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Skull I think you are getting confused between the B3 stepping and the 45nm part. There is no difference cache wise between the B2 and B3's.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/18/amd_phenom/
I am wondering if the new DFI Lanparty 790GX M2R is going to be a better choice for stability and overclocking, I believe it uses the 780G + SB700 and has 2 16X PCI-E slots.
Mate seriously, listen to peoples advice , there's a lot of knowledge here, if you still want to support AMD then purchase the 3870's as you planned to do.
Agreed jordan, best video purchase I have made in ages from an upgrade point of view, fps on my machine nearly doubled and the IQ is much better than on my old 7900GT.
Same here mate Sapphire 3870 at 1600 X 1200 all max
Here's a 60 sec run using fraps mate
HD3870
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
3559, 60000, 40, 79, 59.317
Cheers
t0p