The ATI-branded Radeon HD 3870 for Mac & PC is AMD's first 3000-series card for Macs and also one of the first to explicitly support more than one platform: users can install the card now in either a Mac Pro tower or a Windows PC and swap it to the other platform later, including for Boot Camp. View full ATI RADEON HD 3870 specs on CNET. ATI RADEON HD 3870 - Mac & PC Edition - graphics card - Radeon HD 3870 - 512 MB.
Power Consumption Dramatically improved is the Radeon HD 3800's power consumption over its predecessor, for obvious reasons. Despite being on a smaller manufacturing process however, the Radeon HD 3870 consumes slightly more power than the GeForce 8800 GT under load.
At idle however, the 3800's smaller manufacturing process and new PowerPlay features give it the definite advantage. HTPC users will really appreciate that aspect of the Radeon HD 3800 series power consumption. Moving to load power use, the difference between the new NVIDIA and AMD offerings is negligible. When you include the fact that the 8800 GT is faster, the Radeon HD 3870 actually has worse performance-per-watt than the competition. Under normal usage (e.g. Not in a super hot case), both the 3870 and 3850 ran very quiet.
We didn't have time to test how the coolers behaved under high heat conditions. 117 Comments • - Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - But - now new Catalyst drivers have been released - so an updated benchmark needs to be completed as the drivers provide better support for the hardware and thus, better performance. Also, you used a non-AMD MoBo and Chipset. If you went with XFire + AMD 790 chipset + Phenom X3/X4 processor (Spider platform) you would have seen a better performance as well. There are other benchmarks that are/were done with these components (spider) and the results weren't nearly as mediocre. Just a little tip. Sony uy s90 driver for mac.
• - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - I cant see how every review I have read differs from your charts, the 2900 xt can't be faster then the 3850.I mean I spent a month researching cards and the winner was the 3850 overclocking it to 3870 speeds. To think that AMD spent all that time to make a new 2900xt and name it the 3850-70, is just foolsih. From the benchmarks you provided only an idiot would buy the new gen cards for 60-100 buxks more when the 2900xt is on par. Could you please explain to me how this happened?
I feel like ordering a 3850 was a waste of money because the old 2900 is better anyway. • - Friday, November 23, 2007 - Anand, First Nvidia with its 8800GT. I clearly recall seing those at about $200, now they're $300 or more. At least these may come bundled with a game.
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