Well, congratulations then, that is something to be proud of! First-time right chips are rare these days, even for far less complex chippery.Shipping on the first spin has a tendency to buy you something...
Well, congratulations then, that is something to be proud of! First-time right chips are rare these days, even for far less complex chippery.Shipping on the first spin has a tendency to buy you something...
AMD plans to ship around 500,000 units of Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 by the year's end. http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/15/amd-ship-half-million-rv670
What I find truly amazing is that Newegg appears to actually be selling them for retail price even though they are "selling out." And not jacking up the price as they usually do.
Which makes them between 50-110 USD cheaper than the 8800 GT.
Holy cow... I REALLY wasn't expecting that. I was totally expecting Newegg to be pricing the 3870 for 239-259 USD.
Hmmm, if HD 3870 somehow drops to 199 USD in December that would be pretty tempting.
Regards,
SB
INteresting thing though is that the 3870 is all sold out, thought it would be the 3850 that would do that interesting.
Gah, the stupid backwards fan againRV670 X2 said:http://www.legitreviews.com/article/593/1/
Thats what I want to be seeing :smile:Results is amazing @ 860core/2748memory for HD3870.
Gah, the stupid backwards fan again
Card will be loud then
But the blades of that fan push air forwards with it = noisy.
Actually, they are not designed to "push" air. The design of these types of fans and housing is such that they create a pressure chamber and use the different pressures generated to move air through.But the blades of that fan push air forwards with it = noisy.
Actually, they are not designed to "push" air. The design of these types of fans and housing is such that they create a pressure chamber and use the different pressures generated to move air through.
I've also gotten some information about new 8800 GTs making their way into the channel. Thus far it looks like around 1500 8800 GTs are incoming to a major distributor between now and 12/31. Obviously that's not many cards and they won't even be enough to cover pre-orders, so get in the queue now if you want one and you find a vendor selling it at the price you're looking for. The good news is that I'm seeing 8800 GT prices in the $230 - $250 range, but that's before any vendor markup. It looks like once these things get into your hands you'll be paying at least $250 for them.
The numbers I'm seeing confidentially are showing AMD with more product coming into the channel now, which should help keep its pricing reasonable. If the 8800 GTs do indeed stay above $250, the new Radeon HD 3800 cards look like they may indeed have a place in the market.
I'm talking about the X2900XT/3870 X2 fan. The 38x0 fan style is good.All the reviews say it's very quiet.
I know how they work and yes, forward facing centrifugal fans do actually push the air forward.Actually, they are not designed to "push" air.
Those overclock results from the HardwareCanucks review are phenomenal.
Are those typical results? Does the G92 overclock well?
Also, the advantages they saw to installing an aftermarket cooler were pretty mind blowing.