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Foxor` said:
this suck my stupid bank took 36 quid off me so ive only got 130quid god dammit i hate you barclays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i bet i dont get one of these i cant order it untill friday! gibbo please save me a 3870xt lolz!! ill kiss you:D
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They wont sell out mate so dont worry ;) ATi have provided a good amount of these cards and it wont dry up like the 8800GT
 
Gibbo,

Considering I've just purchased the Antec Sonata III Quiet Case with EarthWatts 500W PSU because ATI advertised the 3870 cards as low power, will it still be sufficient?:confused:

Or would I be better off not opening the box and swapping it for something different on Friday?

Cheers

D.
 
Paul_D said:
Gibbo,

Considering I've just purchased the Antec Sonata III Quiet Case with EarthWatts 500W PSU because ATI advertised the 3870 cards as low power, will it still be sufficient?:confused:

Or would I be better off not opening the box and swapping it for something different on Friday?

Cheers

D.
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You'll be fine mate. I ran an overclocked 2900xt with my rig with no probs at all.

500W is more than enough for any graphics card out now.
 
Not sure if anyone seen the leaked specs over at megagames.com site but well there you go if you didnt know. :) If you did well er read someone elses post and stop cloging the line reading this. :p
 
SkeeterPSA said:
Not sure if anyone seen the leaked specs over at megagames.com site but well there you go if you didnt know. :) If you did well er read someone elses post and stop cloging the line reading this. :p
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Specs of the card shave been known since they went on the site.
 
Thanks, I didnt know

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An AMD presentation for its upcoming RV670 graphics processor (officially dubbed Radeon HD 3800), has been leaked to media.

Authenticated by several reputable sources, the slides confirm previous expectations regarding the next generation video card's specs and its DirectX 10.1 support.

AMD will officially launch its ATI Radeon HD 3800 series before the end of the month. The launch will consist of two new video cards, HD 3870 and HD 3850. The HD 3870 will be AMD's new hardcore card and is expected to launch at a retail price of $250. The HD 3850 will sell for less than $150. DirectX 10.1, which would ship with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, will be supported by both of these new cards.

The new cards will be the industry's first 55nm GPUs. They will both feature 666 million transistors each, compared to ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT which hosts 700 million 80nm transistors. According to AMD, the move to a smaller processing node results in less power leakage and leads to the HD 3870 having less than half the power draw of the HD 2900 XT.

AMD will also introduce PowerPlay and ATI OverDrive technologies in its new processors. ATI OverDrive allows users to overclock their HD 3800 video cards through ATI Catalyst software. PowerPlay adjusts engine and memory clocks along with voltage levels to optimize GPU utilization.

ATI Radeon HD 3870 will feature 512MB of 1.2 GHz GDDR4 memory on a 256-bit bus. HD 3850 will feature 256MB of 900MHz GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus. AMD measures peak board power at 105 Watts, and operating noise at 34 dBA.

Both cards will include 320 stream processors, 16 texture units, and 16 render back-ends. The main difference between the two cards, though, will be their clock speeds. Radeon HD 3870 will clock at 775+ MHz, while Radeon HD 3850 will be clocked at 670MHz.
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Im most interested in the 3850 :)
 
If that card's delivered today, you know it's your duty to immediately post pics and benchmark everything, none of this "playing games" or enjoying the card... :p
 
These cards seem to be around 8800 GTS 320/640 performance, correct? Good price, but for 1680 x 1050 in Crysis I need some more power!

The 8800 GTs seem more powerful, and even they aren't powerful enough to run Crysis on Vista at high detail (never mind very high, or AA). Holding off for the new GTS/GTX frankly.

This would have been an even better card 6 months ago, when everyone wanted mid range cards and there was nothing between a £75-£100 DX9 card and a £200 DX10 card.
 
I think an 8800GT will handle crysis fine at 1680x1050 high. the new GTS or GTX proberbly wont be that good at running it at very high especially with AA at 1680x1050 + aswell.
 
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