Quick Review on the HD3870!

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:21

Hey guys, first "legit" looking brief review has been posted with a quick test of the HD3870 vs the 8800GT in both 3DMark06 and Crysis DX10!

http://iax-tech.com/video/3870/38701.htm

It seems to stay pretty close to the GT in both cases and even with AA applied in 3DMark06 however we know ATi does well in 3D Mark anyways! DX10 performance in crysis is poor on both so far as expected with a 2fps difference however they note the NVidia image quality in Crysis is poorer as we all know they cheated with the drivers in their reflections

Anyways have a look!

Tute · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:26

Interesting, but like all others, i'll wait for the "official" sites first thanks.

I don't understand why it's not been tested against a range of cards either - I know i'd be interested in it's performance against the GTX, GTS, and the 2900XT.

The Asgard · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:36

Tute said:
I don't understand why it's not been tested against a range of cards either - I know i'd be interested in it's performance against the GTX, GTS, and the 2900XT.

Can you not infer that from the results?

We know the performance of the GT against other cards.

Good find mate, interesting

willhub · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:43

I dont trust that site, just does not seem right, besides, my performance in Crysis is miles ahead of there results with the 8800GT or 3870.

Azza · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:47

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2550279&postcount=844

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2550291&postcount=846

I myself trust the stuff Denny comes out to be legit.

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:49

willhub said:
I dont trust that site, just does not seem right, besides, my performance in Crysis is miles ahead of there results with the 8800GT or 3870.

On vista yeah? Just curious if its XP or Vista your using mate

The results are at least encouraging, for me however the clincher could be the price and availability of course

willhub · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:51

Both, havent tried in Vista, just noticed it was DX10, I'll give it a go see what I get.

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:54

willhub said:
Both, havent tried in Vista, just noticed it was DX10, I'll give it a go see what I get.

Vista is bad lol! Tried it on my HD2900XT!

XP with the DX10 features certainly seems the best way to play the game so far!

willhub · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:55

jrodga2k5 said:
Vista is bad lol! Tried it on my HD2900XT! XP with the DX10 features certainly seems the best way to play the game so far!

hehe I use XP for Crysis mainly.

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:56

willhub said:
hehe I use XP for Crysis mainly.

Hence why I have Vista on one hard drive and XP on the other, better safe than sorry eh

gareth170 · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:04

well i run crysis dx10 @ 1680x1050, medium detail , no AA, runs very smooth...

Avg: 39.525 - Min: 21 - Max: 61

high setting drops to around 19fps

willhub · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:04

In Vista at 1280x1024 all high, 4xAA I got minimum fps of 9.59, max of 31.50 and average of 20.82.

I'll try 1280x1024 all high, 0xAA.

So 1280x1024 all high 0xAA in Vista I get: min 28.72, max 49.42 and average of 39.43.

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:06

willhub said:
In Vista at 1280x1024 all high, 4xAA I got minimum fps of 9.59, max of 31.50 and average of 20.82.

I'll try 1280x1024 all high, 0xAA.

Interesting as thats much higher! Makes you wonder about the review really :S Also High or Very High? Im sure its max details in the review

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:06

gareth170 said:
well i run crysis dx10 @ 1680x1050, medium detail , runs very smooth...

Avg: 39.525 - Min: 21 - Max: 61

Why are you not running it on high mate? Surely at High it doesnt effect it that much, only in Highest would you have possible unplayable framerates

willhub · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:09

How do you get rid of that stupid shadow stretch? Its only happening in Vista :\.

At 1680x105, all medium I get 40.50fps minimum, 58.90fps average and 84.95 max.

At 1680x1050, all high, 0xAA I get : 20.76minimum, 29.44fps average and 38.10 max.

And tbh medium looks better in some ways compared to high.

gareth170 · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:11

jrodga2k5 said:
Why are you not running it on high mate? Surely at High it doesnt effect it that much, only in Highest would you have possible unplayable framerates

in high it drops around 19fps if i remember rightly. ill check now

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:26

willhub said:
How do you get rid of that stupid shadow stretch? Its only happening in Vista :\.

At 1680x105, all medium I get 40.50fps minimum, 58.90fps average and 84.95 max.

At 1680x1050, all high, 0xAA I get : 20.76minimum, 29.44fps average and 38.10 max.

And tbh medium looks better in some ways compared to high.

I think its just driver issues on Vista mate! There are more pressing ATi issues in the demo like the flashing textures from rocks etc on XP! A few of us have seen red textures on rocks and them disappearing at times lol!

Whats the game like on Very High btw?

willhub · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:28

jrodga2k5 said:
I think its just driver issues on Vista mate! There are more pressing ATi issues in the demo like the flashing textures from rocks etc on XP! A few of us have seen red textures on rocks and them disappearing at times lol!

Whats the game like on Very High btw?

Slow on very high

, need XP for that.

Fothsn · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:34

This turned into a 8800GT crysis benchmark thread?

Looks promising from ATI/AMD if indeed they can price the card correct, I may regret not waiting a little longer for the HD3870.

jrodga2k5 · 12 Nov 2007 at 11:41

willhub said:
Slow on very high , need XP for that.

Thought so mate

Im assuming the benchmark is on Very High in the review!

fothsn said:
Looks promising from ATI/AMD if indeed they can price the card correct, I may regret not waiting a little longer for the HD3870.

I just offloaded my Pro as I want to give something else a go! Could be this to see how it all turns out with power, noise etc or it could be that powerhouse which is the 8800gt