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Radeon HD 3870 X2 Video Card
Advance to ultimate HD gaming with incredible performance, life-like graphics
and support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1. With dual ATI Radeon™
HD 3870 GPUs working in exquisite precision, you're ready to dominate the battlefield
from over one teraFLOPS of GPU compute power. And thanks to plug-and-play ATI
CrossFireX™ upgradeability, you can scale your performance to even greater
heights.
- Dual-GPU technology - Don't fear cranking up the settings - with dual ATI
Radeon™ HD 3870 GPUs working in exquisite precision, you're ready to
dominate the battlefield.
- Over 1 teraFLOPS of GPU compute power - 640 stream processors (320 x 2)
deliver the raw horsepower to attack the most demanding graphics applications.
- Incredible performance - You'll be blown away by life-like graphics from
the latest Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 games, with stunning 3D graphics
and shading effects.
- ATI CrossFireX™ - Scale your 3D performance to greater heights quickly
and easily with plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX technology that supports up to
four GPUs.
- More processing performance per watt - the ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
- GPUs deliver up to twice the Gigaflops per watt of previous generations
of AMD GPUs.
Note: Please verify available space. Video card is
13 inches in length and will fit only in certain cases.
Before you buy - make sure your motherboard is
compatible with this video card. For example, PCI Express video cards won't
work with motherboards designed only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa.
Please read the specifications carefully or call us for expert advice.
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ATI CrossFireX™
Technology™
Expand and conquer! ATI CrossFireX™ is the ultimate scalable Multi-GPU
solution that allows up to 4 graphics units installed in a system using
AMD’s motherboard.
- More horsepower
for game playing
- Allows gamers to scale performance according to their budget
- Multi-display support (up to 8 monitors)
- Easy plug-and-play upgradeability for even better 3D performance
- More Info
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DirectX
10.1 Technology
Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 is the latest application programming
interface from Microsoft that unlocks the state of the art in GPU technology,
represented by the ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series. Key features include
an updated shader model, improved anti-aliasing support, more flexible
data access, and tighter specifications for better application compatibility.
These features will enable exciting new techniques, such as real-time
global illumination, that will define the future direction of interactive
3D graphics. (requires Windows Vista SP1and 10.1 compatible hardware for
full features)
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AVIVO™
HD
ATI Avivo™ HD is AMD’s new reference for advanced HD image processing,
delivering cool and quiet full-spec HD disc playback with hardware-based
Unified Video Decoding (UVD) capability*, built-in HDMI with multi-channel
HD surround audio, and support for high-quality connectivity with multiple
HDTVs and displays.
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Shader
Model 4.1 Technology
Get your box geared up for the future of games with blazing fast shader
performance and watch your characters sweat with Shader Model 4.1
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HDMI Support
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first and only industry-supported,
uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. By delivering crystal-clear,
all-digital audio and video via a single cable, HDMI dramatically simplifies
cabling and helps provide consumers with the highest-quality home theater
experience. Built-in HDMI with multi-channel 5.1 surround audio.
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Blu-Ray
and HD DVD Support
Features hardware HD video processing and HDMI with built-in 5.1 surround
audio ATI Avivo™ HD technology delivers sharp images and vibrant
color fidelity from 1080p playback of Blu-ray™ and HD DVDs movies.
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PCI Express
2.0 Support
PCI Express Base 2.0 specification doubles the interconnect bit rate
from 2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s in a seamless and compatible manner. The performance
boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express
2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of
a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s. The higher bandwidth will allow
product designers to implement narrower interconnect links to achieve
high performance.
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Specifications
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Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Features
- DirectX® 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 support
- PCI Express support
- ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance -Use
up to four GPUs with an AMD 790FX based motherboard
- High-speed 128-bit HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering
- Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
- ATI Avivo™ HD video and display technology
- Built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio
- Support for the ATI Radeon™ DVI to HDMI adapter
- Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for Blu-ray™ and HD DVD
- ATI PowerPlay™ energy conserving technology
- Dynamic geometry acceleration
- Game physics processing capability
Minimum System Requirements
- Intel® Pentium® 4, Celeron, AMD™ Athlon™ 64, AMD™
Athlon XP™, Sempron or compatible
- PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available
on the motherboard
- 550 Watt or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe® power connectors
required (750 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for dual ATI CrossFireX™)
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- For enhanced performance with ATI Overdrive™, a power supply with one
2x3- pin and one 2x4-pin PCIe® power connector is required2
- Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU
for a list of Certified products
- 1GB of system memory
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
- DVD playback requires DVD drive
- Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
- For a complete ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD
3870 X2 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX
Bridge Interconnect cable per board (included) are required
- Operating Systems
- Windows Vista (all versions)
- Windows XP
- Windows XP Media Center Edition
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What You Should Know
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 CROSSFIREX™
New ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology takes your gaming experience
to the next level with more scalability, performance and compatibility.
