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Karla F.

Karla F.

Joined on 09/17/04

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Most Favorable Review

Great card

MSI Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card RX3870-T2D512E OC
MSI Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card RX3870-T2D512E OC

Pros: Im loving this card. Plays all my games with out a hicup. Consistent frame rates no dips or spikes. After at least 3 hours of gaming my card didnt go above 40C and i can not hear the fan at all. Source stress test of 273 fps. COD4 70-100. Bf2 hasnt dipped below 92. Need for speed pro street extremely smooth no fps on that yet. I have all these games settings on max.

Cons: Nothing

Overall Review: I use a full tower case it has 3 120mm and 2 80mm on a fan controller they are all set to low even with this card my pc is very quiet. My rig untill i get my cpu back from the egg. am2 6400x2 but have to use a 6000x2, 2gig of wintec ampx ddr2 800 very good stable ram, this card. Asus m2r32 mvp board, and a 880watt hiper ati certified powersupply.

Most Critical Review

Nice while it lasted

"KAZE MASTER" 3.5 " Multi Channel Bay Fan Controller
"KAZE MASTER" 3.5 " Multi Channel Bay Fan Controller

Pros: The temp read out and fan control worked great. It matched my case.

Cons: After 3 days of use the left fan control stopped working. I made sure the fans that where hooked up where in specs. They where both under spec rating. Im sure i just got a bum controller.

Overall Review: I would of liked to keep it.

Great Buy

ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid Extreme VGA Cooler-nVidia/AMD, Liquid/Air Combo Ultimate Cooling
ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid Extreme VGA Cooler-nVidia/AMD, Liquid/Air Combo Ultimate Cooling

Pros: Great cooling efficiency, quality components. Price compared to cooling is right on.

Cons: This set up was a pain to install on the graphics due to not being able to easily line up the screw mounts.

Overall Review: Installed on a 6870 due to gaming in a garage with high temperatures. Dropped Idle temps 10C, full load temps 20C. I did try the 120mm fan provided with the package, removed it and installed one of my old high output 96CFM 120MM Fans which did a much better job cooling the radiator. When gluing the heatsinks on the video card i suggest letting it set for 2 hours before installation of the fan and water block. Also the lines on the radiator are removable.

Bye Bye

ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2+/AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2+/AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: None anymore. Read other review.

Cons: Well after several attempts at overclocking and getting poor results i reverted back to stock settings. Well after a couple weeks of running at stock, I started getting blue screen, lock ups, restarts, and even shutdowns. As of yesterday all 4 ram slots ceased to function. I tried my ram on a different board to see if the ram was the culprit, but the ram wouldnt work in any other board. And new ram would not work in this board either. Board is now being shipped back to asus.

Overall Review: I should of stayed away from asus. I learned that 5 years ago after owning 3 of there boards.

Not as great as it looks

ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2+/AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2+/AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: The board is mostly stable. Has a good layout. Onboard sound is good, before going to vista. Since vista the onboard sound would turn off or revert to put sound on 1 out of 5 speakers. Bought an Audigy 2 havent had any problems as of yet.

Cons: This thing oc's like a pile. I have tried everything from different cpu's, memory, powersupply, even video cards. The most I can get out of it is an extra 200mhz on a 6400 and an extra 400mhz out of my 6000. So Im stuck at a 3.4 barrier. Even at that point I had to manually set the 2T command rate a few times for it to even hold a clock without crashing or freezing.

Overall Review: If the bios wasnt such garbage and they would put out a decent one this board would have potential. I strayed away from ASUS 5 years ago because of that problem. But this board was my only option. Now Iam consistently looking to get a good price on a new board.

Yes

DIAMOND Viper Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card 3870PE4512SB
DIAMOND Viper Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card 3870PE4512SB

Pros: Great product right on par with the 2900xt.

Cons: None really.

Overall Review: This card is compatible with pcie16 and pcie2.0 its also 10.1 capable when it does come out.

11/20/2007