Sapphire released another version of HD3870 512MB GDDR4
The only thing we know is Sapphire now released a non-referenced version HD 3870. Cou can see the card have a single slot cooler, and the power module is different.
However, memory of the card keeps 512MB GDDR4. If you look carefully to the PCB, you can find the PCB is different to reference version.
The price is about 250USD, The same with the pervious reference version.Newegg have already began selling it here.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Of all these variations of the 3870/3850, I would like to find ONE store that sells any of them. Its like Sapphire is just creating fake cards that don’t exist.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Guess I spoke before finishing reading the article. Newegg has them. But still, Sapphire has other cooler models that haven’t shown up anywhere.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Or is this their “Atomic” version. It looks similar. Although the one on Newegg doesn’t have any fancy case with it.
January 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
no, that’s not Atomic version. Atomic version uses Vaper chamber but this one is only heatpipe.
The shape looks like, but it isn’t.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
[...] the reference read PCB, this HD 3850 is blue, like other non-reference Sapphire cards.(here is a HD 3870 in blue) The card have 512MB GDDR3 memory, running at stock clock. The cooler is VF1000, made by Zalman. [...]