johnksss

ohhh!
mine has the fan at the back. 
this is the one i have. 

That is the good one. The one with the fan in the middle is the troublsome one. This: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150476&cm_re=xfx_5870-_-14-150-476-_-Product

apparently the one with the fan in the middle is not as good. they are basicly cost cutting for the fermi launch so they can drop the price when it comes out :S

ahhhh, now i see....damn Q...if that is the one he has...it's still keeping up though for being on air....
wow, ati pulled an nvidia move....
with that fan in the middle and no voltera.

it seems that is only the XFX that have actually relesed it for now, hopefully my HIS HD5870 wont be like that when i get it (in about a week or so) otherwise ill be goin back to my 285's

man...it would go back as soon as i looked at the box and it showed the wrong picture...lol

That's the one!  I have the middle fan model....it will be returning to it's former home for sure.

Ok, so my cpu ain't a total dud. With 1.35v it is running @ 3.77ghz, did LinX 3 passes problem size 25000. Ya ya, i know, that's nothin'. But i'm still testing, this is just preliminary. Also, i think for it having a stock vcore of 1.27, this isn't too bad. I want 4ghz stable though, and maybe around 4.4ghz benching. Also remember this is all on air. I just have to keep my temps in check...

johnksss

ahhhh, now i see....damn Q...if that is the one he has...it's still keeping up though for being on air....

LOL, I passed you last night on vantage, then you passed me right back!  It's a good card, but man, I would expect to be able to get more than 2 days of benching with a new card...it's tapped out.  I mean I'm still benching my 13 month old 295's and still making headway for goodness sake!

you know...i laughed out loud hella hard too.

when you said you past me...i was like...hummm... let me try a test run again...and low and behold..first run. rotflmao.


im going to really find out about my cpu next week... whether it's a keeper or ditcher.

xxrabid93

Ok, so my cpu ain't a total dud. With 1.35v it is running @ 3.77ghz, did LinX 3 passes problem size 25000. Ya ya, i know, that's nothin'. But i'm still testing, this is just preliminary. Also, i think for it having a stock vcore of 1.27, this isn't too bad. I want 4ghz stable though, and maybe around 4.4ghz benching. Also remember this is all on air. I just have to keep my temps in check...

Yea, my C0 was not a good clocker...could only get a little over 200 blck.  I bit the bullet and bought a D0 that's pretty good.  My new 960 smokes 'em all though....that's staying right where it is until Gulftown comes out.

If I'm not clocking at 4ghz on air, on auto, on the first boot, I know it's going to be a long hard road.