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HIS RADEON HD 3870 REVIEW

"The HIS Radeon HD 3870 is compared to the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The HIS Radeon HD 3870 RV670 GPU is clocked 24% faster, has 21% faster memory and 208 more Pixel Shaders compared to XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The HIS Radeon HD 3870 was tested with Doom 3, World in Conflict, Farcry, Gunmetal and X3 Reunion"

HIS RADEON HD 3870


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD HIS RADEON HD 3870
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.10
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v178.13 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 X2 4800
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY 2 x 1GB OCUK PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3
DIRECTX v9.0c

DOOM 3

MEDIUM QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 3870131
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT135

HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 3870113
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT117

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 3870100
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT93

HIS RADEON HD 3870 XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "The HIS Radeon HD 3870 loses to the XFX GeForce 8800 GT by only 1%."

WORLD IN CONFLICT

MEDIUM QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387065
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT66

HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387040
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT41

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387026
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT28

HIS RADEON HD 3870 XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "It's another close result for the HIS Radeon HD 3870 and XFX GeForce 8800 GT. However the XFX GeForce 8800 GT manages a slim victory over the HIS Radeon HD 3870 of 3%."

FARCRY

MEDIUM QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 3870109
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT114

HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 3870103
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT110

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387090
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT98

HIS RADEON HD 3870 XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "The HIS Radeon HD 3870 loses to the XFX GeForce 8800 GT by 7% in another close result."

GUNMETAL

MEDIUM QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387081
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT85

HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387079
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT81

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387063
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT72

HIS RADEON HD 3870 XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "Although the HIS Radeon HD 3870 puts in a good performance the XFX GeForce 8800 GT wins by 7%."

X3 REUNION

MEDIUM QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387042
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT46

HIGH QUALITY

HIS RADEON HD 387032
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT26

HIS RADEON HD 3870 XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "The HIS Radeon HD 3870 beats the XFX GeForce 8800 GT by 3%."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The HIS Radeon HD 3870 is a very nice video card but it was usually beaten by the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The HIS Radeon HD 3870 has all of the latest features like GDDR4 Memory, 320 Pixel Shaders but it was still beaten by the XFX GeForce 8800 GT which uses GDDR3 memory and only has 112 Pixel Shaders. The HIS Radeon HD 3870 is not slow and was only usually 5% slower than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. For this reason I am recommending the HIS Radeon HD 3870 because it is available over 10% cheaper than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT which makes the HIS Radeon HD 3870 great value for money."
HIS RADEON HD 3870 SCORES 8/10!

HIS RADEON HD 3870 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - HIS RADEON HD 3870 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006 RESULT
PAGE 3 - AQUAMARK3, FURMARK, DIRECT3D, LIGHTSPEED AND POWERVR FABLE
PAGE 4 - WORLD IN CONFLICT, FARCRY, X3 REUNION AND FINAL RESULT

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