3870 X2 Now Available

[krazyq]

I think i'm going to just stick with my SLI GTS512 setup until my stepup expires or the 9800GTX comes out, whichever comes first. Then i'll decide what to do.

how long do you have till stepup expires? i ordered mine on 12/23 so i got untill march 23rd to be exact....

 

[maroon1]

Your curret PSU will run them fine. a 3870 X2 uses less power than an Nvidia G80-based card, or ATI R600 card.

It consume slightly less power at idle than 8800GTX, but under load it consumes much more power

 

[csaefong]

any benchmarks yet?

 

[veedubfreak]

My stepup expires march 16th i believe.

 

[maroon1]

any benchmarks yet?

AMD's Radeon HD 3870 X2 video card - The Tech Report - Page 6
AnandTech: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2: 2 GPUs 1 Card, A Return to the High End

 

[Poizen22]

gonna pick one up as soon as a can, and the second as soon as i can aswell, need a new phone first tho.

 

[veg1992]

AMD is starting to disappoint me.... they really are... but is the Power Consumption worst than the hd2900xt?

 

[Ste]

but is the Power Consumption worst than the hd2900xt?

Most reviews show the idle consumption to be almost half that of the 2900.
Though Max load consumption is more than that of the 2900, but its not too bad..

 

[nOcLuE98]

yeah.. This card is good, but not that great. I guess I am waiting until the 9800 stuff comes out. I cant wait to see some 3Dmark scores with this thing.

 

[Apokalipse]

It consume slightly less power at idle than 8800GTX, but under load it consumes much more power

I don't think that's right. 3870 uses 105W, which is massively less than R600 or G80 (less than half), and less than an 8800 GT by a small amount.
at idle, the 3870's are underclocked to 300MHZ, and use much less power than 8800 GT's.

I would think that a card with two RV670's would have a TDP of ~210W or maybe slightly more.

I'm pretty sure G80 uses about 230-250W or so under load, and R600 uses about 280W