| | | More Carnage For Your Coin!
Unshackle your PC's performance from the coin in your pocket as the SAPPHIRE HD 3870 liberates your inner gamer without compromising your wallet. Hard pressed to find a comparable product on the market for the price, the SAPPHIRE HD 3870 extinguishes all doubt that the Radeon HD 3870 core is a mid-range performing product. With features such as: DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support, integrated HDMI and HDCP support for Blu-ray/HD DVD decoding and for the extreme enthusiast, CrossFire X support, the SAPPHIRE incarnation of the HD 3870 will own your imagination and accelerate your performance on the virtual battlefield of your desktop! Reinvent the way you engage your gaming experience with every LOAD!
| | Features |  | PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface | | DirectX 10.1 support | | CrossFire X support | | ATI PowerPlay | | Hardware processed 1080p video playback of Blu-ray and HD DVDs |
| | Tech Specs | | 320 stream processing units | | PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface | | 256-bit GDDR4 memory interface | | 512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller | | Microsoft DirectX 10.1 support | | ATI CrossFireX Multi-GPU Technology | | ATI PowerPlay | | ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Platform | | Integrated HD audio controller with multi-channel (5.1) AC3 support | | Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality |
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| Customer Reviews |  | | Value |  5 | | Performance | 5 | | Ease of Use |  3 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 Awesome Performance Monday, January 21, 2008
Dakotad555 from Chicago, IL
These cards are the best performance/price option available as of this writing (January 2008). Until the next line of Nvidia and ATI offerings hit the market, these cards in crossfire will outperform just about anything out there. Some would say SLI 8800GTs are better performers; in some benchmarks they do out-perform the 3870s, but try finding a pair for retail! They are not available anywhere.
If you're looking for benchmarks, check here:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/605/1/
Or here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/15/amd_radeon_hd_3800/
My personal expeience can be summed up in a word: Phenomenal. These cards just simply dominate most games. Stalker in 1650x1050, max graphics, max everything, at 100+ frames
Bioshock maxed, 65+ frames
My only complaints have to do with installation: Somewhat of a problem in smaller cases, because these cards are pretty long. They fit fine in my Antec P180 case, but I had to rearrange my SATA cables to make them fit properly.
Also, it as difficult for me to get crossfire to work, because previous to installing these cards, I had a TV tuner in my PCIE 1X slot, and even after I removed it, ATI's drivers were not recognizing the cards as a pair (no enable crossfire check-box in Catalyst Control Center). I had to uninstall all ATI drivers, boot into Safe Mode and run driver cleaner, re-boot, and then reinstall Catalyst to get the system to see both cards as a pair.
I don't think this is an issue with the cards, but with ATI Drivers.
If you're looking for a single card option, this is a good buy. If you want two cards for SLI or crossfire, this is THE BEST BUY right now.
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