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Hi, I picked up one of these from scan and have a little mini review on it with lots of pics to shareI'll start of with the box:
I chose this one because of its price, but it turns out that it doesnt come with a crossfire connector which is probably why its cheaper. However, the PCB on this model is a lot shorter then the normal 3850 and 3870 cards which makes it a worthwhile buy, particularly for smaller cases.
The card itself has a cooler similar to a zalman one, in fact, I'm sure it is a zalman cooler:
Also there is no memory cooling at all on the card, so I applied some old copper ramsinks I had after cleaning them with TIM, using some Akasa Thermal Adhesive Tape:
And regarding the size of this card, heres a comparison of it next to an X1900 xtx:
The smaller size makes installation so much easier. I didnt have to push any cables out of the way while installing or removing the card. It just goes in and out easilly whenever needed:
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You can see here that comes nowhere close to my cables!
I powered it on to see what it looks like with my case lights, the coolers fins reflect the light VERY nicely!
Unfortunately though I cant see them very well with the side panel put on because the case fans get in the way
And finally some benchmarks against my old X1900 xtx. All were done with my a 475 Mhz fsb, E8400 @ 4275 Mhz, and my ram on a 1:1 divider at 950 Mhz @ 5-5-5-15 timings:
X1900 xtx:
3dmark01 - 44935
3dmark03 - 25290
3dmark05 - 14979
3dmark06 - 7504
HD 3870:
3dmark01 - 55841
3dmark03 - 37996
3dmark05 - 22813
3dmark06 - 11474
Thats a nice upgrade for £125 - whatever I sell my X1900 xtx forI've not bothered overclocking yet, and dont think I will need to for quite a while since I only play at 1280x1024, but if I ever do, I'll post more results.
Ciao.


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I've not bothered overclocking yet, and dont think I will need to for quite a while since I only play at 1280x1024, but if I ever do, I'll post more results.
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