[straxusii]

A dutch site has put a price up for the x2, its 425 Euros = £316.

Im disappointed if that is the price, you can buy 2 x 3870xts for ~£280

 

[Gerard]

Sort of a preview post here:

http://www.pczilla.net/post/89.html

check pcie 1.1 vs 2.0

 

[psychas]

what about 2x Maze4s with some ramsinks? that'd fit the bill quite nicely by the looks of it.

Full cover blocks are for posers anyway

i have one i need another one

 

[HeX]

Sort of a preview post here:

http://www.pczilla.net/post/89.html

check pcie 1.1 vs 2.0

If that is true, I am not a happy bunny as the only reason I went with P35 is because I didin't need 2 x PCI-E 16x slots for one of these cards...

 

[VortexA1]

So from that site ...basically it's saying it's not worth going to a 3870x2 on a pci-e 1.1 board.

:/

 

[jrodga2k5]

So from that site ...basically it's saying it's not worth going to a 3870x2 on a pci-e 1.1 board.

:/

Lol load of crap to be perfectly honest ATi would not be stupid enough to alienate the majority of the market!

 

[psychas]

Sort of a preview post here:

http://www.pczilla.net/post/89.html

check pcie 1.1 vs 2.0

how you look in to translate version ?

 

[cuke2u]

Hi, pictures of a HIS version http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments.php?shownews=17751&catid=2
Chris

 

[Coolasmoo]

Hi, pictures of a HIS version http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments.php?shownews=17751&catid=2
Chris

Nice

 

[Adam_D200]

That HIS looks LOUD, hope the noise isnt intrusive as that would rule it out of my consideration.

 

[Gerard]

That HIS looks LOUD, hope the noise isnt intrusive as that would rule it out of my consideration.

Umm it looks exactly the same as every other pic.... Been plenty of pics with no sticker on the hsf.

 

[jaykay]

That HIS looks LOUD, hope the noise isnt intrusive as that would rule it out of my consideration.

It will probably sound like the 2900xt so fairly loud.

 

[jrodga2k5]

They will all be pretty loud I'm thinking due to the space between the fan and the furthest away GPU heatsink, the hotter one gets the faster/louder the fan will get!

Though nice to see the package

 

[Gerard]

Would make no sense for ati to make the fan loud considering the 3870's were quiet. To me the fan appears to be the same as the one on the 2900xt but it does look larger so hopefully quieter.

 

[shaffaaf27]

cant wait for HIS to release an ice Q X (x probably being 4) cooler /hs for it.

 

[jrodga2k5]

Would make no sense for ati to make the fan loud considering the 3870's were quiet. To me the fan appears to be the same as the one on the 2900xt but it does look larger so hopefully quieter.

Fan just done nothing when idle really just kinda spins a tad! However it becomes hd2900xt-a-like if you pump it up yourself. They just managed to tone it down for the 3870's due to the manufacturing process keeping the smaller chips cooler at stock