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23rd November 2007, 10:20 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Diamond Viper HD3850 Crossfire Review At a price of $179 each, ATI/Diamond have positioned the HD 3850 series to compete on both price and performance in the $150 to $250 price range. With the migration to the 55 nanometer process, the consumption of power has been reduced. Using Powerplay technology, the drivers underclock the video card to reduce the power draw when not in a demanding 3D environment. The HD 3800 series of cards uses a built-in hardware decoder (Unified Video Decoder) that relieves the CPU of the burden of managing HD-DVD and Blu Ray content. Couple this with built-in HDMI 5.1 sound, and you have a potent combination for that HTPC build. Setting up Crossfire is a matter of just installing the interconnect cables, powering up the system and checking the "Enable Crossfire" check box in the Catalyst Control Center. No fuss no muss. http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...850_crossfire/
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23rd November 2007, 15:00 | #2 |
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| Wow... so much for using Crossfire with those cheap 256mb parts, single 8800GT 512mb would easily be better. |
23rd November 2007, 15:13 | #3 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| using SLI/CF on anything but highest end VGA cards is never a good deal performance wise, you are always better of just buying the higher end card.
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23rd November 2007, 17:30 | #4 |
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| Except with 8800GT, for under 500€ the GT's in SLI will outperform any higher priced product I think. |
23rd November 2007, 18:16 | #5 |
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| That's because 8800 GT is basically high end, there is currently no better "deal" than that card, until we get next gen high end
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23rd November 2007, 20:49 | #6 |
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| Diamond Viper ? It's been long since I heard that name. Are they back in business ? |
23rd November 2007, 21:06 | #7 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| back since HD 2900 XT
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