The technology combines the awe-inspiring capabilities of multiple ATI
Radeon™ graphics cards and an ATI CrossFireX ready motherboard to meet
the hard-core demands of your alternate reality. New ATI Radeon™ HD graphics
cards are designed with an internal ATI CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect
system to simplify installation. Experience stunning visual realism in
today's demanding 3D games with uncompromising image quality, especially
on HD.
Compatible
Cards: Radeon HD 3800 Series Cards
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DVI: Digital Visual Interface! What
Is It?
The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a
video interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital
display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital
projectors. It was developed by an industry consortium, the Digital Display
Working Group (DDWG). It is designed for carrying uncompressed digital video
data to a compatible monitor or projector, and is partially compatible with
the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode (DVI-D).
DVI represents a major improvement in image quality over the older VGA
standard.
The DVI interface uses a digital protocol
in which the desired illumination of pixels is transmitted as binary data.
When the display is driven at its native resolution, it will read each
number and apply that brightness to the appropriate pixel. In this way, each
pixel in the output buffer of the source device corresponds directly to one
pixel in the display device, whereas with an analog signal the appearance of
each pixel may be affected by its adjacent pixels as well as by electrical
noise and other forms of analog distortion.
Previous standards such as the analog VGA were designed for CRT-based
devices and thus did not use discrete time display addressing. As the analog
source transmits each horizontal line of the image, it varies its output
voltage to represent the desired brightness. In a CRT device, this is used
to vary the intensity of the scanning beam as it moves across the screen.
The two types of DVI interfaces are Single
Link and Dual Link. Following are the features and benefits of each:
Single Link - The Single Link interface is limited to a maximum pixel
clock of 165 Hz. It uses four (4) twisted pairs of wires (one each of Red,
Green, Blue and Clock). Maximum resolution is 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz.
Dual Link - The Dual Link interface is most common for today’s modern
LCD monitors. It provides three times as many pixels as the Single Link
interface. And its maximum clock may exceed 165 Hz. Dual Link uses six (6)
twisted pairs wires with two (2) each for Red, Green, and Blue, as well as
on pair for Clock. Dual Link’s maximum resolution is 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz.
When you use the Dual Link Interface you can use a longer cable because of
its higher bandwidth. Dual Link also provides HDCP support, which is
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The Display Data Channel or DDC is a digital connection between a computer
display and a graphics adapter that allows the display to communicate its
specifications to the adapter. The standard was created by the Video
Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The purpose of this standard
is to define a communications channel between an electronic display (e.g.
CRT, LCD, etc. displays) and a host system. The channel may be used to carry
configuration information to enable ‘plug & play’ and allow optimum use of
the display. The channel may also carry display control information.
Today’s computing and consumer electronic
environments demands that systems offer user-friendly set-up. With the
growing popularity of intuitive and simpler software user interfaces, hardware
manufacturers are responding with plug-and-play systems and peripherals.
However, for the user to receive full benefit from these advances,
standardization is necessary. VESA, as the prominent standards organization
for graphics subsystems, has developed a communications channel between the
host and the display. This communication channel offers basic configuration
information plus a standard way of communicating advanced functionality.
The current version of DDC, called DDC2B,
is based on the I²C bus. This is a serial bus that allows multiple bus
masters, although DDC2B allows only one master – the graphics adapter. The
monitor (e.g. a CRT or LCD) contains a read-only memory (ROM) chip
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Technology
Few PC users have ever experienced the huge productivity boost that comes
from using multiple monitors on the same PC. Ironically, many of
today's PC have the capability already installed, and Windows (since 2000)
natively supports dual monitors. Configuring dual monitors is so easy: just use
the second video port (if there are two separate ports installed), or add a
second video card or better yet, a video card that has dual DVI ports.
Then plug in your second monitor, change a couple of simple Windows settings,
and you have double the Windows Desktop. This lets you have your
spreadsheet and email visible at the same time, or PowerPoint and Photoshop.
The combinations are endless. And since most of the overhead is
handled by the video card, there is little significant impact (if any) on
system performance. Dual Monitors is one of the simplest, yet most
amazing productivity boosters you can add to your PC! Optionally, you can use a dual monitor stand and recover your workspace in the process!
