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@ 2007/12/17Last month AMD introduced the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series as
"enthusiast gaming performance for the masses" through the Radeon HD
3850 and Radeon HD 3870, which are both sub-$250 graphics cards. While
rudimentary, the Catalyst 7.11 Linux driver (also released last month),
supports these two RV670 GPUs with better support coming through the
Catalyst 7.12 Linux driver this month. To see how well these two PCI
Express 2.0 graphics cards are able to perform under Linux, ASUS had
sent out their EAH3850 TOP and EAH3870 TOP. We have tested both of these
graphics cards using Ubuntu 7.10 and have compared the results to other
products using the fglrx driver, including the ATI Radeon HD 2900XT
512MB. These are the world's first Linux benchmarks of these new
mainstream ATI graphics processors.
"enthusiast gaming performance for the masses" through the Radeon HD
3850 and Radeon HD 3870, which are both sub-$250 graphics cards. While
rudimentary, the Catalyst 7.11 Linux driver (also released last month),
supports these two RV670 GPUs with better support coming through the
Catalyst 7.12 Linux driver this month. To see how well these two PCI
Express 2.0 graphics cards are able to perform under Linux, ASUS had
sent out their EAH3850 TOP and EAH3870 TOP. We have tested both of these
graphics cards using Ubuntu 7.10 and have compared the results to other
products using the fglrx driver, including the ATI Radeon HD 2900XT
512MB. These are the world's first Linux benchmarks of these new
mainstream ATI graphics processors.
