GT 280/260 performance comparison to 3870X2

[gOJDO]

CJ sent us a performance chart comparing Radeon HD 3870 X2 against the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 on some of the games out there. Although, the benchmarks are done internally by Nvidia but it is probably conclusive to compare GTX 280 and GTX 260 here. The drivers for GeForce GTX 200 cards is the upcoming GeForce Release 177 while the drivers for 3870 X2 is a rather old Catalyst 8.3.

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/GeFo...ance/5817.html

The GT200 are basically kicking the crap out of 3870X2, but not as much as some people on this forum think.

Now, we need some 4870 & 4870X2 benches.

EDIT: Because the chart on the slide is misleading I made another one where the performance ratio is represented in proportion:

[zanzabar]

how is this news its got no info on specs or settings and has no actual numbers as well as being out of proportion

[CarpeDiem]

Insane! Crazy Performance, can't wait to see it in action.

[revogamer]

already posted in the 9900GTX & GTS thread in sticky - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...185628&page=35

[v0dka]

Thanks for correcting the misleading chart. The GTX260 looks quite attractive.

already posted in the 9900GTX & GTS thread in sticky - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...185628&page=35

That doesnt mean its not welcome here. I dont read that whole thread.

[zerazax]

This has been posted in both the threads

Seriously, please read those threads before you post "new" news

PS - Cat 8.3? Lol

[bill_d]

just shows how much faster thay are to what the 3870x2 Was not to it is now, add bars for a 3870x2 w/8.5 and 8.6beta then see if it looks so good for the 260

[Tim]

Thanks for correcting the misleading chart. The GTX260 looks quite attractive.



That doesnt mean its not welcome here. I dont read that whole thread.

We don't need another thread.

[Jodiuh]

Why do they bother w/ numbers? What about a big ball. It could be green...the other would be red and not quite as large. Then if they really needed numbers and random letters, it could be dipped in honey and thrown into a scrabble pit.

So this thing will not destroy my PSU, right? Gotta love a hot summer followed by a hot video card to screw w/ my cooling and OC.

[largon]

Catalyst 8.3.
*facepalm*

This is a completely, totally and utterly useless chart, no matter how one corrects the proportions.

[Luka_Aveiro]

Catalyst 8.3.
*facepalm*

This is a completely, totally and utterly useless chart, no matter how one corrects the proportions.

QFT.

You may close this thread

[Calmatory]

Lol, Nvidia desperately fighting ATI's OLD GEN hardware and they need to show ATI's results with 3 months old drivers to make their new product look good!

[Luka_Aveiro]

Lol, Nvidia desperately fighting ATI's OLD GEN hardware and they need to show ATI's results with 3 months old drivers to make their new product look good!

If ATIs HD3870X2 is old gen, it should have good drivers 3 months ago, no???

I wouldn't call it old gen, because you only got good drivers about 2 months ago, not that long to consider a product old gen, is it?

And I don't think this is a desperate act, is just BS marketing.

[Shintai]

Looks like 2008 will be another year with complete nVidia dominance.

[Hornet331]

Looks like 2008 will be another year with complete nVidia dominance.

performance wise for sure, but i think the price/performance battle will get very interesting.

[strange|ife]

still waiting on 4800's performance, but have a feeling the G280 will come out a bit above..ATI should just give up soon if this is the case..

G260 look's like a nice card for my needs

[GoThr3k]

still waiting on 4800's performance, but have a feeling the G280 will come out a bit above..ATI should just give up soon if this is the case..

G260 look's like a nice card for my needs

nvidia is just crazy enough to produce such an enormous chip... (in size, i dont know anbout performance)
ATI/AMD is all about price/performance lately, they dont seem to care much about the enthusiast market

[adamsleath]

Lol, Nvidia desperately fighting ATI's OLD GEN hardware and they need to show ATI's results with 3 months old drivers to make their new product look good!

yeah; but at least they have shown a result vs. ati ...*crickets*...

[duploxxx]

Looks like 2008 will be another year with complete nVidia dominance.

actually I would expect you to comment on this with: larabee will have total dominance by end 2008

but your current comment is already one to "complete" remember

btw redesigned chart looks provides much better information

[wkmgt]

Thanks for the post gO.

[perkam]

Don't blame the messenger people. Gojdo is just trying to help spread the word.

Perkam

[Papu]

thanks for the new chart , it doesnt skew things as much good work

[gallardo]

yeah; but at least they have shown a result vs. ati ...*crickets*...

Crickets!

[lapdog]

It is somewhat misleading. IF the 4870x2 is twice as fast as the 3870x2 it would win half of those tests and the GTX'es would only have solid wins in two.

[perkam]

It is somewhat misleading. IF the 4870x2 is twice as fast as the 3870x2 it would win half of those tests and the GTX'es would only have solid wins in two.

The 4870 is not twice as fast as the 3870 so the 4870X2 will definitely not be twice as fast as a 3870X2.

In fact, early drivers for the 4870X2 (which is July we're talking about btw) will most likely have minor scaling issues just as the 3870X2 did, it will have a smaller performance delta than the 4870 vs the 3870.

The 4870 AT MOST (with huge amounts of wishful thinking) will only be about 50% faster than the 3870 in games and real world applications. It will be a lot faster in benchmarks but I don't "play" benchies,