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

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:42 pm
by Zertz
skierkid450 wrote: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 :shock:

Congrats though 8)

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

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:47 pm
by Tim Burton
skierkid450,

Congrats. I hope you put it to good use. :)

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

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:43 am
by butterfly_bh
Congratulations :roll:

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

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:45 pm
by Tim Burton
Butterfly,

Classy... :roll:

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

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:33 pm
by skier
*update

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

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

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:07 am
by 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.

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

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:23 am
by skier
slugbug wrote:It might be stuck at customs.
silly canadians :roll: or america not accepting it :roll:

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

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:16 pm
by martini161
ITS A TERORIST SLEEPER AGENT THEY CANT LET IT IN!!!!

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

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:42 pm
by slugbug
Apparently it will arrive in a hard plastic briefcase type case.

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

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:03 pm
by geokilla
skierkid450 wrote:
slugbug wrote:It might be stuck at customs.
silly canadians :roll: or america not accepting it :roll:
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)

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

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:05 pm
by skier
i was right, the kick ass case :mrgreen:
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Because im as curious as anyone you'll see, lets get to disassembly :)

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Shiny 8)
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copper HS
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Alluminum HS
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fan assembly apart
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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
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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 :-k

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

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

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:35 pm
by DMB2000uk
Congrats once again.

Please please please give this a decent PSU.

Dan

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

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:02 pm
by skier
gonna be the cooler master extreme 550....i think

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

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:10 pm
by JuneBug
slugbug wrote:Apparently it will arrive in a hard plastic briefcase type case.
thought that was a joke :P

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

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:04 am
by KnightRid
Nice card! Awesome for you to post so many pics too!

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

Mike

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

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:27 am
by Sporg
Could be beer goggles, or berhaps tears of joy.

Thanks for sharing!

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

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:04 pm
by martini161
do all ati cards come in a case like that =P~

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

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:26 pm
by DMB2000uk
Just the super special ones :P

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

Dan

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

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:34 pm
by 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...

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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

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

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:18 pm
by skier
Apoptosis wrote: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...

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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