Prey

Even though Prey may be a bit older game compared against many of the other ones we are testing, it still provides a workout of even the best graphics cards on the market. This time we have enabled its Graphics Boost feature (Gboost in the charts) and run through a custom timedemo.


Even though this game may be getting on a bit in age, it seems that even at the highest resolution supported the HD3870 TOP is able to hang tough against some pretty fierce competition. It once again stays about 5% faster than a stock card but this time it seems that clock speeds don’t make much of a difference.


Unreal Tournament III

With absolutely stunning graphics, this popular online FPS provides great visuals to go hand-in-hand with palm-sweating gameplay.

For these tests we set up a 15 minute Bot Match on the Serenity level and let it play though. All of the results were recorded with FRAPS.


In Unreal Tournament, the higher clocks of the ASUS card do not make any noticeable difference in gameplay whatsoever. In every one of the resolutions, we are actually seeing a LESS than 5% increase in frame rates which really isn’t anything to write home about. If you are someone who plays this game and is considering a HD3870, it is best to stick to the lower-priced stock card rather than pick of an overclocked HD3870.