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hardocp 3870x2 review up
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Be cheaper for you yes, but anyone with one of the new ATi chipset boards that can take 4x 3870's would be mad not to get 4x of them instead, if they gona save just under a ton. 
OcUK is not the only place with stock.
OcUK is not the only place with stock.
So ive heard but i suppose it depends on the type of game you play if it really makes that much of a difference. On the quad sli reviews ive read the few games it worked on i didn't read much about latency. Probably more noticable in twitch shooters.
Jericho was bleeding like a piggy on the bacon slicer last night
Indeed he was! Was a good show last night infact!
The reviews ain't too bad I guess, definitely the fastest single card but with the next catalyst release etc it will no doubt get faster! I look forward to everyones take on the cards when they get them!
The points in bold basically sum up the good thing and the thing that at the moment is preventing it being even better than it is
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Fact is it needs to be cheaper, you can get the exact same in 2x cards.
Fact is it needs to be cheaper, you can get the exact same in 2x cards.
So your trying to tell me it needs to be cheaper than £270, i think thats not too bad a price tbh!
I cant find the exact review but one of them said for sure that the problems present with a crossfire 3870 setup didnt occur when they reviewed the 3870X2.
So your not paying for more for the same performance, or equivalent performance or anything. You are paying more for a much better GPU solution than crossfire 3870's.
the problem is just now you can buy 2 3780`s for around 260 to 270 , so to get a single card that performes the same and pay 30£ more...... the price needs to come down to 250 if ati do that they will have a great card on there hands at 300 its nothing new and as said you can get the same or better performce with 2 cards either crossfire or sil
Only those who have a SLI modo ..not many.
Again assuming most people are using a sli mobo.
Where you reading that?
As far as I'm concerned, at this price, it really should be beating 2x GT in SLI. Sure, it's the fastest single slot card, but for someone who wants the best of the best in their PC, who sticks with one card anyway? I'd find it hard to recommend this because due to it's price I don't feel it fits into the market very well.
Oh well.
Oh well.