ATI Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Review

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig | January 28, 2008

Test System & Setup

System Used

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.5Ghz
Memory: 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 @ 1556Mhz
Motherboard: Asus Blitz Extreme
Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATAII
Fans: 5X Yate Loon 120mm @ 1200RPM
Monitor: LG Flatron L2000CN-BF (1600X1200, 1280x1024)
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Graphics Cards:

ATI HD3870 X2 (Engineering Sample)
XFX 8800GTS 512MB (stock)
Asus 8800GTX 768MB (stock)
Nvidia 8800GT 512MB (stock)
HIS Radeon HD3870 512MB (stock & Crossfire)

Drivers:

ATI Catalyst 8.451.2-080 (HD3870 X2)
ATI Catalyst 8.1
Nvidia 169.25

Applications Used:

3DMark06 Professional
Call of Juarez
Company of Heroes
Crysis
Half Life 2: Episode 2
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Prey
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
World in Conflict

*Notes:

- All games tested have been patched to their latest version

- The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed

- All scores you see are the averages after 4 benchmark runs

- It is VERY important to note that we are using updated drivers. Thus, some scores may be different from our last reviews.

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