Sapphire ATI RADEON HD3870 X2
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- 1gb of ram total, great presentationquiet, two 3870 cores, top notch performance
- very large card, high power consumption, noisy at times, fan noise
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Sapphire ATI RADEON HD3870 X2
The ATI RADEON HD3870 X2 graphics card from Sapphire is Windows Vista Certified and features full support for OprnGL 2.0 and Microsoft’s DirectX 10.1 with Shader Model 4.
Features
The Sapphire HD3870 X2 features dual Graphics Processing Units (GPU). With dual core graphics processing power, the user can enjoy CrossFireX-level performance in only a single graphics card.
For an even more powerful computer setup, this graphics card can also be used in a multi-GPU c…
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The ATI RADEON HD3870 X2 graphics card from Sapphire is Windows Vista Certified and features full support for OprnGL 2.0 and Microsoft’s DirectX 10.1 with Shader Model 4.
Features
The Sapphire HD3870 X2 features dual Graphics Processing Units (GPU). With dual core graphics processing power, the user can enjoy CrossFireX-level performance in only a single graphics card.
For an even more powerful computer setup, this graphics card can also be used in a multi-GPU configuration with its support for ATI’s CrossFireX technology. And with the ATI Avivo HD platform, the HD3870 X2 also features a dedicated unified video decoder for High Definition videos, a high-quality video post processor, two independent display controllers and the AMD Xilleon HDTV encoder.
ATI’s PowerPlay offers the user graphics performance-on-demand features as well as efficient power and thermal management.
Specifications
The Sapphire ATI RADEON HD3870 X2 features 666 million transistors and is built using a 55 nm manufacturing process. It requires at least a 550-watt power supply and plugs into a motherboard’s PCI Express x16 slot.
This dual-GPU graphics card provides 1 gigabyte of GDDR3 video memory (512 megabytes x 2) and a 256-bit memory interface.
It offers 2 Dual-Link DVI terminals, a TV-out (HDTV/S-Video Out) and can also output video through HDMI using the included adaptor.
Package Contents
The standard package comes with one HDTV cable, 2 power cables, a CrossFire bridge, DVI-HDMI and DVI-VGA adaptors.
Sapphire provides a lifetime limited warranty for parts and labor.
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Reviewer: Hardware Secrets18 June 2008
We liked this video card a lot. Not only because this particular model from Sapphire comes with a liquid cooling solution pre-assembled, but also because of its good performance for its price point. On 3DMark06, which simulates DirectX 9.0c (Shader 3.0) games, Atomic HD 3870 achieved a performance similar to GeForce 9800 GX2 and was a little bit faster than the new and expensive GeForce GTX 280 (5%-9%) when no image quality enhancements were enabled, but when we enabled... Read more
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Reviewer: TheTechLounge02 June 2008
The HD 3870 X2's greatest strength is smooth FPS. Even when the frame rate is low, the frames are whole and the lows aren't that low after all. It's definitely not a gimmick. ATI perfectly executed this dual-GPU marvel. The drivers don't need your input, they just Still, I'm not totally sold on the X2. I think it has two places: Micro-ATX cases and in CrossFireX. Where the high-end is concerned there are three paths: AMD the whole way, which should be great, but Phenom... Read more
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Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2
Reviewer: TheTechLounge02 June 2008So why not just get two 3870s and rub a little CrossFire into your box? There are two reasons, really. For most people, that's just not an option. Dual-PCI-Express can easily tag a Benjamin... Read more
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Sapphire HD3870 X2
Reviewer: Alta Gamer27 May 2008- Overall 9
: As you can see the 3870 X2 did pretty well, but my CPU was holding me back to obtaining a better score. Besides that though there is a difference between using the Catalyst 8.3 and 8.4 drivers. The 8.4 did a lot better overall, lacked in some areas, but for the most part it did good. The 8.4 may have made the card perform better, but ATI left the drivers a bit buggy for me. However there are just some updated beta drivers and not the final release, so just maybe ATI... Read more
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Reviewer: Dinox PC28 April 2008
Conclusioni Prima di questa scheda sembrava che AMD avesse deciso di abbandonare la fascia alta del mercato delle schede video: invece il produttore di Sunnyvale ci ha dato dimostrazione che le cose non stanno così. Inoltre, la 3870 X2 potrebbe essere solo un´anticipazione di quelli che saranno i prodotti grafici ATI del futuro, soluzioni multi GPU che si differenziano nel prezzo e nelle prestazioni solo grazie al diverso numero di GPU integrate. La 3870 X2 ha... Read more
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