3870 better than 8800GT in 8x AA?

Found some interesting data - as we know 8800GT is slightly faster than 3870 without AA or with 4x AA, but barely anyone tested with higher antialiasing. Extensive german review about it: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel [...] d_3870/13/

In higher AA modes 3870 pretty much always wins over 8800GT, sometimes with wide margin. Why nobody has noticed this before? Probably because its assumed fps will be too low to be useful, but thing is - diference from 0 AA to 4x is much bigger than 4 to 8x. Also SLI/CrossFire shouldnt be ignored too, its the future for both firms in dual cards setups or in dual-core chip cards.

does the test rig uses pci e 2.0?

R6xx's in lack of ROP and TMU. I don't think 3870 will beat 8800GT under 8aa

The real question though is this; what 8x setting are they using with the 8800GTX and Ultra? If they're using 8xQ AA on the 8800s and 8xCFAA on wide tent with the HD 3800 series, that isn't exactly fair, is it? If they're using equivalent antialiasing settings this is indeed an interesting development, although surprising that we haven't heard about it before. Still, not one of those situations where the HD3870 outperformed the 8800Ultra was at a "playable" framerate so this would be a small victory for the red team.

There is detailed explanation of settings used:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel [...] hd_3870/7/

Too bad I dont understand german, still its obvious they used nVidia 8xQAA and ATI 8xAA with Adaptive AA Off.

if u believe that ati 3870 is better than 8800GT in performance... than your an #$%*^ (>.< )

Who seriously plays with 8xAA on mid-range cards? And at 20fps or less? It's a moot point.

Btw, I like the way you can move the cursor over the graph and it gives you percentages performance of each card relative to the one you have highlighted. Very cool.

nicee....

That's nice to know... except that 8x AA isn't really an improvement on image quality to be honest. There's barely a difference from 4x to 16x, so a small victory indeed if the review is legit, but still means nothing in the real world.

yeah Im buying 3870 its way cheaper here in canada like

Diamond Viper ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI-E w/ VIVO, Dual DVI, HDTV-Out, HDMI


$239.95

vs

8800 GT

The 3870 is $330 here, same as 8800GT. The 3850 is $262.

I payed $240 US for my 8800GT on launch day... Prices are now $330 for the same model. Its in the mail right now, should be here monday or tuesday. =)

Perhaps 3870 prices will jump 50% as well. Only time will tell.