Asus Trinity 3850X3?!?

Darkwave · 26 Mar 2008 at 14:15

Happy said:
Ulfhedjinn, you mean currently, or has the potential to be? Beacause in the benchies I have seen of the 9800GTX. It seems to be very close to a 9800GX2 except at a very high res with AA AF; even then it's above the 3870X2 (bar oblivion).

I'm working on the assumption that the 9800GTX will perform on par with an 8800GTS 512MB. I've not read any of the dodgy Tweaktown or anonymous Chinese benches that have been put out there because they've proven time and time again to be completely way off the mark once the product is actually released.

If I'm right about the 9800GTX equalling an 8800GTS 512MB, or maybe the 8800GTX at an unlikely stretch, then the 3870X2 is easily as good and better in some situations. I came from an 8800GTX myself and have been extremely impressed (only complaint is that the 3870X2 is stupidly loud in comparison.)

ffallic said:
Why don't we wait until real reviews are out before stating how the 9800gtx performs... and not those useless tweaktown articles?

Exactly, they're always entirely wrong. The benchmarks they have up don't even make sense I've heard.

Happy · 26 Mar 2008 at 15:23

lol @ ffallic, Ulfhedjinn I take back my statements

willhub · 26 Mar 2008 at 15:26

An 9800GTX will easilly beat a 8800GTS 640mb, look at the 8800GT that does easilly and the 9800GTX is an overclocked GTS 512 so its going to.

Darkwave · 26 Mar 2008 at 15:27

willhub said:
An 9800GTX will easilly beat a 8800GTS 640mb, look at the 8800GT that does easilly and the 9800GTX is an overclocked GTS 512 so its going to.

Sorry I made a typo, I meant 8800GTS 512MB. I'll edit my last post.

If like you said, the 9800GTX is an overclocked 8800GTS 512MB (and I believe the same) then ATI already has its competitor in the 3870X2 as I mentioned in post #18. They're all set until R700 now IMO.

As I also mentioned though, I don't think this Asus Trinity 3850 will be able to compete with the 9800GX2.

ACESHIGH · 27 Mar 2008 at 10:35

ASUS EAH3850 Trinity specifications, benchmarks

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7559.html

3DMark 03: 94,110 points

3DMark 06: 24,909 points

Kinc has served us with some benchmarks with the card, using an air cooled system and the card overclocked to the maximum setting in Catalyst Control Center, 769/1053MHz, he managed to achieve some quite impressive scores.

Darkwave · 27 Mar 2008 at 10:44

ACESHIGH said:
ASUS EAH3850 Trinity specifications, benchmarks

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7559.html

That's very impressive but I think most of that is the CPU being at nearly 4.6GHz.

eyetrip · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:31

What they really need to learn how to do is have more than one core using the same memory. Just seems like such a waste having to chuck on 3 x 512mb, but still only have 512MB effective memory...

P373 · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:33

if you have a look at the benchies shown on that review it actually shows the pcie is set to x8? might hinder the benchies a bit

http://www.nordichardware.com/image3.php?id=4799

Shocky-FM · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:55

Watercooling = fail.

Darkwave · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:57

Shocky-FM said:
Watercooling = fail.

Can you imagine the size/noise of an air cooler though?

I'm sure Asus would be happy to pay you a fortune if you can do better.

Shocky-FM · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:00

Ulfhedjinn said:
Can you imagine the size/noise of an air cooler though?

I'm sure Asus would be happy to pay you a fortune if you can do better.

I don't care, I'm not touching anything that needs watercooling, a new case and PSU.

Schnippzle · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:01

how does that need a new case?

Darkwave · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:02

Shocky-FM said:
I don't care, I'm not touching anything that needs watercooling, a new case and PSU.

Then don't buy one, nobody is forcing you.

Schnippzle said:
how does that need a new case?

Good question, I think Shocky-FM woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Shocky-FM · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:11

Ulfhedjinn said:
Good question, I think Shocky-FM woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Don't have room to accommodate a radiator/fan without a new case.

Darkwave · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:14

Shocky-FM said:
Don't have room to accommodate a radiator/fan without a new case.

Then like I said, don't buy one. They're not forcing you.

Buy a 9800GX2 or something instead if you need something top-end.

Shocky-FM · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:18

Ulfhedjinn said:
Then like I said, don't buy one. They're not forcing you.

Buy a 9800GX2 or something instead if you need something top-end.

Naa, waiting for faster single gpu based cards, don't want anything using sli or crossfire.

Darkwave · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:22

Shocky-FM said:
Naa, waiting for faster single gpu based cards, don't want anything using sli or crossfire.

That's fair lol but in honestly, I have never used SLI, but the Crossfire in my X2 works absolutely great.

Shocky-FM · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:28

Ulfhedjinn said:
That's fair lol but in honestly, I have never used SLI, but the Crossfire in my X2 works absolutely great.

Well i've used 7800GTX SLI and 7950GX2, both experiences were not great, microstutering was somewhat irritating and that only gets worse with more GPU's.

Scougar · 27 Mar 2008 at 15:42

In the fudzilla article it mentions 'on air', so I don't think asus will release a 3850 based card (mid-range based) that will need water-cooling on the production version. It just goes to show how adaptable crossfire/crossfire-x is.

This is why competition is good. It forced ATI and it's partners to do something different in order to compete. Well done, and I hope it won't be an asus only card, permanently, as that would really suck.

Matthew

Happy · 27 Mar 2008 at 19:22

Awesome results, should be provide some good competition if it comes out