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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

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870118
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT118

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870117
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT115 (-2%)

EXTREME QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870101
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT77 (-24%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT

COMMENT - "We start with an old classic which appears to be very cpu limited for both of the video cards but using the extreme quality settings the power of the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 becomes clear and it outperforms the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT by 24%."

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870211
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT202 (-4%)

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870185
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT134 (-28%)

EXTREME QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870114
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT63 (-45%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT

COMMENT - "Prey is another older game and unlike with Doom 3 the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 quickly shows it's power by firstly beating the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT by 28% and then by a massive 45% when using Extreme Quality."

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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