Conclusion: ATI/AMD is currently facing some stiff competition from Nvidia with their 9600 GT offering good mid-range performance and slightly undercutting the pricing on the 3870....
Conclusion: You know, I couldn't find the pricing for this card at any site. I guess the retail channel doesn't have this card just yet. You can bet that it will be competitively...
Conclusion: Even though the Sapphire Vapor-X Cooling Technology is a nice feature I think the implementation of it could be better. Under load the fan is so noisy that you feel like...
Pros: Single slot coolerOverclocked out of the boxHDMI cable includedLow idle power consumptionHDMI+HDCP+AudioPCI-Express 2.0 support3DMark full version included
Cons: Very noisy fan under loadLimited overclocking
Conclusion: Retailing in the area of $190, we think the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 Toxic 512MB offers an excellent bang for the buck. Sapphire backs the card with a single-slot...
Pros: Excellent Performance for Price, Great Image Quality, Solid Supporting Bundle with The Black Box Voucher, 512MB Frame Buffer...
Conclusion: As I mentioned in our introduction, the Radeon HD 3870 Atomic has been my favourite Radeon HD 3870 board to work with thus far, and it should really go without saying...
Conclusion: Nach wie vor bildet der RV670 die Spitze der von AMD hergestellten Grafikprozessoren. Die Sapphire HD 3870 Toxic hat uns als Grafikkarte für den mittleren Bereich...
Pros: gute Verarbeitung, sehr gute und effiziente Kühlung, leise, gute Übertaktungseigenschaften...
Conclusion: We overclocked the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 Atomic using RivaTuner version 2.06 to increase the clock speeds and under DirectX 10 mode to test for stability. We increased...
Conclusion: The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 is currently going for about $249.99 US @ NewEgg, which puts it right inline with the lower end 8800 cards. This is about the ideal spot...
Conclusion: Sapphire's new Vapor-X cooler is doing a pretty good job at keeping the card cool. During our testing we observed similar temperature levels compared to the HD3870...
Pros: Single slot cooling!Great performanceExcellent presentation, metal caseLots of accessoriesOverclocked out of the boxLow power drawHDMI+HDCP+AudioPCI-E 2.0 support
Cons: No highest end offering from AMD/ATIHigh priceLimited additional overclocking
Conclusion: To overclock our Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 card, we used a combination of ATITool 0.27b3 and ATI’s Overdrive utility, which is built into Catalyst Control Center. In...