ATI Radeon HD 3870 videocard review

ATI Radeon HD 3870

Radeon HD 3870 videocard released by ATI; release date: 19 November 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $269. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed RV670.

Core clock speed - 777 MHz. Texture fill rate - 12.43 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 497.3 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 666 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 106 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR4. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 2252 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72.1 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
555
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
58
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3131 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3131.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 555
PassMark - G2D Mark 58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3131 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3131.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale
Code name RV670
Launch date 19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $269
Place in performance rating 1392
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 777 MHz
Floating-point performance 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Pipelines 320
Texture fill rate 12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 Watt
Transistor count 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2252 MHz
Memory type GDDR4