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SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 review featuring the powerful Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 video card from ATI. The Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is compared to Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT which the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 replaces."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.5
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY 2 x 1GB OCUK PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3
DIRECTX v9.0c

3DMARK 2006

FINAL SCORE

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 38708254
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT6127 (-26%)

SHADER MODEL 2.0

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 38703537
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT2338 (-34%)

SHADER MODEL 3.0

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 38704398
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT2924 (-34%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 puts in a great performance beating the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT by 26%. More impressive still is that the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 outperforms the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT by 34% with SM2.0 and SM3.0."

3DMARK 2006 GAMES

RETURN TO PROXYCON

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387030
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT19 (-37%)

FIREFLY FOREST

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387030
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT21 (-30%)

CANYON FLIGHT

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387051
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT29 (-43%)

DEEP FREEZE

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387037
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT31 (-16%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 really makes these 3dmark 2006 games really fly with victory after victory over the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT. Especailly impressive is the result for Canyon Flight which is a SM3.0 test with HDR and the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 beats the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT by 43%."

3DMARK 2006 FILL RATE

SINGLE-TEXTURING

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 38706478
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT4761 (-27%)

MULTI-TEXTURING

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387012164
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT9797 (-19%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 offers between 19% to 27% more Fill Rate compared to the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT."

3DMARK 2006 SHADERS

PIXEL SHADER

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870541
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT378 (-30%)

VERTEX SHADER - SIMPLE

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870298
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT174 (-42%)

VERTEX SHADER - COMPLEX

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870194
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT60 (-69%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT

COMMENT - "The Unified Shaders of the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 should give it the edge with these Shader intensive benchmarks. The Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 puts in some very impressive results outperforming the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT by 30% to 69%."

SHADERMARK

SM3.0

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387035004
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT19270 (-41%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT

COMMENT - "Shadermark is a pure benchmark for Shaders and the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 puts in a very good 41% victory over the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 REVIEW

PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006 AND SHADERMARK
PAGE 3 - DOOM 3 AND PREY
PAGE 4 - LOST PLANET AND WORLD IN CONFLICT
PAGE 5 - SUPREME COMMANDER FORGED ALLIANCE AND CRYSIS

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