ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 review
Posted by Julio Franco via TechSpot on 13 February 2008 - 17:20 · 8 comments & 6032 views
AMD has proven itself, successfully launching the Radeon HD 3870 X2 on schedule, and perhaps even more important than that, having actual products on retail shelves immediately.

The ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 is essentially two Radeon HD 3870 GPUs stuck together on the same PCB. The GPUs use a PCI Express 1.1 bridge to communicate in much the same way Crossfire ATI cards would. However, because the X2 is meant to be a 'transparent' single card solution, it doesn't require a supporting motherboard, and in fact it opens the possibility for quad-Crossfire using two of these graphics cards.

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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Amano on 13 Feb 2008 - 18:22
It did great in all tests. Kicks the (8800GT SLI) in many benchmarks.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Xenomorph on 13 Feb 2008 - 20:16
So where are the QUAD setup benchmarks??
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by +Volatile on 13 Feb 2008 - 20:43
beautiful.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by The Walker on 13 Feb 2008 - 23:13
Read the HardOCP review (sorry..evaluation) .. In my opinion it's the only reliable one out there, and flatley disagrees with almost every other one.

Real situation tests are the only way to go when benchmarks are being cheated in such wide a manner.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Fireware on 13 Feb 2008 - 23:35
this why we need ati and nvidia to bash each other, quality products come out at lower prices

supporting ati at the moment
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by Juguard on 14 Feb 2008 - 02:02
didnt happen yet, in fact, competition between ATI and Nvidia, prices just kept on rising. I have yet to see prices drop between these 2.
Quote this comment #5.2 Posted by coolvi on 14 Feb 2008 - 07:45
(Juguard said @ #5.1)
didnt happen yet, in fact, competition between ATI and Nvidia, prices just kept on rising. I have yet to see prices drop between these 2.


I don't know where you've been but I haven't seen the $700+ higher end consumer cards in a while.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by chilliadus on 14 Feb 2008 - 08:05
Fast single card until Nvidia 9800 gx2 is out.
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