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.

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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