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eta on 3870 x2?
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Soldato
Late Jan last I heard. Pricing will probably be 220-290 *wild guess*
Caporegime
Yes.
Soldato
Feb-March I heard, will be good to see ATI vs Nvidia again 
Feb-March I heard, will be good to see ATI vs Nvidia again
Hope not, can't wait for one of these.
Late January was the last date I heard, also apparantly the card itself is done and good to go. Just ATi are working hard on getting the drivers perfect.
Caporegime
Just shows you how far ahead Nvidia are, with AMD/ATi having to slap 2x cards together to beat their single ones, what a gap in performance, and what a kick in the teeth to AMD/ATi it must be.
I dont really care how many cores ati stick together, if its cheap and performs well then I'll buy it. I can see the 3890 coming out which will take the performance crown but NV will soon take it back with the 9800gtx. If ati can do the 3890 for half the price of the 9800 I know where my money will be going.
the way their crossfire drivers have shaped up for me i can see the X2 being a nice product but it depends on pricing and 9800 performance.
if nv come out with a monster for under 400 they might be putting the hurt on again.
if nv come out with a monster for under 400 they might be putting the hurt on again.
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I couldn't care less. The more X2/SLI/Crossfire solutions come out then the more games will run ok with them. At the end of he day I want to buy a gfx card or cards that run a game. Whatever is the best bang for my buck will get my money. If that's a single GT, GTS, GTX or even an X2 ATI I don't much care.
Same here but Loadsa's yeardstick of how a company is performing seems to be based on whether they have the fastest card or not.
Newsflash - there's pretty much no money in the ultra high-end compared to the others.
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I'll be eager to see some results when it's released.
But i'll also be waiting for the 8950 or 9950, then buy which ever is the quickest, be it ATI or NV (never owned an ATI before, so might be worth sticking my toes in the water).
But i'll also be waiting for the 8950 or 9950, then buy which ever is the quickest, be it ATI or NV (never owned an ATI before, so might be worth sticking my toes in the water).
Soldato
I would defo be tempted by one of these - would an 500w enermax liberty be too little too run one though ?
Well said!!. Loadsa's usually OK but his doomsday calling is beginning to be ever so tiring and painful to read as it's been over a year now. Get a new line Loadsa, you're like a broken parrot
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Soldato
I wonder what a 3870 X8 on one PCB would perform and look like .
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Soldato
HI there
I already have one!
You have a 3870X2? As in those with 2 cores on one PCB?
Any idea when the NDA will be taken off em?
Soldato
Wow good news for sure then - and yes when's the NDA up - we need more details