What's the major difference between the two Sapphires? It wasn't obvious to me in the specs that the atomic was overclocked.
I'm considering getting the DDR3 version of the 3870 for $229 instead of a $199.00 512 meg 3850. On the other hand, as the card has to last for a couple of years, I might just go for the $249 if DDR4 makes all that much difference.
Here's the Gigabyte card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125086
I'll be getting two ATI 3xxx cards, one for each ASUS 690G board PC (and then getting Phenom's later). For the Athlon X2 4600+ with an MSI Nvidia 405 chipset board, I was thinking of an 8800GT when prices drop to around $150 to $200 (whenever that will be).
I buy from Newegg, and haven't sworn at them yet. Now Fry's is a different story! Fry's sometimes gets me swearing in two or three languages.
I'm returning a TV Wonder card there tomorrow for an even exchange, as the "open box" card I got the other day wasn't in a static bag in the box and there were grease stains on the manual and food crumbs in the box. They've got to be more careful when they put something back on the shelf after a return.