3DMark06

While some may wonder at the use of still including 3DMark06 in the tests it gives us a good idea of the basic limitations of a graphics card. Since the standard test runs at 1280x1024 there will be a fair amount of CPU bottlenecking with higher-end cards and remember that in some cases a higher 3DMark score does not equate better performance.




It seems that in 3DMark06, the increase in clocks ASUS has given their TOP edition HD3870 benefited it in some small ways over the stock-clocked card. That being said, this bump to an 851Mhz core is enough to get it to within about 400 points of a stock 8800GT 512MB.