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MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC Radeon HD 3870 X2 Videocard Review
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC Radeon HD 3870 X2 Videocard Review  - PCSTATS
As its name suggests, MSI's R3870X2-T2D1G-OC videocard is the combination of two ATI HD 3870 GPUs on a single PCB to provide gamers with a ready-made crossfire gaming solution.
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Filed under: Video Cards Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: MSI Sep 30 2008   M. Dowler  
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Video card Benchmarks: FEAR

Sierra FEAR 1.08

Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest video cards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSierra FEAR 1.08
1024x768: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 266
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 290
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 294
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 256
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 177
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 207
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 259
MSI RX2600XT Diamond 103
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 188
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 109
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 210
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 179
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 195
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 183
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 197
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 168
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 150
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 143
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 209
MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 159
Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 160
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 149
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 111
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 107
Albatron 8600GT-256 94
Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 97
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 54
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 143
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 138
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 112
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 78
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 68
1600x1200: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 203
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 213
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 209
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 189
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 119
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 153
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 144
MSI RX2600XT Diamond 49
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 114
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 59
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 190
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 126
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 138
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 128
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 125
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 143
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 108
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 103
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 149
MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 135
Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 138
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 97
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 56
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 54
Albatron 8600GT-256 48
Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 39
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 28
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 110
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 79
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 60
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 39
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 34
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 272
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 213
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 209
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 260
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 143
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 167
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 166
MSI RX2600XT Diamond 53
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 91
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 66
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 184
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 125
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 134
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 134
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 122
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 144
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 113
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 112
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 158
MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 136
Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 139
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 110
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 61
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 60
Albatron 8600GT-256 52
Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 58
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 23
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 114
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 85
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 63
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 40
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 31
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 201
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 133
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 132
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 186
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 75
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 104
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 85
MSI RX2600XT Diamond 18
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 42
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 30
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 109
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 58
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 61
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 57
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 56
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 82
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 55
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 57
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 73
MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 75
Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 76
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 51
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 27
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 26
Albatron 8600GT-256 20
Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 17
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 10
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 59
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 39
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 30
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 18
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 14

That’s more like it. Prior to Crysis, FEAR was the video card killer of choice, but the MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC doesn’t miss a beat in powering through this benchmark. Our crossfire setup shows a clear improvement at the higher resolutions.

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Contents of Article: MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC
 Pg 1.  MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC Radeon HD 3870 X2 Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  AMD Radeon HD 3870 X2 Technology
 Pg 3.  Videocard Power Consumption Measurements
 Pg 4.  Overclocking the Twin Radeon 4870 GPUs
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: System Specs, 3DMark Vantage
 Pg 6.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark 3DMark06
 Pg 7.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Crysis
 Pg 8.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez
 Pg 9.  DX10 Video card Benchmarks: Lost Planet
 Pg 10.  — Video card Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 11.  Advanced Video card Benchmarks: Crysis, Quake 4
 Pg 12.  Advanced Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 13.  Conclusions: HD 3870 X2 Still Competitive?

 
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