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SmartDoctor is your friend with Asus cards
- Pros: Quality performance with the Asus-supplied utilities, which can fine-tune the fan and frequencies. All games run perfectly at max settings, depending on Catalyst A.I. compatibility (need to adjust that manually- some games run best on Advanced Cat A.I. setting, while others can't work on anything but Standard... and I understand the on-board crossfire of the card doesn't work right with Cat A.I. disabled), except Crysis because it's Crysis and not even two RV670s can run that at absolute full settings perfectly smoothly.
- Cons: Nothing from me, besides keeping track of Catalyst A.I. compatibility.
- Other Thoughts: Note to those complaining about the fan: Asus SmartDoctor is meant to control the fan on these Asus cards. It can vary the speed either based on usage (I believe this is what Auto Fan Control does) or based on temperature (SmartControl, with four speeds that will activate at the specified temperatures- probably the best option, honestly, so long as good temps are set). SmartDoctor doesn't need the Asus drivers, either, to work right- you can use the official ATi drivers with this card and SmartDoctor. Recommend using Asus GamerOSD with it, though, to make sure all the features are functioning. Check under either 3870x2 or 3870 downloads on Asus' support page for version 5.131 of SmartDoctor and 3.03.1130 of GamerOSD. And be sure you have the latest version of CCC- should be 8.476 currently, though a new update may be due in the next week. Also, the power connections aren't that bizzare for a modern PSU- mine has four PCI-E 8-pins with 2 pins optional.
decent for the price, needs tweaking
- Pros: Runs everything acceptably on highest settings, only exception being some of the larger levels on Crysis (towards the middle of the campaign, this could be RAM-limited because it clears up at checkpoints, runs high just fine though). Would have liked a bit more performance to be perfectly honest, but I'm looking at getting the 4870 whenever it arrives anyway. For the price it's competitive, and this should be more than enough to run the new Aliens FPS whenever it releases, which is what I happen to care about. When Cool and Quiet or other fan-control utility is working this actually runs pretty quiet, nowhere near as loud as some other reviews seemed to indicate, except...
- Cons: Cool and quiet almost never works, may or may not be related to MB BIOs and/or AMD Overdrive, and I don't have the 8-pin power connector yet which I assume is why I can't access fan control in CCC or anywhere else. Hence the fan runs at 100% all the time, and yes it sounds like a vacuum cleaner at this speed. And why the heck does this thing need an 8-pin power connector anyway? Just like the 6-pin, this mostly just seems to necessitate buying another adapter, only this one's harder to find. All the necessary voltages are available on the standard molex in the first place. So for the moment I'm docking one egg.
- Other Thoughts: For most people I suspect cross-firing this card won't be a practical benefit. I was curious about this so I crossed this with a 3870 and my 3D mark score and framerates don't budge on a 1680x1050 monitor. This could change if drivers get better configured for different applications over time, but I'm a bit skeptical that they're going to prioritize on increasing framerates on medium-rez monitors. People who are seeing their scores drop when crossfiring: activating crossfire may require a reboot or two. I had the same thing happen when I would just trust CCC that crossfire was already on, but once rebooted my scores recovered...they just didn't improve.
Another reason to buy ATi
- Pros: Great card. I love the fact that I can have it hooked up via HDMI to my tv. I have yet to find a game that I cannot run on high settings (including crysis).
- Cons: It's big. Since I am running two of these in Crossfire, I only have room for one HDD (with out modifying the case). As mentioned previously the only other con is the price.
- Other Thoughts: ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Wifi, AMD 9600 Black Ed., 8GB OCZ DDR2 800 ram, Dual ASUS 3870X2 in Crossfire, 250GB Seagate Barricuda, Lite-On DL-DVD w/ Litescribe & 1000watt Ultra X3 PS in a ASUS Vento 3600 case.
| Model |
| Brand |
ASUS |
| Model |
EAH3870X2/G/HTDI/1G |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
ATI |
| GPU |
Radeon HD 3870 X2 |
| Core Clock |
825MHz |
| Stream Processors |
640 (320x2) Stream Processing Units |
| Memory |
| Effective Memory Clock |
1800MHz |
| Memory Size |
1GB (512MB x 2) |
| Memory Interface |
512-bit (256-bit x 2) |
| Memory Type |
GDDR3 |
| 3D API |
| DirectX |
DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL 2.0 |
| Ports |
| DVI |
2 x DVI |
| TV-Out |
HDTV / S-Video Out |
| General |
| RAMDAC |
400 MHz |
| Max Resolution |
2560 x 1600 |
| CrossFireX Support |
Yes |
| Cooler |
With Fan |
| Power Connector |
6 pin / 8 pin |
| Dual-Link DVI Supported |
Yes |
| Windows Vista |
Certified for Windows Vista |
| HDCP Ready |
Yes |
| Features |
| Features |
New Generation Dual GPU Solution
1GB DDR3 Memory on board
HDMI Output: built-in multi-channel 5.1 surround audio over DVI-HDMI Adaptor
Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
EAH3870X2/G/HTDI/1G
Driver Disk
User Manual
HDTV Cable
Power Cable
DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
DVI to HDMI Adapter
Software Disk
CrossFire Bridge
Game Disk
CD Wallet |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
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Reviewed By: aps on 5/13/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
