HD3870 X2 first review out
ATI’s HD 3870 X2 should begin selling selling tomorrow but the reviews are already published for several hours. The full review is here in Chinese, and here is some highlights:
Test Bed:
CPU：Intel Core 2 Duo QX6850 OC（LGA775、3.60G、4096K SmartCache L2 x 2）400 x 9 = 3600MHz（DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15）
Mobo：Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6
Memory：PNY DDR2-1066 1GB x 2
HDD: Seagate 7200.10 SATA 320G
VGA card: Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB（825/1800）(core/memory)
GeForce 8800Ultra 768M(612/2160/1512)(core/memory/shader)
3Dmark06：
Crysis（they did not run any demo. The test method is walking on the beach for two minutes）：
COD4：（The beginning of the “ship” level）
Power consumption test：
HD3870 X2 platform，334W
8800Ultra platform，303W
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
We need to see your bench too! They beat you to it!
More games please and as less crappy dx10 as possible. Some dx9 call of juarez scores would be nice.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Yes, please give us some good game tests. CoH, WiC, Oblivion, etc. No BS dx10 either
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
[...] side but not much when we consider that 8800GT often go above 80 degrees. Power consumption can be seen here Of course, we also need to keep in mind that GF9800 GX2 is also slated to appear within two-three [...]
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
@Stas
There’s a link to the source article on pconline, you can find there more info on diagrams, tables even if you don’t speak chinese.
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 am
New VCards are very depends of CPU clock! My GF 8800GT+AMD_DC_5200+@3250_(250×13) in 3dMark06 can show ~11200 marks, but in different views this card on CORE2DUO(QUAD) with freq above 3500Ghz show 13000-14500 marks. In my opinion, when AMD optimize its drivers and using fast CPU any results will more & more better, than we can see above! Goodluck and never buy new VC because of its price more than real
DejaVu, Ukraine
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 am
if this thing was 2900xt amd have’nt any problems…:-( but what we are seeing today is a huge progress(they kick some @$$), and when they start to sell phenom8600 i’ll be the first one who will buy it…:-):-):-)
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:59 am
and i’m really sorry that soon nvidia will announce 9800gx2 and he will return his name of the king…i wish that amd reanalyze their understanding of overclocking(and phenom 8600 can work on 2.7-3.0 Ghz)
March 18th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Is the power consumtion the total power of the system or the card alone?