2 x 3870x2

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 15:59

Been offered 2 Ati 3870x2's for £60 from a friend, just wondering if these are still good for games?

I play on a 22" monitor with a res of 1680 x 1050 and hope to add all the AA etc

Have a Core i7 920 @ 3.6 and 6GB of DDR3Ram and an X58 mobo

Just wondering if anyone has tried it?

phatboy · 17 May 2010 at 16:09

havent tried it, but would imagine coupled with an i7 they are not going to be slow. be interested to see what you could get out of em!

£60 seems rather good price too.

BigBruiserAl · 17 May 2010 at 16:10

prob cost more then that to run them a month, my advise save the £60 and save for a 5770

phatboy · 17 May 2010 at 16:11

they 1gb or 512mb versions?

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 16:19

Each card is 1GB, dual GPU's

MeatLoaf · 17 May 2010 at 16:20

Personally for £60 id try it. You cant lose even if you decide to flog them on you'll get your £60 back easily

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 16:22

Ye im going to do it i think

Atm i have a Ati x1300XT pro 512 which isnt really struggling with games i just thought id do a little experimenting

phatboy · 17 May 2010 at 16:33

get some results up when you have em in

the 1GB versions are supposedly loads better than the 512mb, so worth it i think

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 16:36

Ye will do

Dont get paid until a week or so, so il get it posted

kingy666 · 17 May 2010 at 17:03

If he's a mate won't he let you try before you buy so you can see how good they are. Just make sure you have a decent enough power supply.

Schizo · 17 May 2010 at 17:06

kingy666 said:
If he's a mate won't he let you try before you buy so you can see how good they are. Just make sure you have a decent enough power supply.

i would do this as well.

if there still bad then flog them on the bay or something,im sure you will get your money back and even more if there are 2 of them.

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 17:09

Nah cant get them now, he hasn't got another card to use.

so im gonna buy them next week sometime

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 17 May 2010 at 17:10

Here is a review of a pair of HD3870X2 cards in Crossfire:

http://hardocp.com/article/2008/03/05/ati_radeon_hd_3870_x2_crossfirex/3

The CPU is a 3GHZ QX9650. Since the OP has an overclocked Core i7 920 and the drivers would have improved in the last few years they probably will get better performance from the two cards.

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 17:15

Thanks for that

Before i sold my old cards, i was using 2 x 4850 512's in CF, any idea what these will be like compared?

harryohh · 17 May 2010 at 17:24

If you're upgrading from a x1300 then for £60 it's a no brainer.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 17 May 2010 at 18:59

MiNxYyY said:
Thanks for that

Before i sold my old cards, i was using 2 x 4850 512's in CF, any idea what these will be like compared?

A pair of HD4850 cards has more stream processors. I would probably think that the HD4850 Crossfire setup would be better and have more consistent scaling.

Final8y · 17 May 2010 at 20:13

MiNxYyY said:
Each card is 1GB, dual GPU's

So that is 512MB per GPU as there was never a 3870x2 2GB as far as i know.

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 20:36

Ye thats what i meant sorry

each x2 is 1GB

arc@css · 17 May 2010 at 20:45

I think you'll be very pleasantly surprised with the frames two of those till push out. Do post your results and findings?

Defo worth it for sixty notes!

MiNxYyY · 17 May 2010 at 20:47

arc@css said:
I think you'll be very pleasantly surprised with the frames two of those till push out. Do post your results and findings? Defo worth it for sixty notes!

i do hope so

was looking to get a 5850 or 70 but if the FPS is good enough i think il save the money