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yay 3850 and 3870 price drop!

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You guys do realize that 8800GT 512M is dipping into the $200~$220 range right? Without lower prices it's hard to justify buying 3870 these days. (Yeah, they can match 8800GTs once you get both of them SLi'd and Crossfire'd... but dual card remains a small part of the market)
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amd_fanboi said:
hemm... not necessarily... after all, the X2 is still the better solution... +, it's at the high end, so...


Not to mention that for people who dont have crossfire capabilities, which is alot I might add. If you they want that sort of solution then the X2 is the only way to go, thus causing them to maybe justify the premium.

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3Ball

amd_fanboi said:
ehm, the HD3850 is the one that competes with your 320 gts

the 3870 goes for the 640mb GTS...


According to the VGA charts they're basically the same in real world performance.

edit - for the rez I'm looking for, I guess I should say (1680x1050 and below)

coltz said:
You guys do realize that 8800GT 512M is dipping into the $200~$220 range right? Without lower prices it's hard to justify buying 3870 these days. (Yeah, they can match 8800GTs once you get both of them SLi'd and Crossfire'd... but dual card remains a small part of the market)


....and you yourself realise theres now a card for more or less any price point: 8800gs, 3850 256 or 512, 8800gt 256, 9600gt, 3870, 8800gt 512, 8800gts 512.

In short if you want to spend an extra 10 dollars/pounds, you can buy something a bit faster. In the u.k. the 95-150 quid price range takes in all these cards except the 8800gts 512. Weve never had such a choice as at this present time. You could set yourself a budget and be very happy with whatever you bought imho.
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