Anand Review: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

[Speederlander]

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

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The Radeon HD 3870 X2 manages to outperform every other single card solution in our tests, being bested only by the 8800 GT SLI which is a good $150 more expensive than the ATI solution. It's worth noting that it looks like AMD had finally solved its DirectX 10 performance issues under Bioshock; it's not just that the 3870 X2 performs well, but AMD's driver team seems to have done some good work over the last few driver revisions.

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http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3209&p=3

[Faktor]

Countdown until Nvidia decides to releases whatever monstrous ace they have up their sleeves?

[LordEC911]

Countdown until Nvidia decides to release whatever monstrous ace they have up their sleeves?

Which has been delayed at least a month...

[MuffinFlavored]

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 manages to outperform every other single card solution in our tests, being bested only by the 8800 GT SLI

Does 8800GT SLI out-perform 8800GTS 512 SLI?

[YukonTrooper]

Does 8800GT SLI out-perform 8800GTS 512 SLI?

Of course not. 8800GTS 512MB SLI wasn't included in the tests.

[cegras]

Does 8800GT SLI out-perform 8800GTS 512 SLI?

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 manages to outperform every other single card solution in our tests, being bested only by the 8800 GT SLI

I've highlighted some important terms for you.

[Brother Esau]

What of the word on New Catalyst Drivers by the 28th????????

[Zytek_Fan]

The CrossFireX drivers won't be available until CeBit apparently...

[zanzabar]

yay for a BS laggy ass degraded 8x pci-e2 slot for the ati card on a 780i MB, that such a fair bench look at the expreview its got like 20-60% better performance on theirs and they were at 600mhz higher clock

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

ARE THEY SERIOUS????!!!!!

BOTH tests are done on a 780i motherboard....thats like saying "hey lets see how this Phenom 9900 performs on the the asus maximus!!!"

this is so much f-ing proof of has biased anandtech really is.

[tranceaddict]

Does 8800GT SLI out-perform 8800GTS 512 SLI?

Does a 8800GT outperform a 8800GTS 512?!

[cegras]

Does 8800GT SLI out-perform 8800GTS 512 SLI?

yay for a BS laggy ass degraded 8x pci-e2 slot for the ati card on a 780i MB, that such a fair bench look at the expreview its got like 20-60% better performance on theirs and they were at 600mhz higher clock

Just curious, where DO you get this info from?

[Zytek_Fan]

yay for a BS laggy ass degraded 8x pci-e2 slot for the ati card on a 780i MB, that such a fair bench look at the expreview its got like 20-60% better performance on theirs and they were at 600mhz higher clock

ARE THEY SERIOUS????!!!!!

BOTH tests are done on a 780i motherboard....thats like saying "hey lets see how this Phenom 9900 performs on the the asus maximus!!!"

this is so much f-ing proof of has biased anandtech really is.

Chipsets most often don't effect performance.

However, there is something fishy with the 8800GT SLI results on Anandtech...

[zanzabar]

its how the sli based pci-e2 controller works on the 780i (should be the same on the skull trail) were it has a split 32x single lane (dual 32x on the skull trail and some others that are coming) and only uses an 8x unless u have an NV card that has a signed with an sli approved card to change it to 16x, unless there is a bios "fix" applied and thats not going to be on the 780i unless u go trough HP/voodoo


the 780i isnt a chipset its a 680i + pci-e2 controller and reference 8 phase digital pwm, its not a chipset platform like say x38 v p35

[Atal]

wow....and how much is nvidia paying anand...??? i mean.. GEEEEZZ! bs

[Brother Esau]

wow....and how much is nvidia paying anand...??? i mean.. GEEEEZZ! bs

Agreed to that

[Brother Esau]

The CrossFireX drivers won't be available until CeBit apparently...

I seriously doubt that will be the case cuz there will be some pissed of Homies if they don't get some drivers out!

[hecktic]

hahaha clever anad tring to feed XS members with BS.

+1 for new review please using neutral motherboard

[BenchZowner]

Mind you... a test with the ATi on a X38 board & the GTs on a 680i/780i will give pretty much the same numbers...

What is lame for both companies ( ATi & nVIDIA ) is the whole delay game ( which is "right" in their way ) and ATi's inability to compete in the high end sector...and in a timely manner.

[eric66]

so they tested ati card with nvidia mobo how about x38 ? i think it is better than nvidia solution

[hecktic]

Mind you... a test with the ATi on a X38 board & the GTs on a 680i/780i will give pretty much the same numbers...

What is lame for both companies ( ATi & nVIDIA ) is the whole delay game ( which is "right" in their way ) and ATi's inability to compete in the high end sector...and in a timely manner.

doesnt change the facts here....

nvidia card tested with nvidia board
ati card tested with nvidia board

in the interest of a fair review they should have tested with a neutral board for both cards such as the X38

most people I imagine wont even bother reading further once they see the test bed used in this review lol

[Nedjo]

this shows just how Anad is lame reviewer:

"A surprisingly successful FPS on the PC, Call of Duty 4 also lacks any sort of in-game benchmark so we benchmark the cut scene at the beginning of the first mission. We start the frame rate counter as soon as we're in the helicopter and stop once the man in the chair gets shot."

1. success of CoD4 is all but not surprising
2. this way of testing is completely flawed in terms of real gameplay performance!

[BenchZowner]

doesnt change the facts here....

nvidia card tested with nvidia board
ati card tested with nvidia board

in the interest of a fair review they should have tested with a neutral board for both cards such as the X38

most people I imagine wont even bother reading further once they see the test bed used in this review lol

What matters the most is real life.

For example...user 1 has a nice system up & running, and he's looking for a new graphics card.
He goes out and grabs a new card... is he going or really need to change the board ? Nope.

[duploxxx]

Chipsets most often don't effect performance.

However, there is something fishy with the 8800GT SLI results on Anandtech...

had the same thought when i saw that 8800gt sli performance, saw other reviews on the net of 3870cf against 8800gt sli where cf was the most interesting, however looking at anand review.....

[spursindonesia]

Most likely, peeps who want to run a HD 3870X2 card will use Intel chipset for Intel Platform and AMD chipset for AMD platform. So go ahead, test 8800 GT SLI with nVidia SLI board, but also using that particular board to test ATi card is just a biased review demonstrated right in front of us.