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I haven't seen a benchmark that compares the new HD series with the X
series. I have an X1950XT. Is the 3879 faster than it?
series. I have an X1950XT. Is the 3879 faster than it?
KlausK said:I haven't seen a benchmark that compares the new HD series with the X
series. I have an X1950XT. Is the 3879 faster than it?
Augustus said:It walks all over it.....here's a direct comparison of the HD3870 and the
X1950XT with others. It's in German, but the benchmarks are easy to
follow.
http://www.3dchip.de/TestCenter/2007/R3870/benchmarks3.php
It walks all over it.....here's a direct comparison of the HD3870 and the
X1950XT with others. It's in German, but the benchmarks are easy to follow.
http://www.3dchip.de/TestCenter/2007/R3870/benchmarks3.php
KlausK said:Thanks. I'm getting an HD3870!
Fred said:I bought one to replace my x1950xt recently. Apart from the performance
gains and DX10 support, this new card is so much quieter.
Why? 8800GT outperforms HD3870 and costs about the same. They are justKlausK said:Thanks. I'm getting an HD3870!
John Adams said:Why? 8800GT outperforms HD3870 and costs about the same. They are just
hard to find right now. Wait a month or so and they should be easier to
buy.
Especially considering the 8800gt has a performance advantage thatFred said:I prefer the 2D quality of ATI cards.
I have been dissapointed with the 2D quality of the nVidia cards that I have
used in the past.
GTD said:Especially considering the 8800gt has a performance advantage that nobody
but benchmark fanbois would consider mentioning. I agree with you, the 2d
quality makes up for it by miles. .
William said:The 3870 is DX10.1 certified,
the 8800 series is not. It runs
cooler, draws less power, and is a generation ahead of the 8800
series.
J. Clarke said:That and a few bucks will get you a cup of coffee.
But does it perform better in the real world?
William said:The 3870 is DX10.1 certified, the 8800 series is not.
It runs cooler, draws less power,
and is a generation ahead of the 8800 series.
First of One said:Now, if AMD actually released a driver that takes advantage of the
newfound DX10.1 capability (e.g. proper multisample AA with deferred
rendering games like Bioshock and Gears of War), then all the hype might
be worth the paper it's printed on.
Come to think of it, since the hardware is capable, it should be well
within AMD's ability to release something similar to the Chuck patch for
deferred rendering games, in DX9 on XP. But AMD isn't doing any of this.
All the extra transistors required for DX10.1 compliance simply sit there
as dead weight, sucking power. Remember the underwhelming Radeon 8500?
It runs cooler, draws less power,
No it doesn't. The 3870 draws 5W more than the 8800GT at load:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3151&p=11
Load wattage, not idle wattage, is what matters, because it governs PSU
sizing. So really, compared to the 8800GT, the 3870 is slower, draws more
power, and [for most brands] carries a shorter warranty.
It... isn't. The 2900XT was more like a generation behind; the 3870 became
closer to being on par with the 8800 series. ATi/AMD simply does not have
a competitive product this time, much like in the CPU world.
William said:More like 4 or 5 bucks for a cup of coffee now days. What do I
care,
I'm not going to run Vista until it actually out-performs XP Pro.
That could be a year from now as things are looking currently. It
is
interesting though, how the comparisons run on the news sites tend
to
skip that fact. Very Interesting.
Depends on the resolution being compaired. Some resolutions the
3870
out-performs the 8800gt. Other resolutions the 8800gt has a lead.
The two are very similar in performance. But prices give the 3870
the edge in price/performance, for now. However, it does consume
less power and produce less heat for the case and components to deal
with. For what that is worth.
And yes, 2d is better then nvidia
I keep hearing this. In what way is it "better"?