Saphire has always topped the world in the production of ATI powered GPU (Video Cards). few months ago AMD released a new Graphics card - ATI Radeon HD3870X2. Most of the leading brands led to the production of this GPU. All of there products were common. But Saphire like always like something new and hence announced the Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 Atomic Water Cooled edition. It is the second card from Saphire that is released with Atomic term.

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Overall, the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 Atomic left me very satisfied on the performance level. I stated that I felt that there was only one card to put against the HD 3870 X2 simply because of the Dual GPU’s. Anyway we go about it, there is not a true comparison in a head to head match unless you consider running a pair of HD 3870’s in CrossFire against it. Not to mention the fact that I am running it on my budget built system to show what kind of performance the budget minded users can expect. Not everyone has the unlimited funds to throw at a high end system, but some are willing to exceed their budgets in one area or the other. I do feel the Sapphire HD 3870 X2 Atomic held its own in the battles, and I have no problems in recommending the card. Most reviews I have read show the GX2 kicking some arse, but please note the specs of the systems that are being used in the reviews. Most of the benches out are being done on systems that are either pushing a QX processor, or are running in the 4GHz range. Pair with that one of the newer boards (790’s for example) and your going to see the cards performing at their maximum potential. The budget system I am using for this review, is obviously going to be a little slower than theirs.

The biggest thing one will have to consider when buying the Atomic, is if it will actually fit in their setup. I did hit a few snags installing it in the TJ10, but was able to complete the task without having to modify anything. I am not really going to hold this against Sapphire because I knew just as soon as I pulled the Atomic out of the box that I was in for a challenge and could have easily installed it on my AM2 build without the problems or could have installed it in my Ultra Sweet mod without problems.

On the cooling side, I was not really to shocked when I seen the temp on one core hitting 85C after a fairly long Crysis run. It has been pretty warm here lately and my ambient temps are on the rise (80F+), so of course my computers are running a little hotter as well. Under normal conditions the load temps would be in the mid 70C range at the most. The HD 3870 X2 has two GPU’s on the same board and it’s bound to add a little extra heat to the picture. With the cores at 85C and 79C the Atomic card was inaudible, which is great when compared to the air cooled counter parts.

Pros
 Cons
+ Pre-Installed Water Cooling.
+ Great Performance.
+ Looks great and has excellent packaging.
+ Very quiet operation.		 - Might not fit in all chassis.
- Water cooling isn’t upgradeable.

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