Date:
Monday , February 25, 2008
Author:
Mark Warner
Editor:
Brent Justice
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ASUS EAH3870 TOP

The ASUS "TOP" branding represents ASUS' best line of overclocked out-of-box video cards, and TOP is coming to the ATI Radeon HD 3870! We'll test the new ASUS EAH3870 TOP with today's most demanding games and find out if overclocking makes a real difference in gameplay!

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Test Setup

For this evaluation we are using a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard. We are using an Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 processor running at 2.93 GHz, and 2GB of OCZ DDR2-800 memory with 4-4-4-12 timings. We are using the latest chipset drivers available and the latest BIOS at time of evaluation.

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Video Card Comparison Setup

For this comparison we are using default, out-of-box clock speeds on all video cards. We are using Windows Vista Ultimate x64 throughout.

Please be aware we test our video cards a bit differently from what is the norm. We concentrate on examining the real-world gameplay that each video card provides. The Highest Playable section shows the best Image Quality delivered at a playable frame rate. Please refer to this page for an explanation about our evaluation process.