ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2: 2 GPUs 1 Card, A Return to the High End
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 28, 2008 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Power Consumption
A single Radeon HD 3870 is quite power efficient, but putting two on a board inevitably is going to draw a bit of current. It's no surprise that the X2 is not only the hottest card out of the bunch, but it also makes the most noise; there's simply a lot of heat to expel from an admittedly well designed card.
If cool and quiet are your goals, the 3870 X2 is not a good answer.
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Zoomer - Saturday, February 2, 2008 - link
Don't forget the higer core clocks? Although you could turn it down when not needed.Howard - Monday, January 28, 2008 - link
Third graph on the HL2 bench page doesn't have a highlighted FPS bar.Howard - Monday, January 28, 2008 - link
None of the Oblivion graphs do, either.houe - Monday, January 28, 2008 - link
take it!