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12/14/2007
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8800GTS 512 VS HD3850 CF Overclocking Review

Around $350, which video card is the best choice, this article is focusing on overclocking HD3850 and 8800GTS, and max out the price / performance ratio.


ATi HD3850 CrossFire VS. eVGA 8800GTS 512 OVERCLOCK SPEC


If you are going to spend around 350 for this Christmas, which video card is the best choice? Currently market price for a HD3850 is $169 plus tax, and a 8800GTS 512 is around $359 plus tax. So, looks like 2 HD3850 CF is better than a 8800GTS 512 because more is always better!? Is that really true?






To make every dollar counts, we max out both HD3850 and 8800GTS 512. We overclock HD3850 to GPU 770mhz and memory 975mhz. For 8800GTS 512, we overclock to GPU 7700Mhz and memory 1040MHz. Moreover, we modify 8800GTS 512 with extra voltage to 1.35v and running at GPU 837MHz.

ATi HD3850 CrossFire
Overclock

eVGA 8800GTS 512
Overclock
eVGA 8800GTS 512
Overclock + Voltage modify
GPU Clock 770MHz 770MHz 837MHz
Voltage stock voltage 1.27v 1.35v
Physical GPU 2 1 1
Memory Clock 975MHz 1040MHz 1040MHz
Memory Size 256MB+256MB 512MB 512MB
Shader Clock N/A 1860MHz 1950MHz
GPU overclock percentage 12%
(VS. Stock 675MHz)
15%
(VS. Stock 650MHz)
28.7%
(VS. Stock 650MHz)
Memory overclock percentage 17.4%
(VS. stock 830Mhz)
7%
(VS. stock 972MHz)
7%
(VS. stock 972MHz)
Shader overclock percentage N/A 11%
(VS. Stock 1674MHz)
16.4%
(VS. Stock 1674MHz)



Voltage modify for 8800GTS 512 is same as 8800GT. You can read our old article here to learn how to
8800GT Voltage modification article





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Testing Platform

Video Card
nVidia
Gigabyte 8800GT
8800GTS

ATi
HD3850 CF
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Motherboard
Asus
X38 Maximus Extreme
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CPU
Intel
Core 2 Duo QX9650
400x10 4Ghz

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Memory
Cell Shock
DDR3 1800
CL 8-7-6-18
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Hard Drive
Seagate
7200.10 320GB
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Power Supply
Thermaltake
Toughpower W0156RU 1200W
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Operation System
Microsoft
Windows XP SP2
Windows Vista 32Bit

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Program
Futuremark 3Dmark06

Crysis

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Call of Duty 4

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