June 8, 2008
Sean "Obsidian" Potter
Sean "Obsidian" Potter
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Sapphire ATi Radeon HD3870 Ultimate
Test System & Installation
As mentioned before, I'm installing the Sapphire Radeon HD3870 Ultimate in to my Phenom 9500-powered computer. This is the same system I used to benchmark the HD3870 Toxic.
| Processor | AMD Phenom 9500 | |
| Motherboard | Sapphire PI-AM2RS780G 780G | |
| RAM | 2GB DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC CrossFire Certified | |
| Video Card | Sapphire Radeon HD3870 Ultimate | |
| Chassis | Thermaltake M9 | |
| CPU Cooling | Xigmatek HDT-S1283 | |
| Hard Drive | Excelstor 250GB SATA2 | |
| Power Supply | Corsair TX750 750W PSU | |
| Display | 1280x1024 | |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Business 64-bit / Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit | |
We are very grateful to all our sponsors (Thermaltake, OCZ, Sapphire, Excelstor, and Corsair), and we ask readers to stay tuned for individual reviews of these components in the upcoming weeks.
Installation was simple, as I only needed to insert the card in to the PCI-Express x16 slot and connect the 6-pin power cable to the card. Running with the 6-pin cable runs the risk of damaging the card, as well as reduced performance.
I got the latest ATI drivers for Windows from AMD's website, since the latest driver release was on May 21st, well after this card arrived.
