January Forum Drawing - ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Video Card!

[Zertz]

upgrade!?? i couldnt upgrade, it would cost like 1200 to upgrade my next system, so im all set for now ;) mabie i could get a new psu, when $$$ permits, but i doubt that will be soo, as long as my 450 watter can provide ENOUGH juice, im all set

I wouldn't count on it

Congrats though

[Tim Burton]

skierkid450,

Congrats. I hope you put it to good use.

[butterfly_bh]

Congratulations

[Tim Burton]

Butterfly,

Classy...

[skier]

*update

it hasnt come in yet, not sure if its even been sent yet

[slugbug]

Strange because someone on another forum who won one got it within a week. He said it came from ATI's Canadian office. It might be stuck at customs.

[skier]

It might be stuck at customs.

silly canadians or america not accepting it

[martini161]

ITS A TERORIST SLEEPER AGENT THEY CANT LET IT IN!!!!

[slugbug]

Apparently it will arrive in a hard plastic briefcase type case.

[geokilla]

It might be stuck at customs.

silly canadians or america not accepting it

Don't go hating Canada now. I'm a Canadian.

Silly Americans. Wars are for kids! (referring to Bush and his speech bout the Iraq War)

[skier]

i was right, the kick ass case










Because im as curious as anyone you'll see, lets get to disassembly







Shiny




copper HS


Alluminum HS


fan assembly apart





HS comparison, the Copper one is muchh heavier, and the bottom part is slightly thicker also, <time of truth time>i am now led to assume that copper is used as the HS farth from the fan because of the difference in cooling capacity compared to the alluminum



btw, i was very surprised to see a blank fan cover, i was assuming the eyes were gonna be looking at me when i opened the bag, but no eyes, i thought ATI's official version had them

also, i have nothing to put this card into right now (cough: Kenc51 :cough) so you will all have to wait for my "Project X2" thread in the AMD forums, or mabie ATI forums, who knows

[DMB2000uk]

Congrats once again.

Please please please give this a decent PSU.

Dan

[skier]

gonna be the cooler master extreme 550....i think

[JuneBug]

Apparently it will arrive in a hard plastic briefcase type case.

thought that was a joke

[KnightRid]

Nice card! Awesome for you to post so many pics too!

kinda blurry on some of those though - beer goggles on the camera?

Mike

[Sporg]

Could be beer goggles, or berhaps tears of joy.

Thanks for sharing!

[martini161]

do all ati cards come in a case like that

[DMB2000uk]

Just the super special ones

Might have just been because it was the one ATI sent to LR.

Dan

[Apoptosis]

dude nice pictures! You took that thing apart more than I did!!

As for the picture on the card some of the newer ones I got don't have that sticker either...



If you look really close that that 3870 X2 in the front you'll notice a Diamond Sticker, so that is the retail boxed Diamond Radeon HD 3870 X2 that they sent out so I could do Quad CrossFireX testing.

Nate

[skier]

dude nice pictures! You took that thing apart more than I did!!

As for the picture on the card some of the newer ones I got don't have that sticker either...



If you look really close that that 3870 X2 in the front you'll notice a Diamond Sticker, so that is the retail boxed Diamond Radeon HD 3870 X2 that they sent out so I could do Quad CrossFireX testing.

Nate

yeah, you didnt take the fan apart did you? you can REALLY tell the weight difference when the HS's are out of it

wait, so I have the diamond card?? or do you mean the crossfirex ones you used were diamond? and just showing that some manuf. use blank covers because i know gecube ones are blank