AMD and Sapphire launch HD 3870 Ultimate Edition
June 2nd, 2008AMD and its only partner Sapphire are releasing another outstanding graphics card, the Radeon HD 3870 Ultimate Edition. The cooler is of high quality and the performance is above par, but with all good products, getting your hands on one may be the problem.
If you’re looking for a HD 3870 with something unique, then Sapphire’s passively cooled Radeon HD 3870 Ultimate Edition could be what you’re looking for. Tweak Town had this to say in a recent review:
“I really am quite a fan of the Sapphire HD 3870 Ultimate; the design of the cooling is excellent and hopefully they do something similar come launch of the 4K series of cards from AMD.
The HD 3870 is still a very capable card, and with the popularity of the Intel chipset Crossfire is a more likely dual GPU setup then SLI.
The only real problem with the Sapphire HD 3870 Ultimate is its lack of visibility in the retail channel. You might have to hunt quite hard to find a unit to purchase.
The HD 3870 continues to be a great card, but it’s probably something worth picking up second hand these days instead of being a brand new purchase. If you could hunt down the Ultimate version from Sapphire, go for it.
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