Well worth the wait if I were to get 2 of these 3870's. :toast:

OMG, wow. This is huge news. Cheaper than it already is? Bold move ATI and Im sure it will pay off hugely. Im glad Im playing the waiting game, better for me and everyone else.

Now if they only made the Phenom's available for Europe and mainly Ireland it will be great. Be a nice xmas present tho...if anyone here wants to get me a spider set up.................anyone ............. anyone at all?????????

haha... my best friends parents bought him the 3870 last night... Good thing was he bought it before it went out of stock at newegg! Oh, how I can't wait till Christmas and get it all!

The 3850 @£100 would make it a very attractive buy, you can then flog them cheap once the next generation cards are released a few months after without that big a loss...

FREE 3870 for everyone!!! :rolleyes::roll:

as of now: the 8800gt is about 300 bucks the 3870 is about 200 bucks if amd is to drop it down to 150 bucks then:

1 8800 gt = 2 hd3780's
8800gt <<<< 2 3870s

the 3870's are really good and are quite competitive with the 8800gt... yes? and when you can get 2 of those in CFX vs. the 8800gt single for the same price. which one will win? i think this is amds move

the 3750 costs £150 ish in the UK which is the price of an 8800GT in the USA. WTF?

Sounds great AMD, but where in the hell is the supply? If these cards were even cheaper, that would allow me to go buy a new system to throw them in!

panchomanas of now: the 8800gt is about 300 bucks the 3870 is about 200 bucks if amd is to drop it down to 150 bucks then:

1 8800 gt = 2 hd3780's
8800gt <<<< 2 3870s

the 3870's are really good and are quite competitive with the 8800gt... yes? and when you can get 2 of those in CFX vs. the 8800gt single for the same price. which one will win? i think this is amds move

I think thats what ATI is doing. Making to where it easier for people who all ready have their cards in CFX to just spend 340 so to say and have two great cards in CFX. Remember, all the reviews for the 38xx was both shown in regular and CFX form. That made it better for us to be able to know if we wanted it or not.
As for the fact that you can't find one... Tigerdirect has both the cards in stock. 1 3870
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Lprice=200&Hprice=499.99&Nav=|c:1558|c:1826|&Sort=0&Recs=10 and a few 3850's http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?page=2&Nav=|c:1558|c:1560|&Sort=1&Recs=10

well CFX is still locked, you need CCC 8 to unlock it. though the 790fx chipset is built for it. i'd like to c the performance increase from using CFX vs. CF

GrimskullNow if they only made the Phenom's available for Europe and mainly Ireland it will be great. Be a nice xmas present tho...if anyone here wants to get me a spider set up.................anyone ............. anyone at all?????????

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-203-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1033
www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=712425

In stock

if the price cut is like the 3870 from 219 to 179-189 and the 3850 from 179 to 149-159 then i mite consider getting a xfire setup, i've always bought nvidia cause they've been on top for the past few yrs but i would really like ati to come out with a high end card to compete with the 8800GT at least, the harder the competition the harder nvidia has to work to make superior cards

panchomanwell CFX is still locked, you need CCC 8 to unlock it. though the 790fx chipset is built for it. i'd like to c the performance increase from using CFX vs. CF

Thats right, my bust... it was CF that they where showing.... but still you can unlock the CFX and I hope it does great :toast:

Any info on when AMD will cut prices? I am planning to get a Spider upgrade on the 27th. If its not too long away then I can wait for lower prices!

probably sometime very soon considering december is right around corner and amd wants the price cut before christmas

ghost101www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-203-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1033
www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=712425

In stock

Thanks but was on about the 9700, not in stock in Komplett... but good find and good to know.:rockout::respect:

Well that's nice, but cheapest HD3870 is currently 208€/150£/309$ (not in stock). Cheapest 8800GT is just 1€/0.7£/1.5$ more! (and not in stock). I know there is VAT to be added to USA prices, but no way I'm paying the same on weaker card that is so much over the MSRP.

First we need stock, then we need suggested retail prices and after that price cuts are welcome. They'll just drop the price to the previous MSRP and take a big win. We need the european newegg bad, wonder what happened to that plan :/

this is great stuff! go AMD!

lol, it was dirt cheap to start with, this is daft, I guess the spider platform just got some low cost balls

Hmm, maybe I should withdraw my verdict of AMD screwing the pooch on every recent item. If the 3870 drops below $200, they could take a serious chunk of profit away from Nvidia.

WOOOOOOOOOWWWW!!!!
Hope they have enough in stock because perf./$$$ of these two cards RULEZZZZZ!!! :D

3870 @ $199 > 8800gt @ $300

The recent things that AMD has done has made me want to stay with the things I have now and just re up them! Phenom, HD38xx, I was all for Intel this and that.... Not now! :rockout:

Sounds great. They are already pretty affordable to begin with. Right now, not a single nVidia card seems like a good value. Those old 8800GTS cards go for anywhere from $280 to $360 deepening if it's a 320MB or a 640MB model and that is just ridiculous. (They go for even more on eBay.) 8800GT, while a decent card, is simply overpriced at this time and too hard to find at the stated MSRP of $200-$249. While you can find some here and there near those prices, they usually go out of stock in hours. Average pricing is from $270 to $330 or even more on eBay. 8600, 8500, and 8400 series are pretty weak for any titles released in the last year or so, what with their paltry memory interfaces and neutered ROP counts. Especially if we are talking about playing at decent resolutions and AA/AF performance.

Soo…

The only sound and sensible bang-for-buck option would be 38xx series.

i agree that the 8800GTS 640/320 r bad deals rite now,, but the 8800GT!!!!!!HOW????in almost every benchmark i've seen its either rite beside the GTX or like 1-10FPS behind it, practically GTX performance for 249 is a damn good deal IMO, the 3870's r a decent deal rite now but i'd go with the 8800GT price/performance ration until the 3870s' prices drop.