HIS Radeon HD3870 Review & Crossfire Performance Preview

Packaging and Accessories


The HIS Radeon HD3870 comes in a nondescript black box which is actually quite small compared to every other graphics card package that I have seen up until now. At first I thought that someone had sent me a card with a single slot cooler since the height of the box is next to nothing.

All of the necessary information is printed on the package but unfortunately there is absolutely no mention of a warranty even though HIS offers a warranty which lasts single paltry year. It is also interesting to see that about ¼ of the way down the left side of the rear of the package there is a piece of black tape covering up a part of the DX10.1 description. I have no idea why this is there but there was no way to take it off without ripping the packaging.


Lo and behold there is actually a card with a dual slot cooler in this small package. Everything is suspended in a plastic cocoon so risk of damage is reduced to virtually nil.

The accessories and game bundle included with this card are quite complete and I have heard that some retailers will be offering additional game bundles with some HD3780 cards.

With this card you get:

- Steam games in the form of Half Life 2: Lost Coast & Half Life 2: Deathmatch
- 1 DVI to HDMI dongle
- 1 DVI to VGA dongle
- 1 HDTV connector
- 1 Crossfire bridge
- HIS case sticker
- Quick start guide
- Driver and utility CD