How good is this? ... I'm going to be buying a computer soon and I was wondering how good it would do for playing games like Crysis and Far Cry 2.It's going t ...

Heise30 · 11-07-2008, 03:34 PM

I'm going to be buying a computer soon and I was wondering how good it would do for playing games like Crysis and Far Cry 2.

It's going to have a Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 ghz, 4GB of DDR 3 RAM, and dual Radeon HD 3870's.

I've been told it will do great, just want a second opinion.

Woody87 · 11-07-2008, 05:33 PM

I'd be interested to see some benchmarks. I don't know if anyone has actually tested and benchmarked a crossfire mobile 3870 system yet.

Fxi · 11-09-2008, 07:19 PM

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=199452

He'll be testing it, overclocking it and giving the lowdown.

Woody87 · 11-11-2008, 05:51 PM

Thanks. I saw that one. He's overclocked the CPU a bit but the graphics cards are running stock so it's a good test. Based on some interpolation and adjustments for the OS I'm going to say that a pair of HD3870 cards in a mobile crossfire setup is going to compare roughly to a single NVidia 9800M GTX but because we're dealing with different cards and crossfire vs. single it's hard to say and performance will probably vary considerably in direct real world comparisons.

11-07-2008, 03:34 PM	#1
Heise30 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 Credits: 221	How good is this? I'm going to be buying a computer soon and I was wondering how good it would do for playing games like Crysis and Far Cry 2. It's going to have a Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 ghz, 4GB of DDR 3 RAM, and dual Radeon HD 3870's. I've been told it will do great, just want a second opinion.

11-07-2008, 05:33 PM	#2
Woody87 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NY Posts: 530 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 5,132	I'd be interested to see some benchmarks. I don't know if anyone has actually tested and benchmarked a crossfire mobile 3870 system yet. __________________ MSI P35 Platinum (1800MHz FSB), E6750 (3.6GHz, 1.4V), 4x1GB DDR2-800 (900MHz, 5-5-5-15), 2xWD500(RAID0), Thermalright Ultra-120, GTX260 (620/1080), Vista Ultimate/ XP Pro Sager 9262, E8500 (3.16GHz), 9800GT, 2GB PC6400, WUXGA, XP Pro

11-11-2008, 05:51 PM	#4
Woody87 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NY Posts: 530 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 5,132	Thanks. I saw that one. He's overclocked the CPU a bit but the graphics cards are running stock so it's a good test. Based on some interpolation and adjustments for the OS I'm going to say that a pair of HD3870 cards in a mobile crossfire setup is going to compare roughly to a single NVidia 9800M GTX but because we're dealing with different cards and crossfire vs. single it's hard to say and performance will probably vary considerably in direct real world comparisons. __________________ MSI P35 Platinum (1800MHz FSB), E6750 (3.6GHz, 1.4V), 4x1GB DDR2-800 (900MHz, 5-5-5-15), 2xWD500(RAID0), Thermalright Ultra-120, GTX260 (620/1080), Vista Ultimate/ XP Pro Sager 9262, E8500 (3.16GHz), 9800GT, 2GB PC6400, WUXGA, XP Pro

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11-09-2008, 07:19 PM	#3
Fxi Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 73 Credits: -291	http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=199452 He'll be testing it, overclocking it and giving the lowdown.