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XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT REVIEW

"XFX GeForce 8800 GT review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The XFX GeForce 8800 GT has a 23% lower clock speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870, 20% less memory speed and the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is using fast GDDR4 memory while the XFX GeForce 8800 GT is using GDDR3 memory. Software used for benchmarking was Bio-Shock, Call of Duty 4 and Quake Wars."

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v178.13 WHQL
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.9 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 920
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

BIO-SHOCK

NORMAL QUALITY

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT85
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387084

HIGH QUALITY

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT64
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387069

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT55
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387060

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870

COMMENT - "Bio-Shock starts off as a draw between the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 pulls ahead beating the XFX GeForce 8800 GT by 9%."

ENEMY TERRITORY
QUAKE WARS

NORMAL QUALITY

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT70
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387056

HIGH QUALITY

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT41
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387042

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT37
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 387036

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870

COMMENT - "Quake Wars is an odd result with the XFX GeForce 8800 GT clearly beating the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 by 20%. However things quickly turn into a draw between the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 with no clear winner."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce 8800 GT is a powerful video card delivering excellent performance and was easily a match for the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The XFX GeForce 8800 GT easily beat the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 with 3dmark Vantage, Battlefield 2142 and Call of Duty 4. 3dmark Vantage was the biggest victory for the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and it was 46% faster than the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The reason for this is that the XFX GeForce 8800 GT has Physx support while the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 doesn't. It isn't yet known how important Physx will become in the future but if 3dmark Vantage is a good indicator then it shows how much better the XFX GeForce 8800 GT will be compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 (IE 46% BETTER!)."
BEST BUY
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT SCORES 9/10!

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE AND BATTLEFIELD 2142
PAGE 3 - MORE GAMES BENCHMARKS AND FINAL RESULT

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