Powercolor Radeon HD 3870 X2 seriously a headache

Horrorcosmic · October 23rd, 2008, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by nach0 party

Andro, i'm using a newer motherboard: the DFI lanparty 790fx M2RS specifically designed for running newer versions of ATI cards ( i recently switched). You must have missed that in the thread but thats ok lol. JP, i'm still lookin at other psu's and i haven't made a clean decision, i'll definetely be hopping around newegg and checking out ratings as well as looking at specs from the web. im pretty sure i just have an old version of an OCZ psu and i should upgrade to more power and something SLi/ Crossfire compatible. I was actually looking at this psu: Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies and a few others.

Nice find, 90% five star out of 90 reviews, thats pretty good.

You gotta post some pictures of your rig once your done with it.

I'll do so as well lol.

KarmaKiller · October 23rd, 2008, 07:53 AM

Ultra, Rosewill, and Kingwin are NOT good PSU's.
I agree with JP.

nach0 party · October 23rd, 2008, 09:25 AM

the battle of the psu's

lol yea man ill post some pics when im done hopefully it wont be a smashed 3870x2 on the road outside my house

jk of course

JPMiller · October 23rd, 2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Horrorcosmic

JP, i've never had a problem with ULTRA products. I have yet to hear one bad thing about this PSU.

You might wanna do a little more googling then...

Out of all the reviews and testings i've ready about the ULTRA X3 1000w PSU have been great, 8 and 9 out of 10.

Thats common when they first come out...
BUT, 9 out of 10 reviews are total hogwash anyway...
Its not the same as testing most other components...
You cant just fire up an app like pcmark and run a few rounds and get a benchie to compare.
Unfortunately PSU's have to stand the test of time and torture to be truly tested...

The reasons i recommended it is because i use it, and i know it works with this card, the modular connections is fantastic, that is the 1 thing i love about it, no extra cables!

Thats all well and fine, but WHY make the design mistake of making the main necessary cables modular as well?
It doesnt make ANY sense at all...

Theres other great PSU's to add to the list, Thermaltake, Hiper, Rosewill, Kingwin.

Thermaltake is only good on its extreme high end anymore...
Hiper is OK but not even in the TOP half..
Rosewill is a crapshoot, you dont even know what your getting!!!
Kingwin may not be bad, but its not in the top half either especially for the price...

There IS no battle...
There are proven good PSU's and there are garbage, and only a handful in between.
If you need more info, read through the sticky and read some of the links that I included

nach0 party · October 23rd, 2008, 05:56 PM

hey JP i saw that program (forgot its name) off of major geeks. what exactly does that do. I found your post interesting because when I built this rig I myself found my psu pretty obsolete and pretty much bought whatever I felt was enough power. I read your first post and a few more but that was about it and was curious what that program did.

JPMiller · October 23rd, 2008, 06:43 PM

If you are talking about Everest....
Unfortunately that is a bit outdated for newer hardware...
Often it wont include alot of info...
But it is a good starting point if it does show the correct values under "sensor"
However Software readings of questionable hardware probes is iffy at best...
There ARE newer options like PCWizard... but overall you simply buy a good brand that is overkill for your projected use and your fine

Horrorcosmic · October 24th, 2008, 01:08 AM

JP, nice list.

but, were getting off subject.

JPMiller · October 24th, 2008, 12:58 PM

The "subject" is determined by the OP (original poster)
He and I are conducting a dialog...
He asked a question, and I answered... I see no reason why you should have anything to say about it...

Horrorcosmic · October 29th, 2008, 06:33 PM

Have a question.

does this card support tri-fire?

beastgreeley · November 17th, 2008, 09:30 AM

I have a card just like yours Nach0, it worked great after I enabled cross-fire x in Catalyst Control, before that it seemed like only one of the GPUs was being used. Good luck I really like mine, just remember both 6 pin plugs, I forgot one and was really upset about getting a bad card lol.