http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6182875/index.html?tag=nl.e513

The new ATI Radeon HD 3870 and 3850 GPUs are based on an updated Radeon HD 2900 XT design. Both GPUs have all the features first introduced in the Radeon HD 2000 series, including DirectX 10 support, integrated HDMI, a hardware tessellation unit, and a 512-bit internal ring bus. The new chips have the same number of stream processors as the Radeon HD 2900 XT, but are only half the size thanks to a smaller 55nm manufacturing process. The manufacturing improvements will let AMD reduce prices considerably from the Radeon HD 2900 XT's current $399 asking price. AMD aims to have the ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB available in retail at $219 and the ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB at $179.

Looks interesting.

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Certainly does

Wondering why the memory interface is half that of the 2900 though, and why the card is otherwise the same spec, although performing worse.
I know the lure is that it's cheaper for same (roughly) spec - but why not produce a better spec?

Wonder how big GFX cards are going to be in the future though, they're already a third of the size of a mobo

Just ordered a 8800GT. Am I bovered. When DX10.1 comes out, maybe.

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Don't worry Sony, I'll just cancel my date of birth and get a new one.