Dual-GPU Comparison – 3850×2 vs 3870×2 vs 9800GX2
3DMark is a popular synthetic gaming benchmark used by many gamers and overclockers to gauge the performance of their PC’s. All 3DMark runs were performed a total of 5 times with the highest and lowest results being removed and an average calculated from the remaining 3 results.
Despite the 9800GX2 taking the lead through most of the real game benchmarks, 3DMark05 shows a slight preference for the ATI based counterparts, with the 3870×2 taking the lead in the stock resolution benchmarks with the 3850×2 being not far behind. However, when turning the settings up to 1900×1200 with 4xAA, the GX2 fights back, managing a 600+ point lead on its nearest competitor.
Similar results can also be seen in 3DMark06, with the 3870×2 taking the lead at stock resolutions by just a few points. This is then turned around when AA is added and a higher resolution set.
The 3850×2 also manages to produce some decent results, coming just shy of 17k in the stock resolution benchmarks.
