Hello Im looking to get a new g-card tomorrow as it is my 21st birthday my father said he will get me a new gcard, he said he will spend up to about £150 but im now sure what to go for. i have a asus maximus formula motherboard which is pci-e 2.0 and crossfire so i want it to be ati and i would like to utilise the pci-e 2.0 since i have it. I have seen one which i like but i dont know how good it is. I appears good as i think it has the highest spec out it the hd3870 range but im not sure so eny iput will be a great help thanx. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=789609
does actually look kick ass for the price!but the GT 8800 series have also come down in price from £380 to abt £200 cos of the new 9800 series, so if u pay abit more u can get a better future proof card, go to HEXUS.com and check out the reviews
Thanx but i dont really want to go nvida as i have a crossfire motherboard i dont think it would work properly would it?
SLI wouldnt work in a crossfire motherboard but a single card would. I've no idea what zoomaj is on about thoug as 8800GT cards were always £170 ish and are now about £150. I'm running a pair of HD3870s at the moment in a Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 and the combination works well in some games, but ATI's Crossfire drivers are currently a bit weak.
AH HA sam so what do u think about that card then the iceq eny good and i dont want to go for nvida as i may crossfire it what i get a bit more money
ICEQ3 = good idea. ICEQ3 Turbo = bad idea. Pre-overclocked graphics cards always seem to go wrong for some reason, HIS' included. Sapphire's 3870s are also crap this time around as they come with the worst graphics cooler I've ever have the misfortune to hear. The Asus ones have a pretty naff cooler as well, but it at least gets the job done, just. Your best option is to buy a normal version from someone like Gigabyte, rip the crummy Zalman cooler off and put a Thermalright HR-03GT on. Shouldn't have to be done, but HD3870s with coolers that aren't shameful just don't seem to exist, since HIS don't seem to have made a non-overclocked version of their ICEQ3.
ok im lost so the i get the iceq non turbo or not (is so where do u get it) or do i get this cooler and anouther card (is so where do u get it and what one)
No, don't buy the ICEQ turbo version, buy a normal card that isn't HIS or Sapphire. Believe it or not I had good success with a Powercolor card, but I was very lucky to find one that had the stock cooler on it. You may not be so lucky with yours.
Unfortunately no, that comes with Powercolor's SCS3 silent cooler - it seems to do the job but it's the flimsiest cooler I've ever seen, I wouldn't want to overclock with it. I had to get my card from ebay to get a decent cooler - the SCS version is what I ordered and the stock cooler is what I got - result! Except now that I run crossfire I have to increase the fan speed from 40% to 75% to prevent crashes, which is loud (max stable single card temp is 130C, with crossfire enabled it's 80C), so I need to get myself some HR-03s...
i dont know i quite like the msi one and that seems good but you never know do in the next 6 months it could go bad just dont know what to get p.s happy 21st birthday to me
Happy birthday Mr. Capdown! As for MSI boards I've never had any issues with them, but I've only ever used really cheap ones, and even Asus can get those right.
ok ok ever heard of yoyotech going there tomorrow to get my card have alook and tell me what one to get www.yoyotech.co.uk
ph there severis if wonderful ithe best shop ive ever been to i got my mobo and cpu from there 2 weeks ago but i ment out the ati cards thay have on the site witch would u say is the better one
ha ha ha wicked thats the one i was going for thanx one more qiuck thing is this psu eny good http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/product_i...10317&osCsid=ea670a75acf6f2c062c49f5b60fe9d4d i need a new one but i has to have an 8 pin of my new motherboard
NO! EZ Cool units are absolute garbage, surely you know by now not to buy trashy power supplies... Get this one: http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/product_i...=3898&osCsid=ea670a75acf6f2c062c49f5b60fe9d4d
yer i know just i thought i heard thay was all right i will buy the Corsair TX 650W when i have the cash oh got the msi card love it and y i was there i picked up the cyborg mouse thing is so wicked
