ATI Radeon HD 3870 & 3850: A Return to Competition
 

While the Radeon HD 3870 isn't faster than the GeForce 8800 GT, if AMD can hit its price point, it is a viable alternative if you're looking to save money.

AMD is in a lot of trouble however if the 8800 GT pricing/availability problem does get worked out; the 8800 GT does offer better performance-per-watt and better performance in general.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3151

But the 8800 GT 512Mb doesn't cost $250, it costs €229
http://www.dollarshops.eu/product_in...oducts_id/1064

HD3870 has to go lower than €199 to make up for the performance drop

The Euro is pwning the dollar, that's why it is different.

but still, the 3870 has to lose a few tenners

it's not because of the $<>€, otherwise PS3 would not cost €600+ here, but €400.

You'll see same pricing for HD3870, probably €220

Yes, PNY 8800GT costs $250 because that is the cheapest price for anyone that still has stock. Link $250 is the price those cards changed to before selling out, just as they note here:

Now for the HD 3870's, they are in stock at Newegg at $220 each. Pricing will surely go down since they have just launched them.

Nice :)

I rather like how they summarized the results. "3870: % of GeForce 8800 GT Performance" Which was mostly 80-95% of the 8800GT. ATI appears to have taken a bad apple (R600) and make an almost sweet apple pie with it. Anandtech's results seem to be better than Legion's, where the 2900XT was somehow outperforming the 3870.

I guess this would explain why Legion's results differed so much.

Techspot and LegionHardware 3870/8800GT reviews are frauds

yup, same "work" here:


Legionhardware:
- Intel Core 2 Extreme E6850 (3.00GHz) LGA775
- ASUS P5E3 Deluxe (Intel X38)

Techspot:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66GHz) LGA775
- ASUS P5E3 Deluxe (Intel X38)

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=698&p=2
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http://www.techspot.com/article/73-c...nce/page3.html