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I wanna support AMD so we don't end up beholden to Nvidia, but it's gonna be hard to get ahold of one of these.

Probably impossible to buy at MSRP.

Not that big.. Around 6"2.
Ryan

To gomerpile
Very nice find so what you saying its all gonna change again when this display port thing becomes standard ?
Mactronix

I didn't need just page 6 to prove a point - let's break the conclusion down a bit Matron "x"..


Final Thoughts and Conclusions

we’ve seen today is a clear indication that the R680-based video card is definitely superior to the 8800Ultra, which maintains a street price of well over $600. MSRP of the HD 3870 X2 is set at $449 –a bargain considering the HD 3870, essentially half of the X2, goes for about $230.


–the HD 3870 X2 would sell like hotcakes if success was based on performance alone.

To say the X2 is an enthusiast level card would be a drastic understatement.

Our tests have shown that the Radeon HD 3870 X2 belongs at the very top of the graphics performance chart.

The R680-based part is clearly the very best single-card solution available, and will remain there at least until later in the quarter when NVIDIA releases their product refreshes.


it most definitely has earned AMD the graphics performance crown that it has been craving for well over a year now.

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 is an exciting product, not only because it provides incredible performance, but also because it marks the first time that a dual-GPU solution has been implemented successfully to the point where people will actually consider buying this card for reasons other than novelty.

-the next four or five months should mark the return of competition in the high-end graphics market.

I have no idea how they came to the conclusion that it is better than the Ultra. They don't even have the ultra in their graphs! Also, it trades blows with the 8800GTS 512, which currently costs more than $100 less than the MSRP of the 3870x2 (good luck getting one for MSRP).

This card is a great performer, and may be even better upon further inspection (if the driver issues are true), but that review certainly doesn't make it look good.

Instead of just looking at the pictures, have you tried reading the words?
Ryan

If anybody is interested...I still have majority of the article cached.

EDIT: The tom's article that is.

They mentioned they couldn't get a 3870 but made no mention of the Ultra being missing. Did they address it somewhere other than the section about what cards they included?

Give it a few weeks/month after they release. Once it calms down, they price will/should be decent.

Really? It takes two ATI cards to break even with an Ultra? Thats pathetic... I think I'll just get the 9800 GTX

From what I've read so far, the 3870 X2 may be my next video card. I do wish there had been an actual decibel measurement of how loud the thing is, instead of just a statement that its loud. Mu old 7800 GTX is pretty loud, so it would be good know what a reference point is. Then again, maybe some company will make a better/quieter fan.

Ironnads wrote
I didn't need just page 6 to prove a point - let's break the conclusion down a bit Matron "x"..

Oh how my sides split i see what you did with my username v/funny.
Yea i do it all the time now i come to think of it just pick a random page from within a review and post it.
Why you getting on your high horse for any way. You have no point to prove, you posted a link and i pointed out that it was page 6 which you either did because you are a big ATI fan and wanted to show this card in its best light or you made a mistake when you posted it.
From your manic posting of supporting excerts from ONE Review( which by the way seemed a little biased to me. how so ?
Well lets see when it sucked at Crysis they started crying and blaming the drivers.) I will assume it was the first one.
In whole to be fair i have seen worse reviews as far as being biased goes and it was a good well writen review, I will definatly be visiting the site again.
The card shone in ONE benchmark in ONE review and you seem to have come to the conclusion that its some kind of wonder card, Your being premature. (There's an easy little joke for me there but i will pass)
Im sure that by now you get the point that it is just a single review just chill and wait for some more before hyping up a card that we dont know anything definate about performance wise yet.
If it was a tryed and tested source then yes but lets not jump the gun just yet. I too want ATI to do well but am going to get some more info before making any conclusions.
Matron "X"

With this aspect having been explained multiple times on various threads already, your either fishing for a reaction or are retarded.


Which is it?

Really? 9800 GTX? You have one? I don't see it.