So, overall the 3870 is a good card right?

Ramodkk

Ramodkk

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Price/performance-wise, the HD3870 is great isn't it? I want it for my future X2 5000+ build, It attracted me for the price and since its just below the 8800GT, I think I'll go for it. ;)

Any comments?
 
The 3870 isn't worth the money since it can't beat a 8800gt, if you want best bang for the buck go for the 3850 or wait for the 256mb 8800gt which will have a similar price to the 3850
 
I think that at $219 (newegg) and beating the HD2900XT, it is a great deal. I believe the 8800GT is overpriced for the performance.
 
It is not the best time to buy a DX10 card unless you want to spend alot of money, wait a month and the price will be lowered 40%
 
i might get the 3870 instead of the 8800gt at xmas, you get the blackbox, which saves me 50$, since i dont want to buy the orange box, with that said, its like 190$ vs 270 for the gt
 
Bradan said:
i might get the 3870 instead of the 8800gt at xmas, you get the blackbox, which saves me 50$, since i dont want to buy the orange box, with that said, its like 190$ vs 270 for the gt
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Stupid question:

What's a Black box/ Orange Box?
 
oscaryu1 said:
Stupid question:

What's a Black box/ Orange Box?
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Black box:
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Orange box:
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:D
 
chupacabra said:
The 3870 isn't worth the money since it can't beat a 8800gt, if you want best bang for the buck go for the 3850 or wait for the 256mb 8800gt which will have a similar price to the 3850
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Obviously it can't beat an 8800GT, however it's $70 cheaper! It performs better then the current 2900XT as well, so I would say it's a great card for the price.
 
[-0MEGA-];816976 said:
Obviously it can't beat an 8800GT, however it's $70 cheaper! It performs better then the current 2900XT as well, so I would say it's a great card for the price.
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Cough ATI fan, anyway depends on where you buy the card omega, some site have them around 250$, not every site sells them for 270 or 280$
 
chupacabra said:
Cough ATI fan, anyway depends on where you buy the card omega, some site have them around 250$, not every site sells them for 270 or 280$
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lol, I'm not an ATI fan. On Newegg, you can buy the 8800GT for about $280, and the 3870 for about $220. Now considering that it performs better then the 2900XT which costs $280 ($400+ a couple months ago), I would consider it a great card. However I'm not saying the 8800GT isn't a great card, but the 3870 isn't really meant to compete with it.
 
Thanks for all the comments guys. Now, all this is because im building a new build for christmas and would like to start thinking about what video card to get, I found yesterday that they have the BFG 8800GT for $250 at BestBuy (US) while it costs $320 in Newegg! would that be a better choice to get the GT (bestbuy) over the 3870?
 
Kornowski said:
Yes, I think the GT would be better than the 3870... Go on, flame me!
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Define, "better," If you mean it has more maximum performance than yes it's better, but if you take into account that it is 70 bucks cheaper, quieter, runs cooler, and uses less power then they are about equal.

And also, can you play crisis on your pc :D
 
You suck, Danny! ATI cards are garbage! Sorry....that's the best I can do.
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lol, Yeah... well, Whatever, talk to the hand! :P

Define, "better," If you mean it has more maximum performance than yes it's better, but if you take into account that it is 70 bucks cheaper, quieter, runs cooler, and uses less power then they are about equal.
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Yeah, true, but I think the price warrants the money, so...

And also, can you play crisis on your pc
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On my PC now? Yeah, DX9, All high settings, Why?
 
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