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just arrived..my personal review of 3870x2

Whats funny is with all those great pics the burning question I have is are you married? Just because a grown man with flowers on a bedspread makes me chuckle :) =P

Great pics btw I love a nice slide show of computer tech:)
 
When its doing the crysis bench please have a listen for the card, if it is quiet i'm soooo tempted to grab one...

Only thing stopping me was the reports of it being loud under 3D...
 
When its doing the crysis bench please have a listen for the card, if it is quiet i'm soooo tempted to grab one...

Only thing stopping me was the reports of it being loud under 3D...

That was apparently due to a driver revision, taken from beyond 3d aka armchair engineers r us.

2 comments on a couple of things from this thread that I can answer.

1) In response to post 2: The fan noise and HD-DVD playback not working.
Fan noise was a problem in one of the drivers ATI provided between the first press driver and the final driver on Thursday of last week. I haven't seen the same problem with spinning up and down the latest driver. HD-DVD playback works fine and our results show that:
 
Iiiiiiintresting....

Well i'll just wait for confirmation from an OCUK'er then I might have to crack out the credit card...
 
So, could this be the card to allow me to enjoy 1080p Crysis on the projector?

Questions
1. Anyone got links or info under DX10 with MAX V-High settings

2. Is the Power Colour Version much different (£2??)
 
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nice PJ's ;)

those are actually shorts, and the design arent flowers but a beach :)

Nice review and pics :)

Ive got the P35C board as well and my GTX also almost blocks the SATA ports, a bit of a pain really :)

EDIT : Have you plugged the PCI-E power into it as theres no plug in it on the pics?

yes i have both 8 pin and 6pin now plugged in. although its not shown on the pics

Whats funny is with all those great pics the burning question I have is are you married? Just because a grown man with flowers on a bedspread makes me chuckle :) =P

Great pics btw I love a nice slide show of computer tech:)

Im not married, im still in uni :D but on my final year now and just had some free time to do some upgrades. and those flowers on the bedsheet belongs to my gf

When its doing the crysis bench please have a listen for the card, if it is quiet i'm soooo tempted to grab one...

Only thing stopping me was the reports of it being loud under 3D...

I have done the benchies.. will be posting them on the first page as an update so that all benches stay together. and to answer your question, i didnt hear the fan at all. all i heard was my 3x80mm fans!

Edit: After a good 30min play of Crysis, the graphics card cooler fan started to spin up.. and yes it is noisy.

Are you too busy playing? Come on get the Crysis review up...

had to eat dinner, had to do laundry :) my crysis benchmarks are now done.. will post them on the first page.

HOWEVER, the benchmarks i have done is on the unpatched crysis (ie not the 1.1). my internet is taking ages to download the patch (140mb size) and my download speed is only 5kb/s!! will leave this downloading before i sleep so i can update again tomorrow.

also had to downclock my cpu to 2.8 as my ram is having problems when running crysis at 3.2
 
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So, could this be the card to allow me to enjoy 1080p Crysis on the projector?

Questions
1. Anyone got links or info under DX10 with MAX V-High settings

2. Is the Power Colour Version much different (xxx)

Id edit that price out as its not allowed, i was umming and arring over that one myself, not because of the brand, as it will be the same as all the rest, just differnent sticker on the cooler, warranty length, and software you get with it, but decided no point for me at 1280x1024, but its very tempting :p

For Dx10 id get Nvidia as they are the best judging by all the reviews, X2 is best at Dx9. :)
 
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