Radeon 3870 vs. GeForce 8800GT

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Matt

Hey guys. I'm struggling to see which of the Radeon 3870 and the
GeForce 8800GT has the better performance.

Basically I'm getting a motherboard with an X48 chipset, so I'm
leaning towards the Radeon so that in the future I could CrossFire two
3870's rather then buying a completly new card. Tomshardware also
suggests that the Radeon is a far superior card:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/graphics-cards/3dmark06-v1-0-2-hdr-sm3-0-score,538.html#

(Click "View all products" at the bottom)

However, I went on the 3dMark06 ORB comparison website to check this
for myself. To contradict Tomshardware, this website states that the
GeForce 8800GT is the superior card:

http://www.yougamers.com/hardware/stats/3dmark06/priceandperformance/

Therefore, I thought I would ask the experts! Which of these two cards
(which are roughly the same price) will be the best card for me as a
reasonabely serious gamer?

Kind Rgeards,

Matt
 
Sorry, missed one thing.

My statement about the Radeon 3870 being superior on Tomshardware was
based on the 8800GT being overclocked to get a score of 6023. Well
that's what I'm assuming "OC" stands for! If I'm mistaken feel free to
correct me :)

Kind Regards,

Matt
 
Nope. This early in the 48xx chipset's lifecycle, the lowest-priced 4850
simply means it uses the reference ATi board design with the reference ATi
cooler. This way the card vendor doesn't incurr any additional engineering
and development expenses.
Click to expand...

As I can get a top 3870 for £100, is their a decent performance
difference between the 3870 and the 4850 to make it worth my while?

Kind Regards,

Matt
 
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