NEWEGG HAS THEM! $180 for 3850 & $220 for 3870

I need to get my hands on that new "3987". =P

Seriously though, really tempting choosing between the 8800GT and the 3870 now.

Umm whats a 3987? never heard of that card.

I think he was BSing on the 3987.

But in all honesty this morning when the reviews came out i was disappointed to say the least. I thought the 3870 was going to shine but it let me down. The 3850 is RIGHT where I thought it would be and Exactly where it should be. GOOD ONE ATI.. The 3870 does not shine like the 8800gt it s basically a shrine of the 2900XT that consumes less power and a few extra trimmings but clocked higher.

BUT on a GREAT note. they priced it under the 8800GT, they are available NOW and really a good buy for $220. I am still going to wait it out until after Xmas now, but I feel much better now we know the pricing. I still wish ATI had a good highend card. I hope they have a better trick than dual GPU's on one board.

Another positive note though. I think buyers will go for the 3800's as a good gaming card at a good price. If you can't battle them with performance, battle them with price. And that is exactly what these are going to do. I hope it gets Nvidia to lower its prices and in return ATI may have to do the same. As long as these 2 companies keep at it, WE WIN!

I was just joshing with the 3987 -- because jay2tall typo'ed in the title. I knew what he meant though.  

Freakin A! I didnt even realize it I was to excited to see it.

BUT GEEEEZZZEES!!! they are ALL sold out at Newegg exept 2 of the 3850 cards. Competition???? NICE!!!!!

I think you meant "...shortages on the 8800 GT". The great price/performance on the 3850 and 3870 make the 8600 series entirely irrelivent. Unless nV starts offer 8600 GTs for $100...

It's great to finally see these cards and the 8800 GT after nearly a year of a non-existant midrange. Building a system now for my sister and b-in-law and will probably pick up a 3870 (or maybe two for X-fire).

Sapphire 3870 in stock at new egg this very moment for $219. I just ordered mine! Upgrading from a 7800gt that is struggling with native resolution of my monitor (1280by1024). By the way, I was signed up for auto notify but never received my message for this card. I just so happened to check back "just to make sure".

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102713


Yes, I am spreading the news to help my fellow gaming community out. You may see me post this in a couple of different threads.

It depends on what games I want to play. BF2142 plays fine maxed out and so does madden. The problem I have is with AOE 3, need for speed pro street, stranglehold, overlord with a lot of minions spawned and cod 4. I like to play games with all the candy turned on and I can't do that with all games and get acceptable (to me) FPS. I don't like when the games slow down under heavy action. I have been waiting for a price/performance ratio that I found acceptable and I believe this is it. I also like the fact that CF doesn't "require" the same card to run multi GPU graphics. To top it all off, my B-day is in a few weeks and this is my b-day gift from my girlfriend.  

it gets released and you can buyy them what's so sstrange?

Pair that up with an C2D 6652.3 and you've got something.

The 3987 isn't the best performer but it's priced right.