Click Here To Find Video Cards - Look For Dual DVI/Dual Monitor Ready
Cards »
Click Here For Dual Monitor Stands »
Click Here For Great Deals On A 2nd Monitor » |
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Advanced PC Build-It-Yourself Guide
Not too long ago one had to be eligible for the Genius IQ Club (Mensa)
in order to build a computer. That is no longer the case. Today’s computer
manufacturers have made it much easier for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer
to create a great system.
Click Here To Learn More »
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PCI
Express - Delivering Dramatically Improved Graphics
Doubling the bandwidth of the AGP 8X graphics bus, the new PCI Express represents
the most profound change to desktop architecture in nearly a decade. PCI
Express replaces AGP, allowing much larger amounts of data to move between
the graphics card and the CPU, and will soon replace PCI expansion slots
as well. The PCI standard allows for a 32-bit bus with a maximum throughput
of 133MB/s. By contrast, PCI Express will run at 2.5GHz. PCI Express is
a two-way serial connection that carries data in packets along two pairs
of point-to-point data lines, compared to the single parallel data bus of
traditional PCI. Gamers will benefit from an incredible upgrade in video
quality with PCI Express, because it will allow for more powerful video
cards, inspiring developers to create more realistic environments that will
make games come alive with astonishingly lifelike colors and images. Video
enthusiasts will also benefit because PCI Express will accommodate higher-quality
video throughput (amount of data you can send per second). As network television
moves over to HDTV broadcasts, PCI Express positions the PC platform for
integration into the living room, while also allowing for HD video editing
and other bandwidth-intensive tasks. PCI Express is compatible with existing
PCI drivers and software operating systems and is designed to co-exist with
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Motherboard Support the Video Card You're Purchasing? Here's the Answer...
Before you
buy - make sure your motherboard is compatible with this video card. For
example, PCI Express video cards won't work with motherboards designed
only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa. Please read the specifications
carefully or call us for expert advice.
Close-Up:
PCI, AGP, and PCI-E (PCI Express)
Check
your motherboard and make sure you are purchasing the correct cardbus
type.
There are 3 types of cardbus slots currently available:
PCI, AGP, and PCI Express (PCIe 2.0 is compatible with PCIe slot)
PCI
- The most widely used I/O bus, it provides a shared data path between
the CPU and peripheral controllers, such as network, display, SCSI and
RAID cards. Though limited in terms of performance, they are considered
the best value when you upgrade your video capabilities on a PC. The PCI
interface can be found and used in nearly any motherboard.
Click
here to view our selection of PCI Cards
AGP
- The AGP slot is next in line of higher graphic performance. It was designed
especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics. It offers up to
8x improvement over a PCI card, is 32 bits wide and runs at 66 MHz. It
provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one
AGP slot is on the motherboard. The motherboard must be equipped with
an AGP bus slot for an AGP card to be compatible.(AGP 1x provided a data
transfer rate of 264 Mbytes/sec. AGP 2x is 528 Mbytes/sec. AGP 4x is 1
Gbyte/sec. AGP 8x is 2 Gbytes/sec.)
Click
here to view our selection of AGP Cards
PCI
Express - PCI Express is the newest technology that
is superior to both PCI and AGP, in terms of graphic performance. It offers
performance as much as 4x faster than the fastest AGP 8X slot. PCI Express
connections can support fast data transfer rates, which can be used to
connect high-speed devices such as high-end video cards. The slots come
in different variations and speeds, such as x1, x4, x8, and x16. Presently,
most high-end motherboards meant for design, video production, or gaming
come with PCI express slots. To use a PCI Express card, your computer
must have at least one available PCI Express slot.
Click
here to view our selection of PCI Express Cards
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What's In The Box
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- HIS Radeon HD 3870 X2 Video Card
- Quick Install Guide
- Drivers CD
- CrossFire Bridge
- HDTV Cable
- DVI to HDMI Adapter
- DVI to VGA Adapter
- HIS Multi-purpose Screw Driver Pen (Screw Driver, LED Light, Spirit Level)
Contents of package may vary from those pictured and stated here,
due to changes in manufacturer's specifications or merchandising.
Please check the product information carefully, items not included
may no longer be required.
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Mfg Part No:
H387X2F1GNP
UPC No:
4895139000429
Box Size:
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Shipping Weight:
2.9500 pound(s)
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Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
H231-3874
TigerDirect.com
Warranty Information
7795 W. Flagler St. Suite 35
Miami, FL. 33144
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