It looks like a dual Radeon HD 3870 X2, which appears on the market 28 January, has performance, which is equal to, and in some cases exceeds the quickest solution to NVIDIA. This is good news, because cards with GeForce admittedly dzierżyły palm priority for many months – it seems that the time has come to an end. One of the first to test a new ATI conducted an English portal FPSLabs.

Not every performance Radeon HD 3870 X2 is, rewelacyjnie – in many games, and mines. FEAR, Oblivion, and Company of Heroes, the new card is more than a little (depending on the title by about 5-15%) slower than two GeForce 8800 GT connected in SLI. In BioShocku new product wins with all ATI cards with the exception of NVIDIA 512MB 8800 GTS. The potential of HD 3870 X2 shows while Call of Juarez, where the card leaves the competition far behind, offering 2-3 times higher performance from the two 8800 GT, or one 8800 GTX.

Priced at less than 450 U.S. dollars 3870 X2 looks so interesting and not very expensive proposal, which may hesitate to fight with competitors. Add to this the imminent announcement of the new ATI drivers, which are to improve the efficiency dwuprocesorowego Radeon …