Many noted that the performance of the new GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB forced AMD to revise the price of Radeon HD 3870 graphics card , in this case the HD 3850 will be sold at price close to $ 199 instead previous $ 299.
Associate published a slide displaying the recent positioning concept of old and new AMD video card. The price data are outdated, but the performance level range and updates remain relevant. For example, we can see how many points obtained the video card based on RV670 chip in 3DMark'06 :
- Radeon HD 3870 512 MB GDDR-4-> over 12000 points;
- Radeon HD 3850 512 MB GDDR-3-> more than 10245 points;
- Radeon HD 3850 256 MB GDDR-3-> 10245 points.
Tests were executed in the motherboard Asus P5W DH Deluxe based on Intel 975X chipset , equipped with 2 gigabytes memory DDR2-800 and quad processor Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz) , the resolution used was 1280 x 1024.
The GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB is as fast as RadeonHD 3870 with identical memory amount and more expensive GDDR-4 type. let us note that AMD plan to stop the production of Radeon HD 2900 XT. With regard to R680, the performance and characteristics are not reported but its recommended price should be $ 799. ...