The HD 3870/50 Thread

[Neji415]

hey..anybody here have a Accelero S1 rev2 on a 3870....if yes can u tell me how is it?

 

[Neji415]

Hey Houserat....any chance of me getting up on the wall of fame for both 3870 and 4870...will be getting my 4870 in a couple of days...then will bench both and put up some screens.......... I dunt know why i am getting so Freakin Excited.... !!! ROFL

 

[xbiker321]

My 2 3870's in crossfire have lasted me a year and half...don't think I've stuck with a video card setup this long before. Just wanted to say how happy I am with them.

 

[monohouse]

damn ! I got graphics freezes with the 3870 in furmark at 1012/1200 and 1026/1200, im going to try 999/1200, maybe I don't have enough voltage, but I don't want to put more voltage into it. I tried to go "where no man has gone before", but im afraid I won't be able to come back...LOL

damn 999/1200 froze after 700 seconds, btw im using the new voltmod with 4.30 kohm it should be around 1.57V but I haven't checked the voltage yet, im sure at 972/1200 it is fine.

 

[AEternal1]

bus speed difference, and driver difference testing

i decided to play, and here are my results:

PC Wizard 2009 Version 1.90
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Owner: Microsoft
Organisation: Microsoft
User: March
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Professional 6.01.7600
Report Date: Friday 22 January 2010 at 08:22

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Mainboard : EVGA EVGA P55 SLI E657
Chipset : Intel P55
Processor : Intel Core i7 850 @ 4.200 MHz
Physical Memory : 4096 MB (4 x 1024 DDR3-SDRAM )OCZ GOLD 1333@ 2000MHZ 9-9-9-
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 3870X2 ATI Radeon HD 3870


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***** End of report *****


3870X2 8Xspeed, no xfire 3870 8x SPEED NO XFIRE. ATI DRIVERS
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 325179.10 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 890.39 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 80222.16 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 220.27 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1649.71 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 743.2 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
408905 :

3870X2 8Xspeed xfire 3870 8X SPEED XFIRE ATI DRIVERS.
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 326141.10 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 887.23 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 79569.94 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 220.62 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1651.96 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 744.19 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
409215 :

3870X2 single card MICROSOFT DRIVERS
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 326005.90 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 881.61 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 80349.08 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 221.39 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1664.66 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 743.82 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
409866 :

3870X2 single card, microsoft drivers
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 324477.80 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 884.68 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 79358.44 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 220.21 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1649.97 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 742.92 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
407334 :

3870X2 hardware xfire,microsoft drivers,16X3870X2, 4X3870
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 333270.00 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 887.52 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 80119.44 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 219.99 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1650.07 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 747.235 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
416894 :

3870X2 hardware xfire,ATI drivers,16X3870X2, 4X3870
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 330362.30 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 888.89 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 79057.39 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 220.73 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1648.76 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 743.015 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
412921 :

3870X2 hardware xfire,microsoft drivers,16X3870X2, 4X3870
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 321748.50 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 878.50 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 80115.09 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 223.04 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1666.13 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 740.52 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
405372 :

3870X2 hardware xfire,microsoft drivers,16X3870X2, 4X3870
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 318017.20 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 887.37 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 79818.67 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 223.12 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1660.50 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 735.84 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
401343 :
DID THE ATI DRIVERS RECONFIGURE, AND MESS UP, THE MICROSOFT DRIVERS?
********** I UNINSTALL THE MICROSOFT DRIVERS, REBOOT, REBOOT SECOND TIME**********
3870X2 hardware xfire,microsoft drivers,16X3870X2, 4X3870
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 333346.40 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 915.93 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 79489.37 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 211.41 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1642.74 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 769.175 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
416375 :

3870X2 hardware xfire,microsoft drivers,16X3870X2, 4X3870
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 335019.70 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 915.60 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 80102.47 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 212.30 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1642.08 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 766 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
418658 :

HUH! NOT ONLY ARE THE ATI POORER PERFORMERS THAN MICROSOFT DRIVERS, BUT THEY'RE A POOR SPORT TOO, AND KICKED THE MICROSOFT

DRIVERS *** ON ITS WAY OUT THE DOOR. AN UNINSTALL/REINSTALL GOT THE MICROSOFT DRIVERS WORKING CORRECTLY AGAIN.

3870X2 hardware xfire,microsoft drivers,16X3870X2, 4X3870
CPUIDMark Raster Lines : 334485.00 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Pixels : 917.53 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Lines : 79242.85 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Circles : 213.39 Marks
CPUIDMark Random Rectangles : 1647.85 Marks
CPUIDMark FPS : 765.895 FPSMarks
CPUIDMark Video : :
417272 :

MY IMPROMPTU BENCHMARKING PLAYTIME LEADS ME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION...X16 COMBINED WITH X4 IS FASTER THAN TWO X8. AND

MICROSOFT HAS BETTER PERFORMING DRIVERS THAN ATI.