ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 videocard review

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Radeon HD 3870 X2 videocard released by ATI; release date: 26 January 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $449. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed R680.

Core clock speed - 825 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 320. Floating-point performance - 2x 528.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 666 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 165 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 512 MB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1802 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 57.7 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
709
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
224
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3336 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3336.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 709
PassMark - G2D Mark 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3336 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3336.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale
Code name R680
Launch date 26 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Place in performance rating 944
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Pipelines 2x 320
Texture fill rate 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 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 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz
Memory type GDDR3