Clocking the HD3870??

[manic111]

Would overclocking the 3870, with its dual slot cooler make it a viable option over the 8800gt? Would it not clock better due to the improved cooling on it? Has anyone had a go? Im just interested whether this is somewhere that ATI's card could excel.

Also, how much do people think that new drivers for it will improve its performance? At the moment I cant look beyond the 8800gt, but Im just wondering whether it may be worth holding off for a while...

 

[RaiderX]

it would overclock better than the 8800 GT, but would still not beat its performance.

 

[TheRealDeal]

The card clocks reasonably well but no better than an 8800gt. Overclock a gt and it will still have around the same advantage that it had over the 3870. I think if you clock it high enough it will pull upto the gt at stock.

 

[gareth170]

ive read the 3870 overclock to 860 on the core max

 

[willhub]

We need to see a 2900XT sat 860 core and a 3870 at 860, then we have a perfect idea of the speed diffo.

 

[gurusan]

anyone think it could pull 1ghz with some voltage adjustments?

 

[jrodga2k5]

860core max! Seems like there is a limit somewhere which sux, 861 and it will freeze up!
Memory however it is just your luck I guess

 

[gareth170]

as i said before, just because it's a smaller die and less heat doesn't mean it'll clock well...

We need to see a 2900XT sat 860 core and a 3870 at 860, then we have a perfect idea of the speed diffo.

or clock the 2900 to 775 which the 3870 is running at..