Radeon 3870 X2 full review out - VRForums - SITEX 2009

newzhunter · Jan 22nd, 08, 11:50 AM

newzhunter · Jan 22nd, 08, 11:56 AM

newzhunter · Jan 22nd, 08, 11:59 AM

Temperature comparison

3870X2

8800 Ultra

http://www.pconline.com.cn/diy/graph...1/1210234.html

whizzle · Jan 22nd, 08, 12:08 PM

wah power!

Niceone · Jan 22nd, 08, 01:37 PM

So it's 20-30% faster than 8800 Ultra? Good job from ATi. I hope that this would be some what enough again'st GF 9800 GX2. They say it would be 30-50% faster than ultra

Sargeant_Savage · Jan 22nd, 08, 01:46 PM

Looks nice.
Except for the results in Crysis and Lost Planet...

Niceone · Jan 22nd, 08, 01:54 PM

Difference in games is like 12,6% and if you calculate games+3dMark performance 14,9%. With 30W bigger powerconsumption than 8800 Ultra.

Expreview's review had this test and rig with HD3870 X2 had 334W powerconsumption and same rig with 8800 Ultra had 303W

MuttonFlanks · Jan 22nd, 08, 02:18 PM

Wow not bad from ATI. I must have been living under a rock cause I have no idea what card this is lol. A remake of the 3870? Or the successor? Wonder what the cost will be...

Niceone · Jan 22nd, 08, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuttonFlanks

Wow not bad from ATI. I must have been living under a rock cause I have no idea what card this is lol. A remake of the 3870? Or the successor? Wonder what the cost will be...

Long story short: Two HD3870 GPUs on one single card solution. Nvidia's answer will be Geforce 9800 GX2 which is most likely 2 down clocked 8800 GTS 512MB's

shard · Jan 22nd, 08, 02:47 PM

Wow, very nice performance except for the games that do not support CF well.

Somehow this card does not feel very polished yet. Power consumption and heat seems a bit high.

Then again, all high end cards are monsters when it comes to heat and power.

weepy123 · Jan 22nd, 08, 03:26 PM

they realized that gddr4 slows things down.. good. Still drivers need loooooootz of work.. and afr needs dumping into toilet and supertiling has to be done right...

ImmortalZ · Jan 22nd, 08, 03:53 PM

Question : Does it require a Crossfire capable motherboard to work? I have a A8N-SLI Deluxe and am not planning to change my mobo anytime soon

Dragonfly06 · Jan 22nd, 08, 04:49 PM

Looks like AMD ATI is finally back in the lead again. But I guess not for long until Nvidia comes out newer card.

One thing that I notice, most graphics card still doesn't do too well for HD resolution of 1920x1080. Correct me if I am wrong...

Ske7ch · Jan 22nd, 08, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ImmortalZ

Question : Does it require a Crossfire capable motherboard to work? I have a A8N-SLI Deluxe and am not planning to change my mobo anytime soon

No, it doesn't.

Ske7ch · 04:58 PM

Looks like ATI still needs to work on their drivers though. And why didn't ever test Crysis in DX10?!? =.="