Radeon 3870 vs. Geforce 8800gt benchmark

Hey,

new benchmark out @legionhardware.com.

Fair bit of depth in there I think, going to take a look now.

http://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=703

Thanks for the article. I'll be sure to check it out.

Judging soley by this reviews, I'm not going to say I am dissapointed, but it does look like I will be going with that 8800GT.

amd needs to put out new drivers!!

im so dissapointed!

wow.... what the hell is ATI doing...

Well, the review is a bit crappy- number of tests is small, AA settings in different game tests are all different, erratic, reviewer's comments tend to be only about 1900x1200, and like almost everywere, reviewer seem to promote nVidia, and downgrade ATi.
However, if more extensive testing prove speed ratio of 3870vs8800gt the same as in this review, I''l probably buy 8800gt 512mb or 3850 512mb, wichever better in price/performance.

Yeah the tone was a bit much really, but then again he has a point.

However, playability at higher esolutions was not all that different from the 8800gt. Company of heros dx9 would be choppy at times over 1400x900 on the 3870, and @1900x1200 on the 8800gt, and quake wars is not really an option at 1900x1200 on the 3870, but it is on the 8800gt. Farcry should be ignored as it was a piece of p1ss for all cards at 1900x1200, and, well, dx10 is a bit beyond ati for a little while yet. Like for most gamers then

This isn't a surprise its what we were all expecting apart from the performance gap being so large between the 3870 and the 8800gt and the price difference being so small.

Hence its price/peformance ratio is not as good as the 8800gt's.

I had ATI card for the past 5 years, was a loyal customer until the 8800GT, which I bought. Even if AMD does put out a optimized driver, how much real-world performance can it provide. Although this is just one benchmark, the results were actually dis-heartening. I wanted the 8800GT to win (afterall I did buy it), but this looks like a pretty bad for the 3800 series. I almost feel bad for AMD/ATI. Hold the champagne.

Exactly bildo123 thats what I'm saying. Optimised drivers can only make so much difference. Its the hardware that needs to be changed.

At the end of day it doesn't make any difference to me I will buy whatever has the best price/performance.

But as an electronics engineer I can't understand why any of the fellas over at AMD/ATI would be satisfied with their work. Knowing that the competitors product is better. Especially when a few elementary changes would reduce the performance difference if not overturn it.

Well, they might not be all that happy with it themselves, but then again (generally) faster, cheaper and more power efficient is a good achievment from a technical point of view, and they have been first GPU manufacturer to mass produce on the 55nm process. Not overly impressed with it though. If only all this was a few months ago....

Link doesnt work

all i can say is immature drivers

I just read the reviews at vr-zone, tweaktown and legion hardware.

At legion hardware I don't know why they used the 7.9 catalyst, but the review wasn't very complete, there was a lack of info in some parts.

At vr-zone they said that they used the ATI 8.43 drivers (linux drivers??), not good results for the 3870 nor the 3850 (you aren't supposed to use a 256mb card at 1920x1200 and higher res).

And at tweaktown they used some beta drivers included in the package (they didn't mention the version) and in that review the things were better for the 3870, much tigher results (the 8800gt still wins at most benchmarks).

Well, that gives me the hope that with the next drivers the 3000 series will have a nice performance boost.

I still want to see the real prices of the cards.

(I'm not a fanboy xD, just want that ATI gives a fight for the sake of the consumers)

It's part of the AMD standard hardware launch. Either the product is not available (aka paper launch) or the performance at launch smells like foul eggs because the drivers still need a few more days (weeks, well, more likely months) to show up. Usually they tend to screw up the prices then - offering their midrange close to the competitions high end or something like that. In a few weeks things will sort itself out.

I don't understand why people complain. It's been that way with AMD for quite some time. Why can't people be happy that there actually is a product at all? I mean, they just could've launched the 3870 Logo or something.

Don't worry. TH came through and they gave us a nice review on the 3800. Came out just now.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/1 [...] n_hd_3800/